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tonight on unsolved mysteries this women
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believe she is under siege by the devil
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she sought to help a Project Hope group
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including medical professionals who
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arranged this exorcism for her can this
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controversial Richard 3 be help 1998 was
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a bad year for Las Vegas millionaire Ted
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Binion he was forced out of the casino
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he owned he heard allegations that his
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girlfriend was unfaithful then there was
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his drug overdose was it an accident or
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murder a Caribbean cruise soft breezes
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warm Sun little shipboard romance but
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what if one of your group vanished
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without a trace
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that's precisely what happened to 23
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year old Amy Bradley and her family
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fears foul play
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tonight mares come true when Tom Wright
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dreamt that his mother was attacked
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while transporting a prisoner he wished
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he'd said something to her but in an odd
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way his dream may have saved her life
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join me for another intriguing edition
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unsolved mysteries
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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remember the movie The Exorcist if you
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saw it you'll probably never forget the
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scenes of a little girl who was
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possessed by the devil and the ordeal of
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her exorcism that was fiction but in
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fact exorcisms are performed even today
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and as you will see the are Nereus
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frightening and disturbing as the movie
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perhaps even more oh my god
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I'm heartily sorry this is not a
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reenactment the people conducted say it
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is an actual exorcism it defies
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conventional psychiatric approaches the
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29 year old woman whom we are calling
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Kathy is convinced that she is possessed
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by demons Kathy is undergone years of
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traditional medical and psychiatric
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treatment she says nothing helped so she
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turned to a seven-member group based in
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Hartford Connecticut called hope the
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Hartford office of paranormal expiration
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by the time I got to the point of
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contacting the Hope Foundation I was
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willing to do anything I had been
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through the wringer I had been in
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hospitals I had been had people pray
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over me I had I had pretty much done
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everything the Hope Foundation
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claims to have organized and overseen
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nearly 100 exorcisms since its founding
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just a year ago clients are first
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interview to determine whether exorcisms
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would be been
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official as treatment could you begin by
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telling us when all of this started
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probably in my teens dr. Joseph clinic
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is an internist and the director of the
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Department of Medicine at Hartford
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Hospital he co-founded hope and knows a
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very existence might seem controversial
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you can't explain everything with
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science everything is is not black and
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white everything is not in a scientific
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textbook and in my 26 years of Medicine
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I've seen things and experienced things
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for which there is no explanation the
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hope team also includes among others a
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social worker a psychic and a registered
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nurse we want to help the clients that
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are already beset by demonic entities we
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that's we want it we want them to know
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that we're here and that we can help
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them once again this is not a
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reenactment
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have there been tragedies in the family
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she's going out
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Kathy right here holding a view I do
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believe that some of the people that we
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have been working with are possessed by
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an evil demonic spirit that harasses
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them devalues them physically abuses
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them spiritually abuses them and we can
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get rid of it and we have done that in a
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number of our cases most in the
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psychiatric community turn a critical
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eye to the hope group dr. Wayne Sandler
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is a psychiatrist and an associate
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professor of psychiatry at UCLA he
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believes that the hope organization
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perpetuates a myth when it says that
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patients are possessed by the devil
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these people believe that that exorcism
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is the treatment I see these disorders
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in a very different way
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the psychiatric community doesn't
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believe in possession and clearly
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believes that there is some psychotic
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process going on where there are
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delusional believing that there are
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possessed by some other personality and
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clearly there are other forms of
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treatment to try to help these people
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[ __ ] out just push it away through
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that's good that's good is it mental
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illness or can a person indeed become
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possessed as a members of hope believe
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they say the process begins with an
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infestation the point at which demons
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invade a person's life a woman we shall
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call Jane believes to evil entities a
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male and a female took over when she
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used a crystal pendulum Jane was
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learning the techniques of hypnotherapy
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I want you to watch the pendulum move
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back and forth breath is going in and
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out
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I picked the pendulum up one evening to
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practice it and the pendulum began to
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move on its own I realized at that point
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that something was around me and was
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trying to communicate with me James says
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that her demons began to poison her
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every thought in action the actual first
