Locked up Abroad
Still airing- Started airing: 2007
- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 40 (Avg. 10 per season)
- Followers: 2
Season 4 |
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4x1: The Real Midnight Express
The Real Midnight Express (4x1)This episode tells the story of Billy Hayes who was sent to a prison in Turkey for drug smuggling. |
July 1st, 2010 |   (9.0) |
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4x2: Saddam's Iraq
Saddam's Iraq (4x2)In 1990, Saddam invaded Kuwait, and Tom Lynch, along with other contractors, attempted to leave Iraq before it was too late. However, after crossing the desert, thinking they found a Syrian town, they were caught by the Iraqi military, and sent to a prison in Baghdad. |
July 8th, 2010 |  (7.5) |
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4x3: Tokyo
Tokyo (4x3)This episode highlights the personal account of Jackie Nichols, who would end up in a Japanese prison for several years. It is known to be a very strict prison system. |
July 15th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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4x4: Bangkok
Bangkok (4x4)This episode highlights the personal account of an Australian named Tim Schrader who went to Bangkok to teach English. After being strapped for cash, he would attempt to smuggle heroin to the United States. He would be caught at the airport, and would be sentenced to a long term confinement in a Thailand prison. |
July 22nd, 2010 | (0.0) |
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4x5: Spain
Spain (4x5)This episode tells the account of Michael Morey, who would fall in love with a woman. He would help this woman smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Europe. He would do this with over 4 kilos of cocaine. He would pass through security in Ecuador, but would be caught at customs after arriving in Madrid. That woman would break up from him after he went to prison, but would later find a new love after being released from prison in 2007. |
July 29th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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4x6: Panama
Panama (4x6)This is the story of an American backpacker, Mark Wedeven. He was packing through Panama, but once he crossed into Colombia, he was taken hostage by guerrilla soldiers. He thought he would be killed, but would eventually be freed when he was grilled by the squad commander. |
August 5th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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Season 3 |
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3x1: Cuzco
Cuzco (3x1)Sarah incurred numerous debts as a result of her party lifestyle. Finding herself owing a dangerous loan shark, Sarah travels from England to Peru in an attempt to smuggle cocaine. Sarah and Simon, a man she had recently met in a bar, are arrested. Sarah took full responsibility for the crime. Simon is detained by the authorities and stuck in legal limbo. |
April 2nd, 2009 | (10.0) |
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3x2: Caracas
Caracas (3x2)David Evans travels to Venezuela as a drug mule to make some money. He is caught boarding his plane to Amsterdam where his girlfriend Julie is waiting. She is unaware of David's legal troubles. Julie must live on her own until David is released. She is trapped in Amsterdam and David must wait over three years to find out if Julie forgives him for the deception. |
April 9th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x3: Kidnapped In The Philippines
Kidnapped In The Philippines (3x3)Greg traveled to the Philippines in 1996 as a volunteer missionary. Within days, he was kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist terrorist group. Greg recognized he had to escape and was able to do so after a few weeks in captivity. |
April 16th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x4: Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta (3x4)Jake headed to Mexico in the late 1970s to search for adventure and excitement. He would sell marijuana to finance his stay in Mexico. He gets caught by police, and gets shot in the leg while running from them. A few days later, he would attempt an escape by being dressed as a woman, but gets caught by the local police, who now expect him to confess to a shooting he did not commit. |
April 23rd, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x5: Brazil
Brazil (3x5)Brendan and three friends agree to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil for $50,000. They would get caught at the airport. Brendan's father uses his connections to keep the group from a typical 25 year sentence. The sentence is reduced to 4.5 years to be served at Carandiru. This prison is one of the most notorious prisons in Brazil and was the scene of a massacre in which many prisoners were killed. |
May 7th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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3x6: Indonesia
Indonesia (3x6)This episode features the story of Chris Parnell, who was charged with smuggling hashish. After standing trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. He would be granted a presidential pardon and released in 1996. |
May 14th, 2009 | (9.2) |
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3x7: Busted In Mexico
Busted In Mexico (3x7)In 1989, Alex Silva, who was a teenager at the time. He worked in a tire shop with his uncle. This is where he would see some wealthy Mexicans, and later finds out that they are marijuana drug smugglers. On his second run, he would be arrested in Mexico. He would face torture in prison. |
May 21st, 2009 | (10.0) |
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3x8: Cuba
Cuba (3x8)Kahlilah's boyfriend gives her the chance to to go Panama. However, he leaves her holding the bag with multiple pounds of cocaine. She has to smuggle drugs in order to see he daughter again. |
