I (Almost) Got Away With It

I (Almost) Got Away With It72%

TV 2010-01-12 Documentary Crime
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Murders, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. See what pushed these fugitives to their crimes, how they changed their identities, evaded the law and - almost - got away with it.

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Status
Ended
Seasons
8
Episodes
93
Studio
Investigation Discovery
Network
Investigation Discovery
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata
Cast
Bill Ratner Bill Ratner Narrator Tony Toste Tony Toste Buck/Police Officer Quint Gabriel Quint Gabriel FBI Agent, Intelligence analyst, Police Officer, Prisioner 2
Patrick Engler Patrick Engler Airport Cop
Iván Jesús Herrera Iván Jesús Herrera Gamer Nathaniel 'Nate' Scott Nathaniel 'Nate' Scott Sgt. Michael Garrett Tommy Wright Tommy Wright Larry McClendon Kristi Swensson Kristi Swensson Detective Debbie Potter Michael Placencia Michael Placencia SWAT Leader
Season 1 2010 · 13 eps
  1. 1 Got Remarried Michael McGuffey murders his estranged wife in a parking lot in Mt. Vernon, Washington in front of several witnesses and flees to Texas and from there to Mexico City. Jan 12, 2010
  2. 2 Got Dumped Michael Alfonso shoots his ex-girlfriend Sumanear Yang in the head. Nine years later, he shot another girlfriend, Genoveva Velasquez, and fled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, finding … Jan 19, 2010
  3. 3 Got No Fingerprints Jerry Bowen, a drywall contractor in Huntsville, Alabama, murders his ex-wife. Her body is discovered two months later in a river, wrapped in plastic and chains. Jan 26, 2010
  4. 4 Got a Video Rental Store In 1975, Michael Wayne Brown is one of a trio of teens committing a string of burglaries. One night, they are in the process of burglarizing an insurance office when they are surp… Feb 2, 2010
  5. 5 Got Two Homes in Mexico Gonzalo Martinez shoots three people in gang-related violence and is sentenced to 48 years in prison for the attempted murders. Martinez and three other inmates escape and flee to… Feb 9, 2010
  6. 6 Got the Wrong Four People Killed Dorsey Sanders III and Scott Burnside hire John Barrett to kill Dorsey's mother Joanne. Barrett botches the hit, instead killing Joanne's new fiancé and three workers in the proce… Feb 16, 2010
  7. 7 Got Caught in the Shower Richard Garber murders his neighbor Janio Moraes over a dispute about money. Garber and his girlfriend Anna then head to Las Vegas. Feb 23, 2010
  8. 8 Got to Sing Karaoke Joe Crouch of Memphis, Tennessee is a compulsive gambler whose addiction has led him to write bad checks for over $80,000. When he discovers that he is facing criminal charges, he… Mar 2, 2010
  9. 9 Got Revenge Drug enforcer Marshall Brown is sentenced to life in prison for murdering a witness scheduled to testify against him. After spending 16 years as a model prisoner, he escapes and r… Mar 9, 2010
  10. 10 Got to Rob Banks Joe Loya lives a double life as a charming man, working as a cook at a restaurant, playing golf, and wearing expensive designer clothes. His friends think highly of him. Meanwhile… Mar 16, 2010
  11. 11 Go to Go to Canada Scott Freeburg has been in and out of prison since age 18. While working as an enforcer for a drug dealer, he gets into a fight with his victim, whom he shoots to death with the v… Mar 23, 2010
  12. 12 Got a Gun Made Out of Toilet Paper Kerry Silvers is serving a 61-year sentence for robbery and other crimes. Four years into his sentence, he and two other inmates escape in a stolen car. Mar 30, 2010
  13. 13 Got to Get Bike Parts Marvin Carson is a member of a motorcycle gang. One day, a friend who broke up with her boyfriend, a rival biker gang member, asks Carson to go to her ex's house and retrieve her … Apr 6, 2010
Season 2 2010 · 13 eps
  1. 1 Got Caught By a Cougar Robert Spencer, a Jacksonville drug dealer, is known for his temper. One day, he gets angry at his girlfriend and fires a series of shots into her window with the intention of sca… Oct 26, 2010
