The BEST episodes of I (Almost) Got Away With It season 4

Every episode of I (Almost) Got Away With It season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of I (Almost) Got Away With It season 4!

For these perpetrators, their stories may be different, but their motives are always the same: to stay out of prison. The people profiled in this series evaded justice for years, sometimes decades, by using their families, fake identification and even violence to avoid capture. Learn what pushed these individuals to their crimes, how they stayed one step ahead of the police and managed to evade the law -- at least for a while.

Last Updated: 11/9/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Ended
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8.13
8 votes

#1 - Got to Pose as a Firefighter

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2011

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 her for 16 hours before leading detectives on a multi-state chase.

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7.78
9 votes

#2 - Got to Escape Underground

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/2012

After leading police on a high speed chase, criminal Toby Young is caught, but not for long. He forces his way out of jail and after escaping to Mexico through drug tunnels, he learns the true cost of being on the run.

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7.53
15 votes

#3 - Got to Copy Movies

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2011

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. Marshals believe Gasca's illicit lifestyle will soon turn violent.

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7.45
11 votes

#4 - Got to Be a Car Salesman

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2011

After serving nearly a decade for a slew of drug, robbery and assault charges, McCollum is determined to turn his life around. He builds a reputation as a successful car salesman until a freak accident threatens to send him back to the pen.

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7.27
11 votes

#5 - Got to Silence A Witness

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2011

Kevin Cross is a bold Oklahoma drug lord. After he is deceived by an associate, he kills the man as revenge. Wanted for kidnapping and murder, he flees to Mexico. When the payback for betrayal is death, how far will Cross go to stay out of prison?

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7.25
8 votes

#6 - Got to Make A Dummy Out Of Sheets

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2011

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 and goes on the run. How long will he be able to stay out?

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7.08
13 votes

#7 - Got to Burn A Truck

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2011

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 unravels when the friends confess to the murder and rats LeBron out to police.

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6.85
13 votes

#8 - Got to Wear A Pink Shirt

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2011

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 girlfriends, but it's not enough to keep authorities from tracking him down.

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6.83
12 votes

#9 - Got to Steal a Rich Woman's Jewelry

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2011

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 puts up a fight, Dudley resorts to the unthinkable -cold blooded murder.

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6.82
11 votes

#10 - Got to Pretend I'm a Priest

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/29/2011

A con artist, Fred Brito has reinvented himself dozens of times. With no formal training, he's conducted a symphony orchestra, been elected to a public office, and administered mass as a fake catholic priest. Will the real Fred ever be brought to justice?

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6.46
13 votes

#11 - Got to Ride The Rails

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2011

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 freight trains across the country. The FBI turns to the media for help.

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6.43
14 votes

#12 - Got to Run to Mexico With My Kids

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/2011

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 Valerie's mother, hoping she will be the key to her daughter's capture.

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5.89
9 votes

#13 - Got to Escape From The Rock

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2011

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 crime yet; ambushing a prison transport van.

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