Locked Up Abroad
Dream adventures turn into hellish nightmares for the travelers featured in this series, which recounts through first-hand interviews and re-enactments their experiences of being arrested in a foreign country for drug smuggling, and how they coped with the resulting lengthy prison terms.
SEASON 10
SEASON 10
S10 E10 - Miami Mobster Take Down
Tony Galeota is framed for drug trafficking in Panama City.
03.04.2020 | 44m S10 E9 - Peruvian Prison Break
An exotic dancer leaves for the Peruvian cocaine underworld.
02.26.2020 | 44m S10 E8 - Colombian Double Cross
Heather Ebling is arrested for drug smuggling in Colombia.
02.19.2020 | 44m S10 E7 - King of Weed
Ryan Phillips leaves hockey to become a marijuana smuggler.
02.12.2020 | 44m S10 E6 - Drug Runner Mom
Single mom Melanie Di Egidio is arrested in Ecuador.
02.05.2020 | 44m S10 E5 - Model Drug Runner
Garrain Jones gets caught smuggling heroin.
01.29.2020 | 44m S10 E4 - Undercover Arms Dealer
An arms dealer goes undercover to stop a terrorist plot.
01.22.2020 | 44m S10 E3 - Pop Star Smuggler
A struggling Latino pop star risks all by smuggling heroin.
01.15.2020 | 44m S10 E2 - Korean Ecstasy King
A teacher becomes the kingpin of an MDMA operation.
01.08.2020 | 44m S10 E1 - Undercover Biker
For the first time, informer Charles Falco describes how he infiltrated the deadly Vagos motorcycle gang
01.01.2020 | 44m SEASON 9
SEASON 9
S9 E10 - Thai Meth Bust
Meth dealer Jimmy is busted in Thailand and sent to prison.
03.07.2019 | 44m S9 E9 - Panamania
Christina spirals into addiction but sees a way out.
02.28.2019 | 44m S9 E8 - Indian Hash Bust
An Australian lands in jail after joining an Indian ashram.
02.21.2019 | 44m S9 E7 - Greek Border Bust
Guards stop smugglers at the Greek border.
02.14.2019 | 44m S9 E6 - Narco Wine Bust
Champion skier Nick Brewer sells pills in France.
02.07.2019 | 44m S9 E5 - Bangkok Betrayal
A young American dancer is sent to the "Bangkok Hilton."
01.31.2019 | 44m S9 E4 - Jungle Crash
Keith Stansell is taken hostage by FARC guerrillas.
01.24.2019 | 44m S9 E3 - Peruvian Parent Trap
A Peruvian story of incarceration and betrayal.
01.17.2019 | 44m S9 E2 - Caribbean Coke King
Michael begins a new career smuggling cocaine.
01.10.2019 | 44m S9 E1 - Mexican Cartel Hell
A family man is falsely imprisoned in Mexico and tortured.
01.03.2019 | 44m SEASON 8
SEASON 8
S8 E7 - Gaddafi's American Prisoner
Matthew VanDyke was captured by Qaddafi's men.
02.15.2018 | 44m S8 E6 - Bad Bromance
U.S. Naval Officer Lemar Burton's attempts at survival.
02.08.2018 | 47m S8 E5 - Mexican Border Bust
Steve Peterson's marijuana operation was going to plan until Mexican cops drove past.
02.01.2018 | 47m S8 E4 - Double Crossed in the Desert
Journalist Phil Cox is taken hostage in Sudan.
01.25.2018 | 47m S8 E3 - Narco at Nineteen
A drug courier is tricked; a teen moves drugs from Colombia.
01.18.2018 | 46m S8 E2 - Escape from Al Qaeda
Matthew Schrier is kidnapped by the Syrian Al Qaeda.
01.11.2018 | 47m S8 E1 - Breaking Bad in Britain
Drug dealer Pieter Tritton is forced to go on the run.
01.04.2018 | 47m SEASON 7
SEASON 7
S7 E10 - Hunting Mr. Nice
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.
06.12.2013 | 44m S7 E9 - Fast, Furious and Busted
Hot-shot street racer Rick breaks into cars to support his young family but soon he's involved in a criminal gang and the police are on his tail.
06.05.2013 | 44m S7 E8 - Vegas Mobster
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.
05.29.2013 | 44m S7 E7 - Hippie Mafia
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.
05.22.2013 | 44m S7 E6 - Mexican Prison Escape
Two surfers caught smuggling escaped their Mexican jail.
05.15.2013 | 44m S7 E5 - The Real Argo
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.
05.05.2013 | 44m S7 E4 - Buried Alive
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. Locked Up Abroad goes inside his harrowing story of survival.