  2. 2 Got to Roll the Dice Phillip Anthony Williams of Albuquerque murders his ex-girlfriend as she attempts to get into her car after work. Nov 2, 2010
  3. 3 Got a Dead Man's ID Michael Hess of Tampa, Florida is sentenced to 35 years in prison for a series of convenience store robberies. After seven years as a model prisoner, he escapes and catches a bus … Nov 9, 2010
  4. 4 Got Caught Via Email Edward Roberson is sentenced to five years in prison for a string of motor vehicle thefts. A failed escape attempt earns him another 10 years. Nov 16, 2010
  5. 5 Got Plastic Surgery Courtenay Savage shoots into the home of her former friend and business partner three times, nearly inflicting life-threatening damage. She is charged with attempted murder. Nov 23, 2010
  6. 6 Got Raps Recently paroled Raymond Ross steals a car and runs over its owner, teenaged Troy Bowman. Ross takes the stolen car to his hometown of Humboldt, Tennessee, where he strips it for … Nov 30, 2010
  7. 7 Got a Lot of Pot Marijuana smuggler Steve Lamb and his crew are arrested in the largest marijuana bust in US history. All participants receive 20 years in prison, but are paroled after two years. Dec 7, 2010
  8. 8 Got Shot Above a Deli Manhattan drug dealer and aspiring rapper Sean Salley plans to rob a rival dealer with his accomplice, Andre Smith. The pair go to an apartment located above the Carnegie Deli and… Dec 14, 2010
  9. 9 Got to Lock and Load The Republic of Texas is a militia group that believes the state of Texas is being held illegally by the United States and supports Texas seceding from the Union. After a contenti… Dec 21, 2010
  10. 10 Got to Pick Up a Hooker Drug enforcer Dallas Slettvet gets into a fight at a home where he is sent and stabs the victim to death with his own knife. Realizing he has taken a life, he panics. Dec 28, 2010
  11. 11 Got a Death Certificate James Clement is selling a boat, and is murdered by two men, the Ellis brothers, posing as potential buyers. The Ellises drive the boat to the Bahamas, where drug dealer Anthony R… Jan 4, 2011
  12. 12 Got a Family Coming After Me Erick Quesada is wanted for the murder of his best friend turned enemy Michael Newhouse in a drive-by shooting in the suburbs of San Antonio. The day after the shooting, Quesada's… Jan 11, 2011
  13. 13 Got Ninth Place at Poker After four years of marriage, 25-year-old Randall Zandstra and his wife separate. When he finds her with a new boyfriend, Zastra shoots the new boyfriend and flees. Jan 18, 2011
Season 3 2011 · 13 eps
  1. 1 Got a Country Legend's Tour Bus Career criminal Christopher Daniel Gay hears his mother is dying and escapes custody again to see her. After spending the night hiding in the woods, Gay steals a pickup truck, aba… Apr 12, 2011
  2. 2 Got That Tough Girl Look Following the murder of Earl Mason in a Daytona Beach motel, the three perpetrators, Jason Bowman, William McMinn, and Juanita Liebman, flee to Texas. Apr 19, 2011
  3. 3 Got a Bad Temper While awaiting trial in Oklahoma, Aurlieas Dante McClarty robs a taco shop and uses the money to flee to Los Angeles, then Cleveland, Orlando, Laurel, Maryland, and finally North … Apr 26, 2011
  4. 4 Got to Escape in Underwear After spending three days in a holding cell at the Unicoi County, Tennessee jail, Ricky McCurry begs the lone officer on duty for a shower. The officer opens his cell door while M… May 3, 2011
  5. 5 Got a Pen Pal Brenda Wynn, a drug dealer in Daytona Beach, is robbed by the man she had employed as a driver. Wynn runs him over and leaves him for dead. May 10, 2011
  6. 6 Got to Get Revenge Scott Eizember flees his home state of Michigan after violating a restraining order. He settles in Tulsa, Oklahoma and begins a relationship with a woman named Kathy. May 31, 2011