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symptoms was in hearing voices and the
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voices began to accompany the movement
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of the pendulum in it it began to
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dictate to me how to live my life in a
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very unpleasant way I was told what I
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could eat when I could eat with whom I
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could eat I was told how to wear my hair
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I was told with whom I could converse it
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became very clear to me what something
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demonic was occurring in my life all of
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these activities pendulums Ouija boards
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tarot cards channeling are all doors
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that that people open and what people
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don't understand and this is very
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important is that it's not your intent
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but it's your activity that will open
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the door and let these demonic entities
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into your life the hope group says that
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after the infestation phase the symptoms
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that possession become more extreme
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Cathy claims that many demons began to
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take over when she was a straight-a
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student in high school but when she went
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away to college she thought they became
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uncontrollable I just remember my
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freshman year looking in the mirror one
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day and just thinking I don't recognize
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who I'm looking at or what I'm looking
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at
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and it was a darkness that I saw through
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my eyes that I had never seen before
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strange things were happening I ran
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outside with only a towel on which was
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completely out of character for me
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basically that's when the paramedics
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were called the police were called and I
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was taken to the hospital because they
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thought I was suffering from psychiatric
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disorders people would like to believe
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that it's not them and it's the devil
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and it's a possession but it really is
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more a psychotic process some of these
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problems could be consistent with a
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psychotic disorder that may be a
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biochemical imbalance that could be
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genetically linked or can be triggered
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by a certain life traumas and you would
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need to evaluate that Kathy claims that
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over the years she has been diagnosed as
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suffering from depression anxiety and
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schizoaffective disorder
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she tried traditional medical and
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psychiatric treatments but she believes
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they didn't work I began hear voices in
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my head and I thought well maybe this is
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part of a psychiatric disorder when a
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little farther down the line the voices
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started coming through me in a very evil
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way that's when I knew this is not
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something in my mind this is something
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that is beyond my understanding and
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that's when I began to seek spiritual
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help the hope group advised Kathy to
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undergo a series of exorcisms what you
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were about to witness is her second
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exorcism Bishop Robert McKenna is in
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charge of the procedure he is an
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ordained priest in an order of
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Catholicism that is not part of the
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Roman Catholic Church he claims to have
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performed two hundred other exorcisms
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before the exorcists performs the
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exorcism he has to prepare himself
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backing up oveja often over the bishop
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will fast for three days in fact in the
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old literature it's called the black
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fast
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he also says a number of prayers to
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prepare himself for the battle that he's
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about to
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age what keep you honor tell me your
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name they have God answered my question
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during the exorcism he uses a number of
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sacramentals sacramentals are objects in
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the Catholic Church
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that have been made holy and holy water
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is one of them holy water is sprinkled
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on the person it's also sprinkled in the
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environment and anything evil hates it
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listen to the cries be still keep your
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father mouth shut and listen to the
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prayers
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[Music]
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Kathy was fully aware of the changes
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coming over her during the exorcism I
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can feel this strength come through me
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that is not my own strength
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from whatever supernatural force this is
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fighting whoever is trying to help me it
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was the first time I ever seen anything
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like that the growling that the tongue
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lashing out just the sense of pure
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hatred I've dealt with people who are
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drug induced drunk mentally ill and
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never during the screaming and fighting
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that they put up had I had the feeling
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of pure hatred that she was releasing
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during this exorcism it's only son
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the name of God because you won't repent
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that's why he won't forgive you repent
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for your sins devil so you see with me
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the Attic contrition oh my god I'm
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heartily sorry for having offended thee
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they put up a good good struggle but I
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know they're you're going there was
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something left
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I could feel long an hour later a
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dramatic episode for Cathy has ended the
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Hope Foundation and the priests have
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recommended that she participate in at
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least one more exorcism until she feels
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her demons are completely gone it's very
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very difficult to name the exact time
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when a person has been cured of a
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demonic entity it is a process that
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takes months it does not happen
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overnight we often see we all say to our
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clients when you get out of the chair
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after an exorcism and do not expect to
