We track the latest cruise ship headlines and cover the demise of the Oddysey. The more we pull on these threads, the clearer it gets that cruising is a complicated system. • high winds push a departing ship into docked container ships and trigger an immediate cruise cancellation and investigation into the captain • Miami drug sweep details and our comical guess on why cruise lines treat edibles as a serious issue • Norwegian nude cruise curiosity and the awkward questions we have • Car...
21 Oct 2026
S2EP6: All Aboard! The Killer May Be Among Us!
Someone goes overboard with a life ring and lives through the night. Another ship breaks loose at port and suddenly a vacation headline turns into a half million dollar lawsuit. That whiplash is exactly why we keep coming back to cruise news: the stakes can jump from silly to terrifying in minutes, and the details always matter. From there, we go deeper into cruise ship safety and crime. We run through big-picture cruise industry statistics, then ask our highly unofficial question about whet...
5 Oct 2026
S2EP5: We Waited For Potatoes And Missed Easter Island
We trade two weeks of cruise ship news for a first-hand look at what 37 nights on a Princess world cruise segment really feels like, from coffee rituals and enrichment talks to bingo wins and casino lights. Pam walks us through missed ports, rough seas near Easter Island, and the small shipboard moments that quietly teach you the most about cruise safety and human behavior. • Cruise news roundup including an arrest after a short Carnival sailing, heavy swells snapping mooring lines as ...
22 Sept 2026
Into Thin Air- A Planned Disappearance or Foul Play?
We track the latest cruise ship incidents, then zoom in on a disappearance case so baffling it helped push U.S. cruise safety reform and cruise industry responsibilities and transparency. We also discuss why MOB detection systems are needed now. • a pastor’s unexplained pool injury that lead to his death • an Alaskan cruise ship pier destroyed by fire • an overboard case where timing and detection change everything • the Anna Kepner case update and the upcoming trial timeline • th...
8 Sept 2026
S2EP3: A 1934 Whodunit: SS Morro Castle & Mystery on the Promenade
We track the latest cruise ship incident headlines, from federal arrests and alleged crew misconduct to a canceled Alaska sailing that leaves passengers stuck dockside. Then we follow two darker mysteries, a recent fatal fall on a Norwegian sailing and the 1934 SS Morro Castle fire, to ask how often “accident” is the whole story. • Operation Tidal Wave arrests and what they suggest about crew vetting • Allegations of assault tied to unauthorized services and why official channels matter •...
25 Aug 2026
Conga Line Off The Gangway- 1K, Medivac- 50K, Travel Insurance: PRICELESS!
The scariest part of a cruise is not always the ocean. Sometimes it is the moment you realize a medical emergency at sea has a price tag that looks like a down payment on a house. We start with the latest cruise news that sounds almost unbelievable until you remember it all happened to real passengers. We talk through the latest cruise incidents a swimming-with-pigs lawsuit and an arrest at Port Canaveral after a couple allegedly forced their way into a family stateroom and attacked pa...
4 Aug 2026
S2EP1: When Pigs Float & Excursions Go Wrong
A cruise can promise you paradise and still hand you a liability waiver with a ticking clock. We open season two of Cruise Ship Killer with the stories that make us rethink the most “normal” part of cruising: getting off the ship for an excursion, hopping on a bus, climbing into a small boat, and trusting that someone, somewhere, is counting heads. We start light but telling, with quick headlines that show the tone of cruising right now. Then we pivot into the real risk zone, where cruise ex...
21 Jul 2026
EP12: Costa Concordia- How A Course Change Became Catastrophic
Send us Fan Mail We break down the Costa Concordia disaster from the first off-course “salute” to the moment the ship lists and the evacuation turns into chaos. We keep coming back to one uncomfortable idea: luxury and routine can make people stop thinking until the situation is already out of control. • why Costa Concordia stands out as a modern cruise ship disaster • “cruise brain” and why people tune out real safety information • the timeline from impact to delayed distre...
6 Jul 2026
EP11: The Sailing Hookers Mystery
Send us Fan Mail A luxury night on the water is supposed to be calm, predictable, and safe. Then someone goes overboard and the explanation starts changing. We’re Jeff and Kathy, and we’re digging into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker, who vanishes after a late-evening dinghy ride near Elbow Cay in the Bahamas. Her husband, Brian Hooker, describes a sudden storm, broken equipment, and a long drift to shore but witnesses and reported surveillance point to calmer conditions and shallow wate...
21 Jun 2026
EP10: CSK's Fight Club- Book 'em Danno!
