According to the website Maritime Injury Report approximately 400 people have gone missing from cruise ships in the past 20 years. And according to Cruise Lines International Association of the 212 listed as having gone overboard between the years of 2009 and 2019, only 48 people were rescued. 

While these numbers aren’t insignificant, it is important to realize that approximately 30 million people take cruise ship vacations each year, so, the chances of disappearing while aboard are small.

However, statistics were not on the Bradley family’s side in March of 1998 as 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley disappeared under extremely strange circumstances while on board a 7-day Caribbean cruise. Did she fall overboard? Or was she trafficked on to the island of Curacao and forced into sex slavery as eyewitness accounts may suggest. We give you all the details.

Sources:

Miller, J. (2024, May 21). What really happened to Amy Lynn Bradley, a woman who vanished from her cruise ship? Oxygen Official Site. https://www.oxygen.com/deadly-waters-with-captain-lee/crime-news/cruise-ship-disappearance-of-amy-bradley-explained

Cesaric, C. (2024, June 23). Where is Amy Lynn Bradley, who disappeared on a cruise ship 26 years ago? Peoplemag. https://people.com/amy-lynn-bradley-cruise-ship-disappearance-8667257

Tron, G. (2024, January 19). Amy Lynn Bradley: What really happened to the 23-Year-Old who vanished on a family cruise ship? Oxygen Official Site. https://www.oxygen.com/blogs/amy-lynn-bradley-what-really-happened-to-the-23-year-old-who-vanished-on-a-family-cruise-ship

Jones, S. (2024, May 22). The Strange disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley: What happened to her? Historic Flix. https://historicflix.com/the-strange-disappearance-of-amy-lynn-bradley-what-happened-to-her/

ABC News & By ABC News. (2006, January 6). Con man dupes family in hunt for daughter. ABC News. http://web.archive.org/web/20170113141133/http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=131968&page=1

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This episode of The Dark Oak was created, researched, written, recorded, hosted, edited, published, and marketed by Cynthia and Stefanie of Just Us Gals Productions with artwork by Justyse Himes and Music by Ryan Creep