I (Almost) Got Away with It
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I (Almost) Got Away with It

Murderers, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees all have different stories, but the 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. S5 E1 - GOT to Hide Out in Suburbia

    April 8, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    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, pulling scams and settling down in the suburbs.
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  2. S5 E2 - GOT to Murder My Own Family

    April 17, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    At 15, Jamie Wiley kills his stepmom and stepbrothers. At 20, he escapes from a Wyoming prison.
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  3. S5 E3 - GOT to Build a Bridge to Freedom

    April 23, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    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 security system. Johnson stays hidden from the law with the help of his family.
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  4. S5 E4 - GOT to Build a Meth Lab

    May 1, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    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, but gets caught. He escapes from prison but only for so long.
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  5. S5 E5 - GOT to Run with My Brother

    May 8, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Mark and Maverick Maher are 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 go on the run, living in the Florida swamps.
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  6. S5 E6 - GOT to Rob Vacation Homes

    May 15, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    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 crimes. During a botched robbery, a man is killed, and the family runs.
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  7. S5 E7 - GOT to Run to Costa Rica

    May 22, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    David Harden is a clean-cut businessman who leads a double life as a drug addict and burglar.
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  8. S5 E8 - GOT to Prey on Tourists

    May 29, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Patsy Jones shoots and kills a German tourist when he fails to stop in an attempted "bump and rob."
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  9. S5 E9 - GOT to Make It In the Big Easy

    June 5, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    A con-artist with a love for violence convinces his girlfriend to forge bad checks, then murders her and her son so he can walk away a free man. He flees to New Orleans but is arrested on unrelated charges and confesses to the murder.
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  10. S5 E10 - GOT to Become a Neo-Nazi

    June 12, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    John Ditullio, Jr., is a wanted fugitive who joins the American Nazi Party. He is devoted to the group's cause, and later kills a neighbor who he feels is an enemy of the white race.
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  11. S5 E11 - GOT to Take Down My Ex-Boyfriend

    June 19, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Two fugitives are determined to evade capture. First, serial robber Roy Betts accidentally shoots a man, setting off a statewide manhunt to find and arrest him. Next, Donna Schatz goes on the run after carrying out a violent vendetta on her ex.
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  12. S5 E12 - GOT Hammered on a Sailboat

    June 26, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Two men become fugitives from the law. First, Howard Brown murders a man and flees to New York, where he plots a daring escape. Then, Brandon Starks breaks out of jail by overpowering a guard. When his mother is arrested for helping him, the chase is on.
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  13. S5 E13 - GOT to Make You A Superstar

    July 30, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Two fugitives are 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-day Bonnie and Clyde elude police until a slip-up leads to their doorstep.
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