Banged Up Abroad
TV-14
8.2
2007
Crime
, Documentary
, Reality
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
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Episode 10 : Hunting Mr. Nice
June. 12,2013
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.
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Episode 9 : Fast, Furious and Busted
June. 05,2013
Locked Up Abroad comes home to the United States to visit 19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar in Spokane, Washington.
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Episode 8 : Vegas Mobster
May. 29,2013
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.
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Episode 7 : Hippie Mafia
May. 22,2013
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.
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Episode 6 : The Real Argo
May. 15,2013
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.
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Episode 5 : Mexican Prison Escape
May. 15,2013
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.
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Episode 4 : Buried Alive
May. 08,2013
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.
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Episode 3 : Snakes on a Plane
May. 01,2013
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.
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Episode 2 : Raving Arizona
April. 24,2013
Shaun Attwood left England to be a stockbroker in America and finds himself dealing ecstasy.
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Episode 1 : Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace
April. 17,2013
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.
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