About this season
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
Episodes (13)
1. Caracas/Venezuela Blues
Aired 8 April 2009 • 45 min
David Evans is arrested trying to smuggle drugs from Venezuela to Amsterdam.
2. Kidnapped in the Philippines
Aired 15 April 2009 • 45 min
Church volunteer Greg Williams is kidnapped and tortured by members of Abu Sayyaf.
3. Puerto Vallarta/Mexican Justice
Aired 22 April 2009 • 45 min
Jake Libbon gets arrested in Mexico for selling marijuana, then is falsely accused of shooting two police officers.
4. Brazil/Sao Paulo Death Trap
Aired 6 May 2009 • 45 min
Hollywood "party animal" Brendan Cosso and three friends are arrested trying to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil to Hungary.
5. Indonesia/Busted In Bali
Aired 13 May 2009 • 45 min
A random encounter with a family friend at the Bali airport was all it took to land Chris Parnell in jail and arrested on charges of smuggling 12 kilos of hashish.
6. Mexico/Teen Smuggler
Aired 20 May 2009 • 45 min
Alex Silva grew up in the ghetto of El Paso Texas. Son to a single mother who didn't care he wasn't going anywhere. A small job at an auto shop got him involved in smuggling drugs from Mexico.
7. Cuba/Hooked In Havana
Aired 3 June 2009 • 45 min
When Kahlilah met big-shot music producer Roy, she didn't expect that her life would change forever. Just months into their relationship, Roy forced her to smuggle 18 pounds of cocaine.
8. Iraq/Kidnapped In Iraq
Aired 15 June 2009 • 45 min
Journalists Scott Taylor and Zeynep Tugrul are kidnapped by insurgents who accuse them of being American spies.
9. Barbados/Busted And Pregnant
Aired 22 June 2009 • 45 min
British teen Zara Whittaker is arrested at an airport trying to smuggle cocaine out of Barbados.
10. Betrayed In Ecuador
Aired 29 July 2009 • 45 min
An unsuspecting woman, Zoe McGarry, is given a suitcase full of cocaine and is arrested when attempting to board a plane with it.
11. Sierra Leone/Jungle Siege
Aired 5 August 2009 • 45 min
During a U.N. peace mission, a minor incident sparks nationwide fighting, leading Major Phil Ashby to flee his disarmament camp and chance survival in a daring escape through the jungle.
12. Jamaica/Jamaican Getaway
Aired 11 August 2009 • 45 min
T.K. White and her girlfriend are sent to Kingston's notorious central prison after attempting to smuggle marijuana.
13. India/Delhi/Party Girl
Aired 19 August 2009 • 45 min
Clare Matthews quits her job and travels to India. But when money gets tight, she gambles for a quick payout: sending hash illegally to London via parcel. It works the first time, even the second. But the third time, her luck runs out and she ends up in one of the world's largest jails.