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be cured there's definitely some
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improvement something that Bishop said
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to me he said as hard as it is he said
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this is in God's timing not ours Cathy
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may feel better at first but according
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to dr. Sandler the effect can be
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short-lived and ultimately harmful my
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professional opinion of this is that
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that these people are suffering from
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some form of mental illness and to need
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traditional treatment personally you
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know it's very difficult from a
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scientific standpoint and professional
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standpoint to accept this as a means of
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a cure
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since we taped Cathy's exorcism she
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reports that she's continuing to improve
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and has a job for the first time in 12
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years she has not undergone another
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exorcism and while most medical experts
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do not recommend exorcism as a treatment
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for any kind of illness or disorder
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Kathy and the people at the Hope
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Foundation believe that in certain cases
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exorcism can be a useful treatment next
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a Las Vegas dancer finds a dead body of
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a millionaire boyfriend a day after he
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reportedly instructed his attorney to
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write her out of his will Las Vegas
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Nevada each year millions of people
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spend more than 57 billion dollars in a
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frenzy of gambling fever the stakes are
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high temptation can sometimes turn
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sinister September 17th 1998 26 year-old
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sandy Murphy called 9-1-1 but it was too
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late
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her boyfriend Ted Binion was dead a
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heroin addict apparently overdosed on
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drugs at first glance and had all the
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marks of accident or suicide
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then disquieting rumors began to
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circulate a discrepancy between the time
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Binion died and the time sandy Murphy
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called 911 Binion may have died as much
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as nine hours earlier that made everyone
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start to wonder was Ted Binion's death
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an accidental overdose suicide or was it
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foul play it is a mystery as intriguing
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as a glitter city itself it involves a
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millionaire gambler a sexy young
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showgirl the treasure trove buried in
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the desert and a question of murder Ted
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Binion was a multi-millionaire and icon
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of the Las Vegas Strip and a prominent
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member of the family that owned one of
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gambling's most famous casinos a casino
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that bore their own name Binion's
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Horseshoe in its heyday Binion's
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Horseshoe was unlike any other casino in
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Las Vegas it was literally the place you
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went when you wanted a place that sky's
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the limit wager Ted was a part-owner of
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Binion's Horseshoe at a time when it was
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the the most successful casino in Las
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Vegas
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he liked the atmosphere
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he really had passion for that job he
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liked what he did
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but times changed in Las Vegas casinos
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turned corporate and Ted Binion's wild
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way started getting him in trouble with
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a Nevada state Gaming Commission number
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one he had the heroin problem he also
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liked to hang out at at Delta nightclubs
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he used to pal around with wiseguys and
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you just don't do that in Las Vegas
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these days and expect to keep your
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license in March of 1998 the Gaming
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Commission revoked his license and
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Binion was forced to sell his share of
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the Horseshoe to his sister he was shut
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out of the place he loved most the world
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where he belonged nevertheless few
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people believe Ted Binion saw suicide as
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an option everybody I have spoken to has
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indicated Ted loved life and despite his
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problems despite his heroin addiction
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and wanted to continue living and had
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all kinds of other goals that he wanted
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to pursue in life many believe an
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accidental overdose was also
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questionable toxicology reports revealed
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heroin and the prescription drugs onyx
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according to some it was an improbable
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combination for Ted Binion Ted only took
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xanax to get himself off of heroin
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he would not have taken both at the same
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time and then we find out through the
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corner that there was a large amount of
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heroin in the contents of his stomach
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that's curious again because Ted was
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known to smoke heroin not ingested
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and what about murder at the time of his
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death Ted Binion was living with his
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girlfriend sandy Murphy a woman half his
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age their May December romance had been
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going on for about three years
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they had reportedly met while she was
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dancing topless at a Vegas strip club
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she was then known as sandy the Irish
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Venus Murphy they really had a stormy
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relationship it was kind of a love-hate
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relationship over the years they were
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always fighting off and on and yet there
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were times when he would say he loved
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her and then there were times when he
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couldn't stand her and wander out of the
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house the day Ted Binion died everything
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seemed normal about 9:00 a.m. however
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sandy Murphy reportedly called her
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housekeeper today oh I know but he's
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just not feeling real well and and
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things are crazy so we're not going to
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need you to come in later about noon
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Barbara Brown Ted's friend and real
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estate agent tried to reach him by phone
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she says sandy told her he was very ill
