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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - Got to Pose as a War Vet
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/8/2013
Posing as a veteran and preying on women to get cash, cars, and even a house, Jerrod Durr finds himself in a multistate game of cat and mouse with cops. Wanted in four states, will police hunt him down and uncover his true identity?
#3 - Got to Kill My Step-Dad
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/24/2013
When teenager Randy Baggett can't take any more of his abusive stepfather, he gets help from a friend and they beat and choke him to death. Two years later, Randy gets locked up, but he escapes twice, keeping police and detectives on their toes.
#4 - Got to Escape Through a Toilet
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/1/2013
Lifelong pals and criminals Timothy Fletcher and Doni Brown break out of a Florida prison in 2009. Anxious for freedom, the two need money. A robbery that ends in murder puts them on most wanted lists and leads cops on a manhunt across the Southeast.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Got to Take Down My Ex-Boyfriend
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/20/2012
Two stories of fugitives determined to evade capture. First, serial robber Roy Betts accidentally shoots a man and launches a statewide manhunt to find and arrest him. Next, Donna Schatz goes on the run after carrying out a violent vendetta on her ex.
#8 - Got to Become a Neo-Nazi
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/13/2012
John Ditullio is wanted for assault charges and joins the American Nazi Party. In a rage fit he beats a homeless man to death and kills a neighbor who he feels is an enemy of the white race. After a tense fight, he is captured and now serves time in FL.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Got to Prey on Tourists
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/30/2012
Patsy Jones is the leader of a band of thieves, targeting tourists leaving the Miami airport by robbing and carjacking them at gunpoint. One night, a tourist fails to stop and Jones shoots and kills him. She hides in an abandoned apartment until the intense manhunt leads the police right to her doorstep.
#11 - Got to Run to Costa Rica
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/23/2012
David Harden is a clean-cut businessman living a double life as a burglar. His drug habit forces him to commit more daring crimes until he gets caught. He runs to Costa Rica, pulling scams until a friend turns on him. After getting deported, he sneaks out of prison hidden in a trash bin to live as a fugitive.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Got to Build a Meth Lab
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/2/2012
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 can't handle the stress of being a fugitive. He is soon captured and sent back to jail.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Got to Hide Out in Suburbia
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/11/2012
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 and pulling scams, until he meets a woman and moves to the suburbs. But soon the FBI finds him and corners him at a busy subway station.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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?
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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?
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - Got to Hit Homes on Halloween
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/15/2016
Desperate for their next high, Michael Kidd, Kevin Crandall and Marcus Thompson break into upscale homes on Halloween night in search of money, then their crime spree ends in a terrifying hostage situation.