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Hostage 911

Season 1
Negotiators record harrowing conversations with criminals who have taken people hostage. In each terrifying standoff, hear their conversations with criminals, and negotiators will break down their psychological tactics. Will the hostages get out alive?
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  1. S1 E1 - Get Her Out Alive

    October 3, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    A man takes his wife hostage after she demands a divorce. Negotiators plead with the suspect to let her go but have no idea there is another plan going on inside the house that could have fatal consequences.
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  2. S1 E2 - He’s Wearing a Bomb!

    October 4, 2023
    43min
    TV-14
    An ex-felon with an axe to grind takes his former lawyer hostage, threatening to detonate a bomb if he doesn’t get justice.
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  3. S1 E3 - Call Me When the Priest Comes

    October 10, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    When a 10-year-old girl reports being held hostage by a family friend, negotiator Mike Newlin must earn the suspect’s trust. In New Mexico, an assailant takes shelter inside a local tourist attraction, taking everyone hostage.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Hostage Fights Back

    October 17, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    A father and his twin sons are home when a violent bank robber takes them hostage. A deranged man holds his wife and child hostage in an apartment complex. When he reports killing the wife, police have only minutes to save the child.
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  5. S1 E5 - Crisis at the Campsite

    October 24, 2023
    42min
    7+
    It’s nightfall in a dark forest when officers locate a suspect who has taken his three children hostage. Armed and claiming he will hurt his own family, negotiators try to de-escalate the situation and convince him to release the children.
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  6. S1 E6 - Who Rescues the Rescuers?

    October 31, 2023
    42min
    13+
    An elderly man faking chest pains takes five EMT firefighters hostage at gunpoint. With a house full of firearms and an unwillingness to negotiate, officers believe he has a deadly plan in mind.
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  7. S1 E7 - We Cannot Guarantee Your Safety

    November 7, 2023
    42min
    13+
    Two mothers face their worst fear: suspects take their children hostage. Negotiators work via text to get a baby to safety, and they draw on their own parenting experience to convince a suspect to give himself up.
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  8. S1 E8 - My Husband’s Coming to Kill Us

    November 14, 2023
    43min
    TV-14
    A dance teacher receives a message from her ex-husband holding a gun to his head: he claims he’s en route to the dance studio and threatens to murder the family. Officers race to beat him to the scene, pleading with him to stand down.
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Producers

Stephen Dost

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Stephen Dost

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Investigation Discovery
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