June 4th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x9: Iraq
Iraq (3x9)Insurgents kidnap two journalists in 2004 as American forces get ready to attack in northwestern Iraq. They think the journalists are spies and they could face torture and even execution. |
July 16th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x10: Barbados
Barbados (3x10)Zara would leave England to go to Ecuador to smuggle cocaine back home. However, she would get caught in Barbados, and shortly after would find out she is pregnant. |
July 23rd, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x11: Betrayed In Ecuador
Betrayed In Ecuador (3x11)Zoe McGarry was in Ecuador in 2003. She got in trouble after helping a man named Tony. He would ask her for help in renewing a visa. Tony gave her a bag to take back home with her, and frustrated, she left to go back home. At the airport, she would be arrested due to having five pounds of cocaine. She was convicted in December 2008, and sentenced to eight years in prison, but shortly after, her sentence was shortened and then deported back home to Ireland. |
July 30th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x12: Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone (3x12)A marine now works for the UN to disarm rebel forces in Sierra Leone has to make an escape after his camp is attacked. |
August 6th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x13: Jamaica
Jamaica (3x13)TK and her girlfriend went on a Jamaican vacation in return for smuggling marijuana back into the United States. The would get caught at the airport, and would spend time in Kingston's central jail, which has horrible living conditions. |
August 13th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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3x14: Delhi
Delhi (3x14)In 1999, Londoner Matthews goes to India. Strapped for cash, she decides to mail some hashish to Europe in order to make some cash quickly. However, her cash cannot keep up with her lifestyle. Eventually, she would be caught and sentenced to five years in prisoon, plus an additional five years. |
August 20th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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Season 2 |
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2x1: Korea
Korea (2x1)People are always looking for something new and exciting. This was no different for Cullen and Rocket. They found that they could get jobs in Korea teaching English in Seoul and accept it. They found that it was not what they were expecting, and the job was harder than they anticipated. They would meet a few Americans there, and they would soon introduce them to drug smuggling. Easy money and all expenses paid for were appealing to them and they ended up doing these jobs. On one of the jobs, Cullen would get caught by police, and would now be looking at prison time of at least seven years. |
July 1st, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x2: Uganda
Uganda (2x2)Many countries have seen war and rebellion and this is no different for Uganda. A safari guide and visitors would soon be kidnapped by Hutu rebels, who were involved in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis. This group was forced to move through the jungle, and would be split up into two groups. |
July 8th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x3: Philippines
Philippines (2x3)Martin and Gracia prepare for their 18th wedding anniversary, and their 15th anniversary in the missionary outpost in the Philippines. The joy of the occasion is destroyed when terrorist group Abu Sayyaf takes them hostage. |
July 22nd, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x4: Bangladesh
Bangladesh (2x4)Lia McCord was offered the dream job of simply picking up some packages from Bangladesh and earning 20,000 dollars. The dream is shattered when her contact turns violent and she's captured at the airport with 7lbs of heroin. |
July 22nd, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x5: Kuwait
Kuwait (2x5)Fortune often times can take a strange path. A man sentenced to life for drug smuggling in Kuwait is freed and escapes prosecution thanks to the first Gulf war and Iraq's invasion of the country. |
July 29th, 2008 | (9.0) |
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2x6: Chechnya
Chechnya (2x6)A couple leaves England to go to Chechnya, which has caused widespread displacement of people. The couple comes here to help those that have been plagued by the events of this country. In the process, they were kidnapped by Chechnyan rebels, and were held in captivity for over a year. Jon was cuffed to a radiator, while in another room his girlfriend was being raped. They were eventually released in 1998 when a Russian billionaire helped in their release. It is not known to this day as to how he was able to negotiate their release. |
August 5th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x7: India
India (2x7)British citizens were backpacking in India, where they met up with another Briton. They accepted the invitation to his uncle's village. However, once they got to the village, they were surrounded by guns. It was soon found out that they were set up by an Islamist extremist who trained under Osama bin Laden. The intent of this group was to use them as a way to have their own extremists released from Indian custody. They tried to escape the captivity, but they were released by the police who had come to get these extremists. |
September 9th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x8: Pakistan
Pakistan (2x8)A British journalist on assignment in Pakistan is put behind bars on charges of spying. |
September 16th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x9: Lima
Lima (2x9)Love has its price. This is what happens to an American who falls in love with a cocaine addict. Russell is caught in the middle of a trip involving drug smuggling, which ultimately puts him in a Peruvian jail. |
