Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil

Rex Heuermann has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after admitting to the murders of eight women in the case known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings. In the quiet dunes along Long Island’s Ocean Parkway, four missing women are discovered buried just feet from a road thousands drive every day. Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil revisits the Gilgo Beach case through the victims...

In Part 3 of The Boy Who Never Came Home: The Case of Dylan Redwine , Dr. Phil examines how a missing-child investigation became a murder prosecution and why investigators ultimately focused on Dylan’s father, Mark Redwine. After Dylan vanished during a court-ordered visit, investigators found blood evidence inside Mark’s home, including on furniture, flooring, and beneath a rug. Cadaver dogs late...

In Part 2 of The Boy Who Never Came Home: The Case of Dylan Redwine , Dr. Phil revisits one of the most revealing moments in the investigation: his confrontation with Dylan’s father, Mark Redwine, while Dylan was still missing. Dylan vanished after a court-ordered Thanksgiving visit with his father in Colorado. As search teams combed the rugged wilderness near Mark’s home, Dr. Phil sat down with D...

In Part 1 of The Boy Who Never Came Home: The Case of Dylan Redwine, Dr. Phil revisits the haunting disappearance of 13-year-old Dylan Redwine, who flew to Colorado for a court-ordered Thanksgiving visit with his father, Mark Redwine, and vanished by the next morning. Dr. Phil breaks down the family conflict, the custody battle, Dylan’s reported discomfort about visiting his dad, and the emotional...

Part 3: In this episode of Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil , the heartbreaking truth about Brittanee Drexel’s disappearance finally comes to light. After years of false leads, jailhouse rumors, and suspicion cast on innocent people, investigators returned to the beginning — Brittanee’s final walk alone after leaving the Bluewater Resort in Myrtle Beach. Dr. Phil examines how the case was...

In Part 2 of Deadly Spring Break: What Happened to Brittanee?, Dr. Phil examines the terrifying theory that dominated the Brittanee Drexel investigation for years: that the 17-year-old was kidnapped from Myrtle Beach, taken to a remote South Carolina stash house, and murdered. As two jailhouse informants point investigators toward Timothy Da’Shaun Taylor, Dr. Phil breaks down why repeated allegati...

Seventeen-year-old Brittanee Drexel thought a secret spring break trip to Myrtle Beach would give her a taste of freedom. Instead, she vanished after a brief walk alone and would not be found for 13 years. In Deadly Spring Break: What Happened to Brittanee? , Dr. Phil examines the final hours before Brittanee disappeared, the emotional vulnerability that left her isolated from her group, and the n...

Brittanee Drexel was just 17 when she secretly traveled to Myrtle Beach for spring break in 2009 and never came home. In this episode of Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil , Dr. Phil breaks down the critical moments before Brittanee vanished, including the psychology of teen risk-taking, peer pressure, isolation, and why predators often need only a small window of opportunity. Dr. Phil also...

In The Girl in the Box – Part 2 , Dr. Phil unpacks the disturbing psychology behind Todd Kohlhepp as a missing persons case turns into a serial killer investigation. After rescuing Kayla Brown, authorities uncover multiple bodies, exposing a pattern driven by control, rage, and domination. Dr. Phil explains how offenders like Kohlhepp compartmentalize violence, showing little emotion while recount...

In part one The Girl in the Box , Dr. Phil breaks down the horrifying case of Kayla Brown and Charles Carver, who vanished after answering what seemed like a routine cleaning job. As Dr. Phil explains, predators do not advertise danger, they package opportunity, familiarity, and trust. When investigators traced the couple to an isolated South Carolina property, they uncovered a chilling scene that...

In Part 3 of Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil , Dr. Phil sits down with Michael Peterson for a no-holds-barred interview and breaks down the case through the lens of behavior, credibility, and psychological analysis. After weeks of examining the blood evidence, the staircase scene, the death of Kathleen Peterson, the mystery surrounding Elizabeth Ratliff, and the fallout from the trial, Dr...

One staircase death is tragic. Two linked to the same man? That demands a closer look. In Part 2, I examine the haunting parallels between Kathleen Peterson’s death and the earlier death of Elizabeth Ratliff, another woman found at the bottom of a staircase. I break down what these repeated circumstances mean from an investigative and psychological standpoint: patterns, motive, proximity, secrecy,...

