The WORST episodes of I (Almost) Got Away With It

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

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: 2/2/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Ended
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Got Hammered on a Sailboat
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#1 - Got Hammered on a Sailboat

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/27/2012

Two men become fugitives from the law. First, Howard murders a man and flees to New York, where he plots a daring escape. Then, Brendan breaks out of jail by overpowering a guard. When his mother is arrested for helping him, the chase is on.

Got to Run with My Brother
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#2 - Got to Run with My Brother

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/9/2012

Mark and Maverick Maher are teenage 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 and eventually leading police on a lengthy chase through an upscale neighborhood.

Got to Make It in the Big Easy
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#3 - Got to Make It in the Big Easy

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/6/2012

Jeremy Woods is a con-artist with a love for violence. He convinces his girlfriend to forge bad checks and 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.

Got to Escape From The Rock
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5.88
8 votes

#4 - 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.

Got to Break Into Vacation Homes
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3 votes

#5 - Got to Break Into Vacation Homes

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/16/2012

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 but gets caught during a takedown at a roadside motel.

Got to Run to Mexico With My Kids
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#6 - 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.

Got to Ride The Rails
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6.46
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#7 - 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.

Got to Build a Bridge to Freedom
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6.50
2 votes

#8 - Got to Build a Bridge to Freedom

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/24/2012

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 high-level security system. With the help of his family, Johnson stays hidden from the law until a tip leads police right to his whereabouts.

Got Plastic Surgery
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6.50
12 votes

#9 - Got Plastic Surgery

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/2010

Courtenay Savage is an ex-cop with a loaded gun aimed at a friend's trailer. She has no idea she is caught on tape. After an arrest and posting bail, she goes on the run, leaving ties to the police department and the sex industry.

Got To Get Bike Parts
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11 votes

#10 - Got To Get Bike Parts

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/2010

In central Florida in 1991, Marvin Carson settled an argument with rival gang member Richard Hawk by shooting him repeatedly with an AK47. Carson then went on the run. But when he returned to his home town, police were tipped.

Got to Make You A Superstar
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6.71
7 votes

#11 - Got to Make You A Superstar

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/31/2012

Two stories of fugitives 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 eludes police until a slip-up leads to their doorstep.

Got Dumped
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35 votes

#12 - Got Dumped

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2010

The main suspect in the murder of a pregnant ex-girlfriend, and wanted for the shooting of a current one, Michael Alfonso is a jealous boyfriend who time and again turns to violence. It is Alfonso's criminal lifestyle that gets him caught.

Got To Work On A Crab Boat
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6.78
9 votes

#13 - Got To Work On A Crab Boat

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/19/2011

Kenneth "Speedy" Raulerson is wanted in Florida for armed robbery. He flees to Alaska to work the crab boats. After six months, he returns to the backwoods of Florida. Raulerson knows he will eventually be caught and is prepared to go down fighting.

Got to Escape With One Leg
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11 votes

#14 - Got to Escape With One Leg

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/15/2013

Walter Rhodes and 2 other suspects were involved with the murder of 2 cops. Rhodes agrees to testify against the others for a lesser sentence and is released in 18 years. Shortly after, he violates his parole - but refuses to ever go back to prison.

Got to Be MacGyver
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6.83
24 votes

#15 - Got to Be MacGyver

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/28/2014

Serving life for a double homicide, Harold Laird breaks out of prison. On the lam, he evades the law in a series of near misses from Texas to New Orleans. Exhausted, Laird passes out in a stolen truck. When a cop notices, he runs the plates, discovers it's stolen, and calls for backup and arrests Laird.

Got to Lock and Load
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6.83
6 votes

#16 - Got to Lock and Load

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/21/2010

In 1997 members of the Republic of Texas separatist group took Joe Rowe and his wife hostage. The Texas Rangers were able to negotiate their release, and capture four separatists, however two members, Richard Keyes and Mike Matson got away. Fleeing into the mountainous hills of Davis, Texas they spent two days evading helicopters and police dogs, eventually Matson pulls his pistol, preferring to go out in standoff. Keyes keeps running. Using an underground Militia group, Keyes is able to hideout in the woods undetected, until a tail leads the FBI to his hideout, and his capture.

Got to Pretend I'm a Priest
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#17 - 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?

Got to Pose as Katrina Refugees
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11 votes

#18 - Got to Pose as Katrina Refugees

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/7/2014

After killing his mother, Scott Webb and his wife go on the run. They head to Texas and fool a small-town church into taking pity on them. But when their story hits the local news, church members call police, who track the couple down in Seattle.

Got to Steal a Rich Woman's Jewelry
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#19 - 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.

Got to Watch Those Country Girls
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#20 - Got to Watch Those Country Girls

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/21/2014

Ex-con Roger Delucenay is locked up in county jail. When his brother is sent there a few months later, the two carry out a daring escape. They run to Kentucky to lay low but when a jealous ex rats them out, the two are forced to run again to stay free.

Got to Wear A Pink Shirt
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6.92
12 votes

#21 - 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.

Got to Murder My Own Family
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6 votes

#22 - Got to Murder My Own Family

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/18/2012

After killing his step-mom and three young brothers, James Wiley is given a life sentence. He escapes into the Wyoming wilderness and hides under the wheel of a big rig, holding on for dear life as the truck heads down the highway. He calls a friend for help at a rest area but gets caught and sent back to prison.

Got to Go to Canada
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#23 - Got to Go to Canada

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/23/2010

Scott Freeburg has been in and out of prison his whole life. So when a drug deal goes wrong, Scott Freeburg runs to Canada.But soon Scott is back in the gang life. And the Canadian police quickly ID him by his tattoos and extradite him back to the U.S.

Got to Pretend to Be a Cop
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7.11
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#24 - Got to Pretend to Be a Cop

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/13/2016

Peter Gibbs faces a long stretch in prison for a string of robberies but he refuses to go down without a fight.

Got No Fingerprints
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7.11
27 votes

#25 - Got No Fingerprints

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2010

Jerry Bowen fled before sentencing of the murder of Brenda Breckenridge. Bowen erased his fingerprints with acid and befriended homeless men to assume their identities. After 7 yrs, detectives were able to find enough remaining prints to declare a match.