Send us Fan Mail We trade dark humor for hard questions as cruise ship fights keep popping up in the news, from petty arguments over food to a Nassau police station brawl that injures officers. We also dig into how cruise ship crime gets logged and reported, and why raw numbers can mislead without context like passenger days. • A Nassau port fight that escalates into a police station rampage that includes a slow motion comedic escape attempt • Guilty pleas, fines vs jail time • Alcohol,...
7 Jun 2026
EP9: Hanta Go On A Cruise?- A Global Quarantine Story
Send us Fan Mail A wildlife expedition sounds like the opposite of a cruise ship nightmare, until it becomes a headline with a body count. We’re Geoff and Kathy, and we’re breaking down the so-called “hantavirus cruise” tied to the Andes virus, a rare strain that has documented human-to-human transmission and can cause rapid, severe respiratory failure. The details are eerie: a small expedition ship, travelers from more than 20 countries, early symptoms that look like a bad flu, and a timelin...
24 May 2026
EP8: A Honeymoon Overboard Mystery- The Disappearance of George Smith
Send us Fan Mail A newlywed disappears between Turkey and Greece, and the most frustrating part is how much we can timestamp and how little we can truly prove. We walk through the George Smith honeymoon mystery from the moment the couple heads to the casino to the hours that follow: a late-night disco, smuggled absinthe, an argument, and George being carried back to his cabin by men he just met onboard. Key card data captures door activity with eerie precision, yet there’s no hallway CCTV whe...
3 May 2026
EP7: Anna Kepner Case Update & Why One-Sided Cruise Contracts Are Unacceptable
Send us Fan Mail We trade cruise headlines and the fine print that quietly shape what happens after a fall, a fight, or a disappearance at sea. Along the way, we update the Anna Kepner case with questions around release and liability and the Diana Sanders verdict, in relation to over service and injuries. We discuss the AI-assisted breakdown of Carnival, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean ticket contracts, specifically: One-year deadlines 30-day complaint windows Why venue often means Mi...
21 Apr 2026
EP6: When A Teenage Girl Is Lost At Sea And An Amy Bradley Update
Send us Fan Mail A cruise is supposed to be the easiest kind of vacation: food handled, fun scheduled, problems kept out of sight. So what happens when the systems that should protect passengers fail in the most basic ways, and the ocean becomes the place where accountability disappears? We start with the 2006 case of Lynsey O’Brien, a 15-year-old on a Caribbean cruise who is served 10 drinks in about 90 minutes, then later goes overboard near Cancun and is never recovered. We walk through t...
30 Mar 2026
EP5: Cruise Ship Killer 101
Send us Fan Mail A cruise ship is the weirdest mix of comfort and danger: endless food, bright lights, and then one step outside and it’s black ocean for miles. That contrast is exactly why disappearances and overboard incidents feel so unsettling and why our minds rush to fill in blanks when the official story sounds incomplete. We’re not trying to be maritime detectives, but we are trying to ask the only question that matters when the details don’t add up: does any of this actually make sen...
12 Mar 2026
EP4: The Incident Everyone Is Talking About
Send us Fan Mail An 18-year-old on a family cruise vanishes overnight and is later found dead in her own cabin, leading to an FBI investigation and a homicide charge against her 16-year-old stepbrother. We walk the known timeline, point out what’s sealed or redacted, and wrestle with how family dynamics and online speculation reshape what people think they know. • the timeline from sailing out of Miami to the shipwide alert and the discovery in the stateroom • what mechanical asph...
3 Mar 2026
EP3: Stranded in Cozumel and Tubular Seas
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 3 of Cruise Ship Killer, an 80's themed music cruise turns tragic as an overboard stops the music. The episode also covers an award winning program at sea, that suddenly goes south, leaving a family stranded on the dock at night in an unfamiliar place.
2 Mar 2026
EP2: A Not So Happy New Year, and a Thanksgiving to Remember
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2 of Cruise Ship Killer, a Thanksgiving cruise turns surreal when a passenger disappears after a bathroom break — and wakes up floating alone in the Gulf of Mexico. The episode also covers the first cruise ship overboard death of 2026, a New Year’s Day incident that underscores a grim reality: there’s always a first. With missing timelines, murky intent, and familiar “unclear circumstances,” CSK asks how people keep going overboard — and why the answers never seem ...
1 Mar 2026
EP1: 33 Drinks, and a Balcony
Send us Fan Mail In the debut episode of Cruise Ship Killer, the hosts examine two cruise ship deaths that later reemerged through wrongful-death lawsuits — and what the reporting actually proves. From an FBI-involved death aboard Navigator of the Seas to an overboard incident on Allure of the Seas during a Taylor Swift–themed cruise, CSK breaks down overservice claims, disputed details, and the gap between headlines and confirmed facts, asking how tragedies like this can happen on a floating...
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