05.01.2013 | 44m S7 E3 - Raving Arizona
Shaun Attwood left England to be a stockbroker in America. He soon finds himself dealing ecstasy and living the high life. When he angers a mafia boss, he retreats to being a stockbroker, but it proves to be too little too late.
04.24.2013 | 44m S7 E2 - Snakes on a Plane
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.
04.17.2013 | 44m S7 E1 - Vietnam POWS: McCain & Brace
The story of Vietnam POWs Ernie Brace and John McCain.
04.17.2013 | 44m SEASON 6
SEASON 6
S6 E20 - Escape from the Gulag
In the midst of the Cold War, three Americans agree to smuggle three suitcases full of heroin through Moscow and end up paying a high price in a Russian labor camp.
04.30.2019 | 45m S6 E19 - Busted in Bangkok
Chicago woman smuggles heroin from Thailand gets caught.
04.30.2019 | 45m S6 E17 - Venezuela Hustle
Paul agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine back to Dublin.
04.30.2019 | 45m S6 E16 - The Orchid Hunters
Two young British backpackers searching for orchids and adventure are kidnapped as they try to cross from Panama to Colombia via the notoriously dangerous Darien Gap.
08.06.2012 | 45m S6 E15 - Chilean Prison Break
Tom Hanway fled a Chilean jail with a fellow prisoner.
04.30.2019 | 45m S6 E14 - Not Without My Baby
Susan tries to adopt baby Marko, who has no papers.
11.20.2012 | 44m S6 E13 - Hasidic King of Coke
Greengrocer Samuel gets involved with drug-dealing, in particular, cocaine.
07.16.2020 | 44m S6 E12 - I Am Not A Terrorist
Duane Wollum, smuggles cocaine into America for money to party and support his daughter.
07.09.2012 | 46m S6 E11 - My Dad The Smuggler
Scott Campbell continues a smuggling mission to Tokyo to raise money to pay for his father's lawyer.
07.02.2012 | 45m S6 E10 - Son of Saddam
Iraqi soldier forced to become Uday Hussein's body double.
10.03.2012 | 44m S6 E9 - Caribbean Nightmare
Two Brits faced a violent 20 months in Guadeloupe.
08.22.2012 | 44m S6 E8 - Colombian Kidnap
Backpackers form a relationship with their kidnappers.
09.26.2012 | 44m S6 E7 - Dangerous Liaisons
British nurse draws ire of Saudi police after gay affairs.
04.30.2019 | 45m S6 E6 - Cocaine Mule Mom
Struggling single mom-of-three agreed to smuggle cocaine.
04.30.2019 | 45m S6 E5 - Black Palace of Horrors
Man winds up cross-dressing in an audacious bid for freedom.
09.19.2012 | 45m S6 E4 - Highway to Hell
A civilian truck driver for the U.S. military is taken hostage by insurgents in war-torn Iraq.
05.16.2012 | 44m S6 E3 - Escape From Argentina
British student accused of smuggling cocaine forced to flee.
08.08.2012 | 46m S6 E2 - The Juggler Smuggler
Magician Mark Greening resorts to bringing drugs into Japan.
08.29.2012 | 44m S6 E1 - From Hollywood to Hell
Actor Erik Aude was tricked into smuggling opium.
09.12.2012 | 45m SEASON 5
SEASON 5
S5 E9 - Teenage Drug Smuggler
Vivian Carrasquillo agreed to smuggle drugs for cash.
04.30.2019 | 45m S5 E8 - Drug Dealer Revenge
Dealers threatened Robert's family if he didn't smuggle.
04.30.2019 | 45m S5 E7 - The Cocaine Trap
Stephen Sutton finds himself battling both tuberculosis and hostile inmates as he begins serving an 11-year prison sentence and wondering if he will make it out this nightmare alive.
04.30.2019 | 45m S5 E6 - Daredevil Drug Runner
Martial arts teacher Chris Chance turned to smuggling.
04.30.2019 | 45m S5 E5 - Heroin Sting
A man offers Brigene Young a free trip to Mauritius.
04.30.2019 | 45m S5 E4 - Mexico Money Machine
A man buys illegal drugs in Mexico with counterfeit money.
04.30.2019 | 45m S5 E3 - Forbidden Love
British man David Scott meets Cynthia, a Filipino woman, on the internet and a whirlwind romance begins. Cynthia's estranged husband uses the Philippines' adultery laws to have them thrown in jail.
04.30.2019 | 44m S5 E2 - The Real Goodfella
Henry Hill, the inspiration for classic movie 'Goodfellas,' tells the complete true story of his rise and fall in the New York mob and the details of his life not included in Martin Scorsese's film.
04.30.2019 | 44m S5 E1 - Saudi Bootlegger
A man embarks on a sideline as a bootlegger in Saudi Arabia.
04.30.2019 | 45m 
