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I (Almost) Got Away with It

Murderers, drug dealers, bank robbers and jail escapees all have different stories, but their motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. Thirteen fugitives talk about their lives on the run, how they survived and how they almost got away with it.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Got Remarried
    January 12, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    After an argument, Michael McGuffey shot his wife point blank in the head. With support from his mother, he flees to Mexico, where he remarries and has a child, until the FBI uses his bank records to track him down.
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  2. S1 E2 - Got Dumped
    January 19, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Michael Alfonso is the main suspect in the murder of a pregnant ex-girlfriend, and wanted for the shooting of a current one. He's a jealous boyfriend who repeatedly turns to violence, until his criminal lifestyle gets him caught.
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  3. S1 E3 - Got No Fingerprints
    January 26, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Jerry Bowen fled before sentencing for the murder of his ex-wife. He erased his fingerprints with acid, assumed the identities of homeless men, and escaped capture for seven years before detectives finally tracked him down.
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  4. S1 E4 - Got a Video Rental Store
    February 2, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    In 1975, Michael Brown killed a man during a robbery. He was caught and convicted, and while in prison, he got married to a woman named Donna. He soon escaped so they could start a new life together.
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  5. S1 E5 - Got Two Homes in Mexico
    February 9, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Gonzalo Martinez is a 17-year old gang member serving 48 years in prison. A chance to escape arises, and he flees to Mexico and becomes a drug dealer. One too many border crossings gives the Feds a chance to recapture him.
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  6. S1 E6 - Got the Wrong 4 People Killed
    February 16, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Scott Burnside hires a hit man to kill a friend's wife. But when the hit goes wrong and four people are found murdered, Burnside flees to a remote island. His contact with his mother tips the Feds to his whereabouts.
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  7. S1 E7 - Got Caught in the Shower
    February 23, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Richard Garber thinks he has gotten away with murder, after he bludgeons a neighbor to death. But when he becomes the lead suspect in the case, Garber hits the road spending eight months dodging the Feds.
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  8. S1 E8 - Got to Sing Karaoke
    March 2, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    After 40 years of marriage, Joe Crouch shoots his wife while she sleeps. He flees to Florida and embraces his fugitive life, which he funds by robbing banks. But it's his love of karaoke that gets him caught.
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  9. S1 E9 - Got Revenge
    March 9, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Marshall Brown committed his first contract killing at 19, when a drug dealer put out a hit on Horace Morrison. Brown was soon convicted, and spent the next 19 years in prison planning his escape and revenge.
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  10. S1 E10 - Got to Rob Banks
    March 16, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Joe Loya is a professional bank robber, addicted to the adrenaline of power. After 13 months of successful robberies, his luck runs out when the latest in bank technology leads investigators to him and ends his spree.
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  11. S1 E11 - Got to Go to Canada
    March 23, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Scott Freeburg has been in and out of prison his whole life, and when a drug deal goes wrong, he runs to Canada. Soon he's back in the gang life, and after Canadian police ID him, he's on his way back to the US.
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  12. S1 E12 - Got a Gun Made of Toilet Paper
    March 30, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    Kerry Silvers was facing 55 years in the slammer for robbery and battery, so he decided to escape. Along with two other prisoners, they overpowered a few guards and were able to calmly walk out of prison.
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  13. S1 E13 - Got to Get Bike Parts
    April 6, 2010
    45min
    TV-14
    In central Florida in 1991, Marvin Carson settled an argument with rival gang member Richard Hawk by shooting him repeatedly with an AK-47. Carson then went on the run. But when he returned to his hometown, police were tipped.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Starring
Bill RatnerBrenda Breckenridge BowenJerry Bowen
Studio
discovery plus Ties That Bind
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