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Banged Up Abroad (2007)

Season 5

TV-14
Survivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad.
Where to Watch Season 5
6 Episodes
  • The Real Midnight Express
    E1
    Episode 1The Real Midnight ExpressIn intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winning 1978 film, "Midnight Express."
  • Saddam's Iraq
    E2
    Episode 2Saddam's IraqWhen 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.
  • Tokyo Takedown
    E3
    Episode 3Tokyo TakedownAfter 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.
  • Bangkok Underworld
    E4
    Episode 4Bangkok UnderworldA 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.
  • Spain / Smuggler Makeover
    E5
    Episode 5Spain / Smuggler MakeoverWith 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.
  • Panama / Colombia Ambush
    E6
    Episode 6Panama / Colombia AmbushA 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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