Episode 1
Got to Pretend to Be a Cop
1h
Peter Gibbs faces a long stretch in prison for a string of robberies but he refuses to go down without a fight.
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I (Almost) Got Away With It
20108 seasons6.4 / 10
Murders, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. See what pushed these fugitives to their crimes, how they changed their identities, evaded the law and - almost - got away with it.
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Murders, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. See what pushed these fugitives to their crimes, how they changed their identities, evaded the law and - almost - got away with it.
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Episode 2
Got a Handsome Face
45m
Bank robber Steven Ray Milam is called the Handsome Guy Bandit as he makes a costly mistake forcing him to leave his family and go on the run.
Where to watch I (Almost) Got Away With ItEpisode 3
Got to Taunt the Cops
45m
Jimmy Maxwell's volatile nature sees him being a menace to authorities every time they manage to corner him after he escapes from prison.
Where to watch I (Almost) Got Away With ItEpisode 4
Got to Send a Bomb in the Mail
45m
Albert Paul ends up being arrested for murder and spends the next twenty years pulling off daring prison breaks only to get captured following every attempt.
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Episode 5
Got to Escape with a Battleaxe
45m
Whilst serving a 60-year sentence for a crime he says he didn't commit, Russell Kerr plots with a fellow inmate an elaborate escap
Where to watch I (Almost) Got Away With ItEpisode 6
Got to Get Home to Mother
Robert Nielsen escapes from a Florida prison, where he has been serving a 25 year sentence for an armed robbery he committed when he was 16.
Where to watch I (Almost) Got Away With ItEpisode 7
Got to Get Out of Debt
In South Los Angeles, truck driver Jaime Jones slips and falls at work, suffering a herniated disc in his lower back, forcing him to quit. Facing foreclosure on his home, Jones turns to bank robbery to pay his bills and becomes known as the "Neck Brace Bandit".
Where to watch I (Almost) Got Away With ItEpisode 8
Got to Crawl My Way to Freedom
In March 2007, Darryl Norris is paroled after serving eight years of his 15-year sentence for two counts of armed robbery. On April 15, 2008, Norris and an accomplice named Robert rob a J&A store, where Robert shoots and kills a store clerk.
Where to watch I (Almost) Got Away With ItEpisode 9
Got to Be Part of the Pittsburgh Six
Andrew Thomas Heim of Pittsburgh is serving 4–10 years in prison for battery and assault. In prison, he recruits five other inmates to form a plan of escape.
Where to watch I (Almost) Got Away With ItEpisode 10
Got to Hit Homes on Halloween
finale
In El Paso, Texas, Michael Kidd and his two friends Kevin Crandall and Marcus Thompson decide to fund their drug habits by robbing homes.
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More about I (Almost) Got Away With It
Cast
Tony TosteBuck/Police Officer
Bill RatnerNarrator
Quint GabrielFBI Agent, Intelligence analyst, Police Officer, Prisioner 2
Tommy WrightLarry McClendon
Patrick EnglerAirport CopKristi SwenssonDetective Debbie Potter
Michael PlacenciaSWAT LeaderNathaniel 'Nate' ScottSgt. Michael Garrett
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 93
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Investigation DiscoveryUnited States
Investigation DiscoveryUnited States
Themes
escapefugitiveprison
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