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even vomiting I was really surprised
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with this I said what do you want me to
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come over and help you and she said oh
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god no don't come over here and he
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doesn't want anyone to see him he's lost
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so much weight lately and I said well
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that's strange
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I talked to him every night and we have
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an appointment tomorrow 1:00 she clearly
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did not want me over there and the call
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really distressed me Barbara Brown says
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she called back twice more that
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afternoon at 2:00 and again at 3:40 but
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there was no answer and then I got the
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call from a friend of mine who said
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Barbara have you heard the news
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Ted is dead and I was just I had to pull
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off the road
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allegation soon surfaced as shortly
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before Ted Binion died he had certain
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suspicions first thing that we learned
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was that he called a private
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investigator in Las Vegas someone who
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had done work for him previously and
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asked the investigator to follow sandy
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around town the implication was that he
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thought she was cheating on him
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the man Ted Binion reportedly suspected
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was one of his business associates Rick
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Tabish according to Las Vegas newspapers
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sandy Murphy had allegedly been seen
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with Tabish at a Beverly Hills hotel the
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weekend before Ted Binion died also the
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day before Ted died he telephoned his
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lawyer Jim Brown who was handling his
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estate and he instructed brown to cut
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sandy out of his will less than 36 hours
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after Ted Binion was reported dead
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sheriff's deputies in Pahrump Nevada 60
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miles west of Las Vegas made an unusual
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discovery in the middle of the night
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Rick Tabish
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loading a truck on Binion's property but
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it wasn't a little dirt it was a lot of
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silver several tons of silver in coins
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ingots even solid silver bricks silver
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valued at roughly four million dollars
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this was silver that Ted himself had
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buried and hired some friends to to
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build an underground vault and put it in
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there only a few people knew the exact
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location of the silver vault one of them
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was Rick Tabish I put the vault in for
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Ted Binion he was my friend he told me
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if anything ever happened to him I was
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to take this turn it into cash and put
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it in a trust fund for his daughter
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Barney
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really why don't we put the cuffs on
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these three guys in my County sheriff's
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deputies didn't buy his story I think
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that Rick Tabish is either one of the
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bigger victims of circumstance of this
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decade or he's got some explaining to do
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and people who know him and people who
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don't care for him now wonder about his
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motivations for sure as the
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investigation continued more questions
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news reports suggest that when Barbara
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Brown first called Ted Binion at noon he
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was already dead was reason to believe
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that Ted may have debt in the morning
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sometime after 5:30 a.m. and and noon
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and it may be nailed further the corner
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is working on that the reality is is
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that if a person dies at one time and
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his death is reported at another time
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and there's a many hour gap there that's
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an issue that a grand jury might look at
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some time news leaks and public
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speculation convinced the Binion family
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to hire private investigator Tom Dillard
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Dillard claims of Sandy Murphy took a
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phone call from Rick Tabish eight
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minutes before she called 911 Ian's
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death I can't comment on aspects of an
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ongoing investigation but based upon my
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experience and based upon the interviews
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I've conducted I personally believe that
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Ted Binion's death was a homicide Ted
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Binion was buried with all the pomp and
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circumstance appropriate to a Las Vegas
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high roller
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even the mourners were typically Vegas
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judges and politicians side by side with
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hookers and loan sharks in the end of
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the final question how did Ted Binion
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die
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[Music]
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in March the Clark County caught a rule
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the Ted Binion's death was not an
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accidental overdose or suicide
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they declared that fatal doses of heroin
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and prescription drugs were administered
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by someone other than Binion and they
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reclassified the case as a homicide
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coming up a Caribbean Dream Cruise turns
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into a nightmare on a young woman
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vanishes
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pleasure cruises on the surface they
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look like a perfectly safe way to take a
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vacation but appearances are not always
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what they seem
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according to the New York Times beneath
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the carefree party atmosphere lies a
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little-known secret sexual assaults
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other allegations include thefts and
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drug smuggling some claimed crime occurs
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more regularly than Cruise Lines would
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care to admit
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during a cruise in March 1998 a 23 year
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old woman from Virginia vanished at sea
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was she a victim of foul play
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you decide
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Amy Bradley was an all-american girl she
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attended college on a basketball
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scholarship
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she was pretty outgoing and made friends
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wherever she went but when her parents
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won a trip to the Caribbean aboard the