  7. 7 Got to Run With My Buddy In the Clovis, New Mexico jail, Larry McClendon awaits trial for murder. When his childhood friend Michael England comes to jail on a probation violation, the two plan to escape t… Jun 7, 2011
  8. 8 Got Caught in Love Triangle Henry Lee Marshall of Tampa, Florida, stalks his former girlfriend Martha Leathers, who now has a long-term relationship and five children with George O'Neill. Jun 14, 2011
  9. 9 Got a Boyfriend to Support Steven Jay Russell is fired from his food service job for being gay. He turns to low-level fraud and is sentenced to six months behind bars. After just one month, he escapes and f… Jun 21, 2011
  10. 10 Got to Impersonate a Guard While working at an Albertsons in Dallas, Dennis Wayne Hope formulates a plan to rob his employer. By posing as an employee of an armored truck company, Hope collects cash deposit… Jun 28, 2011
  11. 11 Got Shot in the Leg Four friends rob the Jade East restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, from which one of them has just been fired. During the robbery, they kill the owners, Arthur and Amy Lee, along wi… Jul 5, 2011
  12. 12 Got to Hide in a Swamp After spending 10 months in jail, Dominick Reddick escapes from a transport van after it breaks down along a Florida highway. Jul 12, 2011
  13. 13 Got to Work on a Crab Boat After robbing a bank in Florida, Kenneth "Speedy" Raulerson flees to Alaska to and gets a job working on a crab boat for a season. Jul 19, 2011
Season 4 2011 · 13 eps
  1. 1 Got To Ride The Rails A neighbor calls 911 when she smells smoke coming from an apartment shared by Ricky Sleight and William Baldi. The police find Baldi's dead body, but Sleight escapes by riding fre… Oct 6, 2011 45m
  2. 2 Got To Wear A Pink Shirt Abraham Cavazos shoots a man at a party and flees to Juarez, Mexico to disappear. Cavazos uses multiple women to support him in Mexico. He changes identities, locations and girlfr… Oct 13, 2011 45m
  3. 3 Got To Silence A Witness An Oklahoma drug lord who was wanted for murder and kidnapping fled to Mexico to stay out of prison. Oct 20, 2011 45m
  4. 4 Got To Copy Movies JohnnyRay Gasca, a successful video pirate, scams the film industry while partying with celebrities and hiding from the law. Gasca went to prison for attempted murder and U.S. Mar… Oct 27, 2011 45m
  5. 5 Got To Burn A Truck Jermaine LeBron and a group of friends murder a man in Florida and steal his expensive truck. LeBron then teams up with Howard Kendall to continue the crime spree. Their plan unra… Nov 3, 2011
  6. 6 Got To Pose As A Firefighter Fired from his job as a fashion writer, Peter Braunstein vows to take revenge on the fashionistas who snubbed him. Posing as a firefighter, he kidnaps a co-worker and terrorizes h… Nov 10, 2011 45m
  7. 7 Got To Be A Car Salesman A freak accident threatens to send a criminal-turned-car salesman back to jail. Nov 17, 2011 45m
  8. 8 Got To Steal A Rich Woman's Jewelry In 1985 Kaysie Dudley's mother gets fired from her job as a caregiver for an elderly widow and the pair plot to steal her rings as revenge. When the 77-year-old woman unexpectedly… Dec 1, 2011 45m
  9. 9 Got To Make A Dummy Out Of Sheets With seven escapes under his belt, Frankie Lee Bass will stop at nothing to be free. While facing five life sentences for a spree of Florida robberies, Bass makes a daring escape … Dec 8, 2011 45m
  10. 10 Got To Escape From The Rock By the age of 17, William Van Poyck is convicted of robbery and serves 6 years behind bars before escaping from a maximum security prison. In 1987, he prepares for his most daring… Dec 15, 2011 45m
  11. 11 Got To Run To Mexico With My Kids In July of 2009, Valerie Castellano robs a bank in rural Indiana. She flees with her three children and her girlfriend to Mexico. Back in Indiana, police focus their attention on … Dec 22, 2011 45m
  12. 12 Got To Pretend I'm A Priest A con artist keeps reinventing himself. Dec 29, 2011
  13. 13 Got To Escape Underground Man learns the true cost of being on the run. Jan 5, 2012 45m
