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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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Checked Sep 2, 2026

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Synopsis

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.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Got Remarried

Michael McGuffey murders his estranged wife in a parking lot in Mt. Vernon, Washington in front of several witnesses and flees to Texas and from there to Mexico City.

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Episode 2

Got Dumped

Michael Alfonso shoots his ex-girlfriend Sumanear Yang in the head. Nine years later, he shot another girlfriend, Genoveva Velasquez, and fled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, finding a job as a bartender.

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Episode 3

Got No Fingerprints

Jerry Bowen, a drywall contractor in Huntsville, Alabama, murders his ex-wife. Her body is discovered two months later in a river, wrapped in plastic and chains.

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Episode 4

Got a Video Rental Store

In 1975, Michael Wayne Brown is one of a trio of teens committing a string of burglaries. One night, they are in the process of burglarizing an insurance office when they are surprised to see the owner appear.

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Episode 5

Got Two Homes in Mexico

Gonzalo Martinez shoots three people in gang-related violence and is sentenced to 48 years in prison for the attempted murders. Martinez and three other inmates escape and flee to Denver.

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Episode 6

Got the Wrong Four People Killed

Dorsey Sanders III and Scott Burnside hire John Barrett to kill Dorsey's mother Joanne. Barrett botches the hit, instead killing Joanne's new fiancé and three workers in the process of renovating the house.

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Episode 7

Got Caught in the Shower

Richard Garber murders his neighbor Janio Moraes over a dispute about money. Garber and his girlfriend Anna then head to Las Vegas.

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Episode 8

Got to Sing Karaoke

Joe Crouch of Memphis, Tennessee is a compulsive gambler whose addiction has led him to write bad checks for over $80,000. When he discovers that he is facing criminal charges, he confesses his crimes to his wife.

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Episode 9

Got Revenge

Drug enforcer Marshall Brown is sentenced to life in prison for murdering a witness scheduled to testify against him. After spending 16 years as a model prisoner, he escapes and reenters the drug trade.

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Episode 10

Got to Rob Banks

Joe Loya lives a double life as a charming man, working as a cook at a restaurant, playing golf, and wearing expensive designer clothes. His friends think highly of him. Meanwhile, he is secretly a career bank robber whom police have dubbed the "Beirut bandit" due to his dark complexion.

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Episode 11

Go to Go to Canada

Scott Freeburg has been in and out of prison since age 18. While working as an enforcer for a drug dealer, he gets into a fight with his victim, whom he shoots to death with the victim's gun.

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Episode 12

Got a Gun Made Out of Toilet Paper

Kerry Silvers is serving a 61-year sentence for robbery and other crimes. Four years into his sentence, he and two other inmates escape in a stolen car.

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Episode 13

Got to Get Bike Parts

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Marvin Carson is a member of a motorcycle gang. One day, a friend who broke up with her boyfriend, a rival biker gang member, asks Carson to go to her ex's house and retrieve her bike. He does so. When the rival biker threatens Carson's friends, Carson shoots one of his rivals.

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Episode information updated Sep 2, 2026

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 Cop
Kristi SwenssonDetective Debbie Potter
Michael PlacenciaSWAT Leader
Nathaniel '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