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cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas they
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had to convince Amy to join them she was
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afraid of the ocean she was reluctant
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about going up to the railing it was
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kind of like that kind of a feeling come
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on here and we'll hold on to you but
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despite her fears
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Amy soon began to enjoy the ship's party
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atmosphere on the night of March 24th
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her third at sea Amy and her brother
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Brad partied late at the ship's
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nightclub at 3:40 a.m. Brad returned to
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the family's cabin
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not long after Amy joined him could you
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turn that light off for me please Thanks
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she said she hadn't been feeling too
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well because of the motion of the boat
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since we left Aruba that evening so she
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said she was gonna just stand there and
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get some fresh air when Amy's dad Ron
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Bradley woke up Brad had gone to bed and
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amy was asleep on the balcony
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I could see Amy's legs from her hips
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down is she looks like she's resting
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comfortably and does back off to sleep
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the the balcony door was closed because
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if it hadn't been closed I would have
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got it not to closed it then just 30
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minutes later their dream vacation
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turned into a nightmare about six
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o'clock something awoke me again got up
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looked at on the balcony and the balcony
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door was open about 14 and 16 inches and
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Amy wasn't on the deck and I was I had a
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little funny feeling that it at that
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time because it was unlike her to be up
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that early in the morning
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use me I'd like to have a page for my
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daughter isn't it may I ask Oh according
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to a nice family the ship's crew is at
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first reluctant to pay Jamie it was too
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early in the morning to make matters
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worse the ship had just docked in the
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port of Khorasan unless it's a medical
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emergency we do not page and I've got
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very very panicked and frightened and I
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asked something please don't put the
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gangplank down you need to lock the ship
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up you need to back the ship off of the
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dock
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don't let anybody off of this boat
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somebody's got my dog the Bradley's
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claimed a 10 minutes to it the first
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page for Amy was broadcast throughout
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the ship by that time most of the
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passengers are disembarked in Khorasan I
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became more and more frantic because I
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knew that if she was in a position to
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hear the announcement she would come
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immediately to us and then I had
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thoughts that maybe somebody had her in
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her room and she heard it couldn't get
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to us
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the nightmare got worse eventually the
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captain ordered a room-to-room search of
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the 900 foot ship ship officials claim
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they combed through all ten decks 999
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rooms no trace of Amy was found a
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three-day ocean searched by the Royal
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Dutch Marines turned up nothing
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officials concluded that Amy may have
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accidentally fallen overboard or even
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jumped now I don't think that she could
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have fallen over
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she didn't go near the rail especially
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by herself and maybe when I was that
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there she would kind of lean up and look
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over she would never put her hands on
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the rail or you know rest on it she's
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just happier standing towards the back
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this is one of the last photos taken of
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Amy what could have happened to her the
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Bradley's began to piece together Amy's
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last hours on board ship they believed
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she left the balcony sometime between
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5:30 and 6:00 a.m. they know she changed
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her clothes
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they know she took her cigarettes but
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they don't know was where she was going
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and then intriguing new information a
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young woman who met Amy on the cruise is
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convinced she saw Amy in the early
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morning hours with a bass player from
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the ship's band I saw Amy and the band
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member walk over and up to the next deck
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up above us and about ten minutes later
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he came walking around by himself
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others claim they had previously seen
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the basement flirting with Amy she said
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that when they were dancing at the disco
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he tried to you know dance a little too
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close and she had to tell him to back
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off a little bit that morning only the
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Bradley family in the ship's security
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knew Amy was missing but according to
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Amy's brother so did the bass player hey
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Brad I'm sorry to hear about your sister
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yeah I feel badly I know you that's a
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really odd thing to say
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and that early in the stages of this
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thing you know nobody knew except for us
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my family and I and security that
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something may be wrong but authorities
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could find no evidence the musician was
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involved with Amy's disappearance
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Karimi have left the ship without
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telling her family her parents don't
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think so they believe she was forced to
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leave there's rumor and legend
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surrounding slavery in the southern
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Caribbean it's not uncommon knowledge in
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the in the maritime community that young
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white women are considered to be very
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desirable to foreign procurers Amy would
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have been a trophy Amy would have been
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someone that I believe could have been
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picked out and fingered to move off of
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that ship she could have been held and