Season 5 2012 · 13 eps
  1. 1 Got to Hide Out in Suburbia Robert Jeffery loses his entire drug business in a fire. In order to pay off his supplier, he robs a bank but is arrested. He escapes from jail and survives by dealing drugs and p… Apr 11, 2012 45m
  2. 2 Got to Murder My Own Family After killing his step-mom and three young brothers, James Wiley is given a life sentence. He escapes into the Wyoming wilderness and hides under the wheel of a big rig, holding o… Apr 18, 2012 45m
  3. 3 Got to Build a Bridge to Freedom Nicholas Johnson is a teenage robber terrorizing the streets of Portland, Oregon. After getting caught, he plans an elaborate escape and slips past the prison’s high-level securit… Apr 24, 2012 45m
  4. 4 Got to Build a Meth Lab Jerry Wright builds a booming meth business in the Tennessee hills until his makeshift lab blows up. During a fight over money, Wright kills a man and runs to his sister’s in Ohio… May 2, 2012
  5. 5 Got to Run with My Brother Mark and Maverick Maher are teenage punks who form their own militia -- a band of youths who rob houses and break into cars. After sending a threatening audio tape to police, they… May 9, 2012 45m
  6. 6 Got to Break Into Vacation Homes William Alderman robs to support his girlfriend and her 3-year-old daughter. The trio heads to Idaho, breaking into vacation homes and using the little girl to help carry out the … May 16, 2012 45m
  7. 7 Got to Run to Costa Rica David Harden is a clean-cut businessman living a double life as a burglar. His drug habit forces him to commit more daring crimes until he gets caught. He runs to Costa Rica, pull… May 23, 2012 45m
  8. 8 Got to Prey on Tourists Patsy Jones is the leader of a band of thieves, targeting tourists leaving the Miami airport by robbing and carjacking them at gunpoint. One night, a tourist fails to stop and Jon… May 30, 2012 45m
  9. 9 Got to Make It in the Big Easy Jun 6, 2012
  10. 10 Got to Become a Neo-Nazi Jun 13, 2012
  11. 11 Got to Take Down My Ex-Boyfriend Jun 20, 2012 45m
  12. 12 Got Hammered on a Sailboat Jun 27, 2012
  13. 13 Got to Make You A Superstar Two stories of fugitives on the run. First, a scam artist cons aspiring artists out of millions. But when one victim demands justice, a high-profile manhunt ensues. Then, a modern… Jul 31, 2012 45m
Season 6 2013 · 10 eps
  1. 1 Got to Kill My Step-Dad In Miami, Florida, teenage Randy Baggett is sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for killing his abusive stepfather. He escapes from the high security prison and treks through … Jun 24, 2013 45m
  2. 2 Got to Escape Through a Toilet A pair of friends and criminals escape from prison in 2009 and lead police on a manhunt across the Southeast. Jul 1, 2013 45m
  3. 3 GOT to Pose as a War Vet Posing as a veteran and preying on women to get cash, cars, and even a house, Jerrod Durr finds himself in a multistate game of cat and mouse with cops. Jul 8, 2013 45m
  4. 4 Got to Escape With One Leg Walter Rhodes and 2 other suspects were involved with the murder of 2 cops. Rhodes agrees to testify against the others for a lesser sentence and is released in 18 years. Shortly … Jul 15, 2013 45m
  5. 5 GOT to be the Black Market Maestro 19-year-old Kylen Padgett's escalating crimes get him arrested. After a jury acquits him for attempted murder, he reverts back to his old ways by robbing wealthy home owners. The … Jul 22, 2013 45m
  6. 6 Got to Rob a Pawn Shop Stolen weapons dealer, Conan Helsley, robs a pawnshop with his girlfriend and older brother. Jul 29, 2013
  7. 7 Got to Be Bonnie and Clyde After getting arrested for robbery, Robert Askew runs from a work camp and goes back to stealing to make a living. Askew eventually gets caught again, but he escapes from jail dur… Aug 5, 2013
  8. 8 Got to Be the Green Baron In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tony Darwin and his group of 18 friends make their living smuggling marijuana from Jamaica into the United States. All are members of the Ethiopian Zi… Aug 12, 2013 45m
