About this season
Murders, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. See what pushed these fugitives to their crimes, how they changed their identities, evaded the law and - almost - got away with it.
Episodes (10)
1. Got to Pretend to Be a Cop
Aired 13 May 2016 • 60 min
Peter Gibbs faces a long stretch in prison for a string of robberies but he refuses to go down without a fight.
2. Got a Handsome Face
Aired 20 May 2016 • 45 min
Bank robber Steven Ray Milam is called the Handsome Guy Bandit as he makes a costly mistake forcing him to leave his family and go on the run.
3. Got to Taunt the Cops
Aired 27 May 2016 • 45 min
Jimmy Maxwell's volatile nature sees him being a menace to authorities every time they manage to corner him after he escapes from prison.
4. Got to Send a Bomb in the Mail
Aired 3 June 2016 • 45 min
Albert Paul ends up being arrested for murder and spends the next twenty years pulling off daring prison breaks only to get captured following every attempt.
5. Got to Escape with a Battleaxe
Aired 10 June 2016 • 45 min
Whilst serving a 60-year sentence for a crime he says he didn't commit, Russell Kerr plots with a fellow inmate an elaborate escap
6. Got to Get Home to Mother
Aired 17 June 2016
Robert Nielsen escapes from a Florida prison, where he has been serving a 25 year sentence for an armed robbery he committed when he was 16.
7. Got to Get Out of Debt
Aired 24 June 2016
In South Los Angeles, truck driver Jaime Jones slips and falls at work, suffering a herniated disc in his lower back, forcing him to quit. Facing foreclosure on his home, Jones turns to bank robbery to pay his bills and becomes known as the "Neck Brace Bandit".
8. Got to Crawl My Way to Freedom
Aired 1 July 2016
In March 2007, Darryl Norris is paroled after serving eight years of his 15-year sentence for two counts of armed robbery. On April 15, 2008, Norris and an accomplice named Robert rob a J&A store, where Robert shoots and kills a store clerk.
9. Got to Be Part of the Pittsburgh Six
Aired 8 July 2016
Andrew Thomas Heim of Pittsburgh is serving 4–10 years in prison for battery and assault. In prison, he recruits five other inmates to form a plan of escape.
10. Got to Hit Homes on Halloween
Aired 15 July 2016
In El Paso, Texas, Michael Kidd and his two friends Kevin Crandall and Marcus Thompson decide to fund their drug habits by robbing homes.