In this episode of Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil , Dr. Phil takes a deep dive into the infamous The Staircase case and the mysterious death of Kathleen Peterson. What began as Michael Peterson’s claim that his wife suffered a tragic fall quickly became one of the most debated true crime cases in America. Dr. Phil analyzes the disturbing blood evidence, Michael Peterson’s statements, the...

In Part 3, Dr. Phil pressure-tests the Panama disappearance like an investigator: witness reliability, search reality, and evidence integrity. He examines reports that locals warned Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon not to hike El Pianista alone, then analyzes the psychology that can make smart travelers dismiss risk, optimism bias, unfamiliar terrain, and a “day hike” mindset. He then scrutinizes th...

Vanished in Panama Part 2: Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers didn’t go to Panama to disappear yet after their April 1, 2014 hike on the El Pianista trail, investigators are left with only what the jungle gives back: phone data and a camera recovered from a blue backpack found far from the marked route, more than a 12-hour walk into remote terrain. Dr. Phil analyzes the digital timeline: the first fai...

Vanished in Panama Part 1: Kris Kremers (21) and Lisanne Froon (22) arrive in Boquete, Panama for a carefully planned gap-year adventure Spanish immersion, volunteering with children, and an authentic local stay with their host, Miriam. But Dr. Phil analyzes the subtle warning signs their diaries reveal: the volunteer placement wasn’t ready, communication barriers and culture shock set in, and uns...

Part 4: The Stacy Peterson mystery collides head-on with the courtroom battle over Kathleen Savio’s death. In Part 4, Dr. Phil sits down with Steve Greenberg, Drew Peterson’s former criminal defense attorney, for an inside look at what happened behind the scenes of one of the most scrutinized cases in America. Greenberg explains why he believes Drew’s relentless media blitz (“Win a Date with Drew”...

This is the courtroom showdown years in the making: the 2012 trial of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio against the backdrop of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, still missing. Prosecutors build a case without a single “smoking gun,” leaning on forensic testimony, a re-examined autopsy, and the statements Kathleen and Stacy allegedly m...

Stacy Peterson’s disappearance doesn’t stand alone—because three years earlier, Drew Peterson’s third wife, Kathleen Savio, was already sounding the alarm. In Part 2, Dr. Phil traces the relationship timeline: Stacy meets Drew at 17 while he’s still married to Kathleen, and Kathleen’s divorce filing alleges he was “having an affair with a minor,” followed by a temporary order of protection as she...

On October 28, 2007, 23-year-old mother of two Stacy Ann Peterson disappears from her home in Bolingbrook, Illinois, no struggle, no note, no sightings. Her husband, veteran officer Drew Peterson (her fourth marriage), claims she left for another man, yet he says he found her car at a nearby airport, drove it home without alerting police, and didn’t report her missing until roughly 24 hours later....

In Episode 4 of Amy Bradley: Vanished at Sea , Dr. Phil and Amy’s younger brother, Brad Bradley, confront the most troubling inconsistencies in the case, statements made before Amy was reported missing, timelines that shift under scrutiny, and behavior that defies logic. Brad walks through the moments after Amy vanished, detailing encounters with crew members who referenced her disappearance befor...

In Part Three of Amy Bradley: Vanished at Sea , Dr. Phil sits down with Amy’s younger brother, Brad Bradley, the last person to see her alive for a deeply personal examination of what really happened in the final hours before she disappeared. Brad revisits the night on board the Rhapsody of the Seas , clarifying long-misreported details about Amy’s state of mind, her fear of the ocean, and the pre...

New witnesses. New clues. And a chilling revelation: Amy Bradley may have walked off the ship alive. In part 2 of Amy Bradley: Vanished at Sea, Mystery ans Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil , Dr. Phil investigates the disturbing sightings across Curaçao pointing to a terrifying possibility of trafficking, movement, and a cover-up that began the moment Amy vanished. This episode is brought to you by BIO...

In part 1 of "Amy Bradley: Vanished At Sea | Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil," a 23-year-old NCAA athlete vanishes from a cruise ship at dawn without her shoes, ID, or a single reason to disappear. Dr. Phil reopens the haunting case of Amy Bradley, exposing early red flags, botched investigative decisions, and the chilling possibility she was targeted from the moment she boarded. Was Amy...

In this episode, Dr. Phil breaks down the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's new 32-page report that again rules Ellen Greenberg's death a suicide despite 23 stab wounds, including several to the back of her head and neck. Ellen's parents, Josh and Sandy, join Dr. Phil and crime expert Nancy Grace to challenge the ruling and expose contradictions they say investigators continue to overlook. Dr. Phil...