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hidden she could have been possibly
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drugged taken from that ship
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I have strong belief that did she is
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live and she's trying to get back to us
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and I just pray that one day we'll we'll
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get a phone call or we'll get some
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information from someone that will lead
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us to her
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or the Bradley's the crews that come to
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an end
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they left the ship hoping someday they
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would find Amy
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how in the world can anybody ever give
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up looking for their child never in my
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lifetime
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not until I put my hands on her we get
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her honey
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officials of Royal Caribbean cruise
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lines insists the naming either left the
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ship voluntarily there was a victim of
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an unfortunate accident
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her parents disagree and are offering a
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two hundred and fifty thousand dollar
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reward for information about their
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daughter's whereabouts
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they're hoping as someone watching
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tonight was onboard the Rhapsody of the
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Seas and may have seen something
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next a devoted son dreams and his
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mother's and a life-or-death struggle
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with a prison inmate was it just a
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nightmare or a premonition I could see
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my mother squad car there was a struggle
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I saw the person taking my mother's gun
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was a woman
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I remember the gun moving back and forth
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and it looked like my mother really
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wasn't winning the struggle she needed
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help and that was the most disturbing
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thing about the whole dream was the fact
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that I didn't know who was shot and why
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the only thing I could think of at that
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point was that there was a possibility
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that my mother might have been taken
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away from me on September 16th 1995
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Thomas Wright had a nightmare about his
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mother a deputy sheriff
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it was so troubling that he sat in bed
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and prayed for her Thomas's mother Doris
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Smith had raised three children
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single-handedly she was a grandmother of
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seven the bond she shared with her
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eldest child Thomas had always been an
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extraordinarily strong one a lot of
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different things have just really
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brought us close to where we're just
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best friends really and we can feel each
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other's hurts anytime and I didn't know
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until later why I had the dream
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tonight mayor's come true Tom Wright
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certainly hope not
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can a prayer be answered amazingly he
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would find out the very next day
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Doris had been in law enforcement in
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Missouri for three years she enjoyed
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breaking up her routine by transporting
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inmates from one Jail to another on the
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Sunday she would be taking a prisoner to
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a facility four hours away the inmate
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was serving a one-year sentence for
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writing bad checks they were traveling
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highway 54 near ladonia Missouri events
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would unfold just as they had in
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Thomas's nightmare as the car was
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driving on the highway I could see my
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mother talking to the woman who was in
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and back it was almost as if I was
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sitting in the front seat but I really
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wasn't there I could see everything that
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was going on remarkably even the details
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from Thomas's dream were accurate at
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6:00 p.m. the squad car stopped and left
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chaos
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a convicted managed to slip her thin
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hands out of the handcuffs Norris had to
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fight for her gun and on her life and I
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could see my mother's expression a life
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it is gone from her face she needed help
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straitjacketed by her seatbelt Doris was
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losing that's when reality diverged from
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Thomas's breathe out of nowhere two men
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wearing shorts of white t-shirts
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suddenly appeared they managed to
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distract Morris's attacker she will
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increased her hold on the gun
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was it just coincidence that the Good
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Samaritans happened by or was some
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mysterious force at work if I weren't
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afraid what would have been the outcome
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of the events with those two men would
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they have been there to help her I
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really think they're really responsible
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for saving my mother's life
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by the time doris regained her composure
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the Good Samaritans had driven off she
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never had a chance to express her
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gratitude for their heroism I was
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absolutely convinced that I would die
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that day I looked for the men that were
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there I wanted to talk to them one to
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get their names wanted to thank them for
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what they had done for me I want them to
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know because of their courage and their
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willingness to help another person I'm
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still here today Thomas and his mother
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want to thank the people who came to
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Doris's rescue but there are a few clues
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a bystander took this photo of the men's
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vehicle a dark blue Chevy CK pickup
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truck with tinted windows and an
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extended cab it was towing a blue and
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white boat the two men were driving near
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ladonia and northeast Missouri when they
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jumped out of their truck to help Doris
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it was Monday September 17th 1995 on
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highway 19 about 50 miles from Mark
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Twain Lake
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join me next time for another
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fascinating on unsolved mysteries
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