The BEST episodes of Banged Up Abroad (2007) season 5

Every episode of Banged Up Abroad (2007) season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Banged Up Abroad (2007) season 5!

Terrifying tales of every traveler's worst fear - imprisonment abroad. From gruesome jails to chilling kidnappings, live through the panic, tears and desperation as each dreadful story unfolds.

Last Updated: 12/12/2024Network: National GeographicStatus: Continuing
Spain / Smuggler Makeover
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8.30
88 votes

#1 - Spain / Smuggler Makeover

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/28/2010

With his girlfriend pregnant, American musician Michael Morey needs money and agrees to smuggle cocaine from Quito to Spain. He barely makes it through Ecuadorian customs, but when he lands and goes through Spanish customs, he's not so lucky.

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8.06
94 votes

#2 - The Real Midnight Express

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/30/2010

In intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winning 1978 film, "Midnight Express."

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Bangkok Underworld
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7.63
59 votes

#3 - Bangkok Underworld

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/2010

A 28-year-old English teacher named Tim Schrader agrees to smuggle eight kilos of heroin into the U.S. to solve his financial problems. Although he knows he could receive the death penalty, the money is too tempting to resist.

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Panama / Colombia Ambush
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7.57
61 votes

#4 - Panama / Colombia Ambush

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/4/2010

A jungle adventure turns sour when American backpacker Mark Wedeven and his travel companions are taken hostage by armed guerilla soldiers in Panama.

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Saddam's Iraq
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7.26
34 votes

#5 - Saddam's Iraq

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/7/2010

When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, Tom Lynch and his fellow contractor John White decided to get out of Iraq while they still could, but were captured by Iraqi soldiers and taken to a notorious prison in Baghdad, where they must listen to inmates being tortured to death.

Tokyo Takedown
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7.19
63 votes

#6 - Tokyo Takedown

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/14/2010

After accepting an offer to work as a hostess in Japan, Jackie Nichols meets a charming Israeli drug smuggler and agrees to smuggle hashish with him. She gets away with it four times, but the fifth time, she's not so lucky.