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 (10)
1. Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace
Aired 17 April 2013 • 45 min
As the longest POW in Vietnam, Ernie Brace likely endured more than any other POW during the war. After years in the jungle, he went to the infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' prison and heard an American voice: Lt. Cmdr. John McCain.
2. Raving Arizona
Aired 24 April 2013 • 45 min
Shaun Attwood left England to be a stockbroker in America and finds himself dealing ecstasy.
3. Snakes on a Plane
Aired 1 May 2013 • 45 min
Tom Crutchfield smuggled snakes, tarantulas and king cobras around the world. But when the U.S. builds a case against him, Tom escapes to Belize. There, authorities imprison him without electricity or plumbing.
4. Buried Alive
Aired 8 May 2013 • 45 min
For Roy Hallums, a routine trip to the office turned into the fight for his life. In 2004, the 20-year Navy veteran was working in Iraq when he was suddenly kidnapped.
5. Mexican Prison Escape
Aired 15 May 2013 • 45 min
In the summer of 1972, five young Americans are caught trying to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana out of Mexico and are locked up in one of the country's most violent prisons.
6. The Real Argo
Aired 15 May 2013 • 45 min
Hear the real story behind the Academy Award-winning movie 'Argo' from those who inspired it. Locked Up Abroad sits down with Antonio Mendez, the CIA officer portrayed by Ben Affleck, along with former hostages.
7. Hippie Mafia
Aired 22 May 2013 • 45 min
Eddie Padilla is living the 'high life' and drug smuggling to support his cocaine habit. But a run-in with the Peruvian police sends him to a prison called 'House of the Devil.' Eddie tells the story of his daring escape.
8. Vegas Mobster
Aired 29 May 2013 • 45 min
Vegas, 1979, and Frank Cullotta's 'Hole in the Wall' gang is becoming notorious. The FBI catches up to him and while not exactly 'locked up abroad,' he enters witness protection. Now Frank shares his mob secrets.
9. Fast, Furious and Busted
Aired 5 June 2013 • 45 min
Locked Up Abroad comes home to the United States to visit 19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar in Spokane, Washington.
10. Hunting Mr. Nice
Aired 12 June 2013 • 45 min
When British schoolteacher Howard Marks agrees to help an old friend finish off a drug deal, he has no idea that it will be the start of a new career.