September 30th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x10: Malaysia
Malaysia (2x10)A couple from South Africa on a romantic vactation in Malaysia were kidnapped by a Muslim militant group from the Philippines named the Abu Sayyaf. A failed rescue attempt from the government would be a part of their ordeal. |
October 7th, 2008 | (10.0) |
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2x11: Taiwan
Taiwan (2x11)A diplomat from South Africa is living in Taiwan with his family. However, their family is targeted by the country's most wanted criminal. The criminal attempts to use the family as pawns. The family would soon find themselves in the middle of gunfire between the government and this wanted criminal. |
October 14th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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2x12: Ecuador
Ecuador (2x12)An American from Miami, Florida was at a low point in his life. In order to get some cash, he agrees to do a run for a drug smuggler. He gets caught in Ecuador and is sent to one of the country's maximum security prisons. |
October 28th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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Season 1 |
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1x1: Peru
Peru (1x1)Someone is always looking for a free vacation. However, nothing in life is free. This episode features two Americans who want just that. These people were promised a nice vacation Peru. Towards the end of the vacation, they would have to pay. They had to pay for the trip by smuggling drugs out of the country. They would have to pay by facing up to six years in a Peruvian prison. |
July 25th, 2007 | (0.0) |
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1x2: Venezuela
Venezuela (1x2)Two people from England find themselves in a Venezuelan prison after being caught with drugs. They crossed paths with a Russian druglord back in England. The lure of the beaches and an all-inclusive vacation would lead them to facing up to ten years in a Venezuelan prison. |
August 23rd, 2007 | (9.2) |
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1x3: Nepal
Nepal (1x3)Young people like to travel the world. However, you have to have money to be able to do that. What do you do when you run out of money in the middle of the trip? While in Hong Kong, a young man and his friends run into that situation, and they soon agree to smuggle gold from Hong Kong into Nepal. It isn't that simple to get it through. They get caught and face time in prison and their only way out will be by the king's pardon. |
September 13th, 2007 | (0.0) |
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1x4: Colombia
Colombia (1x4)Sometimes you don't have to do anything to be imprisoned except for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. An American takes a trip to Colombia and is kidnapped by the National Liberation Army. They question and torture him for weeks. He finally escapes his captors but how did he accomplish this? |
September 26th, 2007 | (0.0) |
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1x5: Mexico
Mexico (1x5)A group of friends were living the party life for the summer season. When the season ended they didn't want the party to end but not working brought a drawback. They were almost out of cash and it was approaching the slow winter season. They were offered a vacation in Central America. They would accept the offer but in return they would have to bring some drugs back to Amsterdam. They thought they had gotten away with it when they boarded their initial flight back to Europe but they would get caught in Mexico City. |
April 1st, 2008 | (0.0) |
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1x6: Sydney
Sydney (1x6)People like the freedom to travel. Mark is one of those people. He would meet his girlfriend, Mary. Although he wants to travel, they are both working jobs just to pay the bills they have. When the bills continue to add up, and there is no relief in sight, Mary's brother would come to their rescue. He offers to take care of all their debts. Mark would get the chance to do some traveling. The only thing they would have to do is have a great vacation, and pick up a package for him in Sydney. On the last day of their trip, this package would be $250,000 Australian. However, this would run them into trouble with Australian authorities. |
April 8th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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1x7: Margarita Island
Margarita Island (1x7)Donald MacNeil has been working with boats for years. A few acquaintances come to him to help teach someone how to operate a boat in the Mediterranean. He thought this was too good to be true, and would soon find out it wasn't as simple as teaching someone to operate a boat. He would soon find out that he was working with drug smugglers, who have now changed his course from the Mediterranean to Venezuela to collect drugs. This would soon be a life-changing experience for him. |
April 15th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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1x8: Thailand
Thailand (1x8)Sometimes going on vacation can change your life. This happened to Sandra when she took a vacation for three months in Thailand. She would soon take residence there, and earn money there by teaching English to the Thai people for two years. She would get sick with dengue fever and caused her to stop teaching due to the illness. The illness caused her to go broke, and did not have the funds for the trip home. She would soon meet another British person there who could help her get home. She would just have to take a detour to Japan to take his drugs for him before heading home. It would not turn out so easy, as she would get caught with the drugs at the airport in Bangkok. |
April 22nd, 2008 | (0.0) |
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