Banged Up Abroad

Season 5

6 episodes · Jun 30, 2010

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  • The Real Midnight Express
    S5E1

    The Real Midnight Express

    Jun 30, 201045m

    In intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winning 1978 film, "Midnight Express."

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  • Saddam's Iraq
    S5E2

    Saddam's Iraq

    Jul 7, 201045m

    When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, Tom Lynch and his fellow contractor John White decided to get out of Iraq while they still could, but were captured by Iraqi soldiers and taken to a notorious prison in Baghdad, where they must listen to inmates being tortured to death.

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  • Tokyo Takedown
    S5E3

    Tokyo Takedown

    Jul 14, 201045m

    After accepting an offer to work as a hostess in Japan, Jackie Nichols meets a charming Israeli drug smuggler and agrees to smuggle hashish with him. She gets away with it four times, but the fifth time, she's not so lucky.

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  • Bangkok Underworld
    S5E4

    Bangkok Underworld

    Jul 21, 201045m

    A 28-year-old English teacher named Tim Schrader agrees to smuggle eight kilos of heroin into the U.S. to solve his financial problems. Although he knows he could receive the death penalty, the money is too tempting to resist.

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  • Spain / Smuggler Makeover
    S5E5

    Spain / Smuggler Makeover

    Jul 28, 201045m

    With his girlfriend pregnant, American musician Michael Morey needs money and agrees to smuggle cocaine from Quito to Spain. He barely makes it through Ecuadorian customs, but when he lands and goes through Spanish customs, he's not so lucky.

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  • Panama / Colombia Ambush
    S5E6

    Panama / Colombia Ambush

    Aug 4, 201045m

    A jungle adventure turns sour when American backpacker Mark Wedeven and his travel companions are taken hostage by armed guerilla soldiers in Panama.

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