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Season 7 2014 · 8 eps
  1. 1 Got to Be a Ladies' Man David Corbin is a career criminal. After a stint in prison, Corbin launches a crime wave, stealing cars and selling them for a profit. But when a jealous girlfriend rats him out, … Jun 2, 2014
  2. 2 Got to Fall in Love with a Prison Guard In Joplin, Missouri, 19-year-old Terry Banks kills his 17-year-old girlfriend's husband with help from his friend Matt Meyers. Meyers gets 67 years in prison, while Banks is sente… Jun 9, 2014
  3. 3 Got a Rich Widow Tired of receiving bad treatment from his wealthy clients, country club tennis instructor Brian Maurice Fuller decides to start robbing them. Jun 16, 2014
  4. 4 Got to Be Part of the Texas Seven At John B. Connally Unit, a maximum-security prison near Kennedy, Texas, seven inmates craft and execute an elaborate plan for escape. Once free, the escapees hide out in a Dallas… Jun 30, 2014
  5. 5 Got to Pose As Katrina Refugee On October 19, 2005, Scott Webb kills his mother Margaret while in a drug-fueled rage. Scott and his wife Michelle, both hardened addicts, steal a truck from Scott's former work a… Jul 7, 2014
  6. 6 Got to Escape Through an Air Duct Rondell Reed is released from prison in 2010 after serving 21 years there. Reed moves to Kentucky and finds work in an auto repair shop. On April 16, 2011, Reed's boss pulls a gun… Jul 14, 2014
  7. 7 Got to Watch Those Country Girls In February 2003, brothers Roger and David DeLucenay are both incarcerated in Elkhart County Jail. They work together to escape and drive six hours to Bowling Green, Kentucky, whe… Jul 21, 2014
  8. 8 Got to Be MacGuyver Harold Laird and two of his friends murder Laird's stepfather Red and Red's girlfriend. They plan to go to Pennsylvania, but are arrested when police find them driving a stolen tr… Jul 28, 2014
Season 8 2016 · 10 eps
  1. 1 Got to Pretend to Be a Cop Peter Gibbs faces a long stretch in prison for a string of robberies but he refuses to go down without a fight. May 13, 2016 60m
  2. 2 Got a Handsome Face Bank robber Steven Ray Milam is called the Handsome Guy Bandit as he makes a costly mistake forcing him to leave his family and go on the run. May 20, 2016 45m
  3. 3 Got to Taunt the Cops Jimmy Maxwell's volatile nature sees him being a menace to authorities every time they manage to corner him after he escapes from prison. May 27, 2016 45m
  4. 4 Got to Send a Bomb in the Mail Albert Paul ends up being arrested for murder and spends the next twenty years pulling off daring prison breaks only to get captured following every attempt. Jun 3, 2016 45m
  5. 5 Got to Escape with a Battleaxe Whilst serving a 60-year sentence for a crime he says he didn't commit, Russell Kerr plots with a fellow inmate an elaborate escap Jun 10, 2016 45m
  6. 6 Got to Get Home to Mother Robert Nielsen escapes from a Florida prison, where he has been serving a 25 year sentence for an armed robbery he committed when he was 16. Jun 17, 2016
  7. 7 Got to Get Out of Debt In South Los Angeles, truck driver Jaime Jones slips and falls at work, suffering a herniated disc in his lower back, forcing him to quit. Facing foreclosure on his home, Jones tu… Jun 24, 2016
  8. 8 Got to Crawl My Way to Freedom In March 2007, Darryl Norris is paroled after serving eight years of his 15-year sentence for two counts of armed robbery. On April 15, 2008, Norris and an accomplice named Robert… Jul 1, 2016
  9. 9 Got to Be Part of the Pittsburgh Six Andrew Thomas Heim of Pittsburgh is serving 4–10 years in prison for battery and assault. In prison, he recruits five other inmates to form a plan of escape. Jul 8, 2016
  10. 10 Got to Hit Homes on Halloween In El Paso, Texas, Michael Kidd and his two friends Kevin Crandall and Marcus Thompson decide to fund their drug habits by robbing homes. Jul 15, 2016
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