The BEST episodes of Banged Up Abroad (2007) season 8

Every episode of Banged Up Abroad (2007) season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Banged Up Abroad (2007) season 8!

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: 12/2/2024Network: National GeographicStatus: Continuing
Nightmare in Somalia
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8.43
7 votes

#1 - Nightmare in Somalia

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2012

The terrifying story of photojournalist Nigel Brennan and reporter Amanda Lindhout, who are held hostage for 15 months by a criminal gang in Somalia.

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Escape From the Gulag
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8.00
8 votes

#2 - Escape From the Gulag

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2012

It's 1976 in Cold War Moscow, and American Jerry Amster finds himself in the worst situation possible: busted for smuggling drugs from Kuala Lumpur to Russia.

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Venezuela Hustle
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7.73
11 votes

#3 - Venezuela Hustle

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/13/2012

Desperate to keep his family afloat, Paul Keany agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela back to Dublin, but it turns out to be the worst decision of his life.

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Hasidic King of Coke
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7.69
13 votes

#4 - Hasidic King of Coke

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/2012

Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreams of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying term in the deadly Carandiru Penitentiary.

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I Am Not a Terrorist
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7.60
15 votes

#5 - I Am Not a Terrorist

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2012

Duane Wollum is about to make some easy money smuggling cocaine, until an airport security check reveals that he is concealing a package.

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The Orchid Hunters
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7.50
8 votes

#6 - The Orchid Hunters

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/6/2012

The shocking story of Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder, two British backpackers who are ambushed and held for ransom by a guerilla group while crossing the notoriously dangerous Darien Gap.

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Busted in Bangkok
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7.45
11 votes

#7 - Busted in Bangkok

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2012

Thrown into a notorious Bangkok prison for attempting to smuggle heroin, Angela Carnegie has an epiphany while nursing a fellow inmate with a drug addiction.

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My Dad the Smuggler
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7.36
14 votes

#8 - My Dad the Smuggler

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/2/2012

Scott Campbell goes travelling in China with his estranged father, only to find out that his dad is a professional smuggler carrying 20 kilos of cannabis.

Chilean Prison Break
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7.33
12 votes

#9 - Chilean Prison Break

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/30/2012

The gripping story of Tom Hanway, who flees a Chilean prison with a fellow prisoner, taking a dangerous and fatal escape route across the desert.

Not Without My Baby
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7.18
11 votes

#10 - Not Without My Baby

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2012

When Susan's Haglof's adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human trafficking.