I (Almost) Got Away With It

2010 · TMDB 6.4/10 (9 votes)

DocumentaryCrime

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About I (Almost) Got Away With It

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.

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
6.4/10 from 9 votes
Seasons
8
Episodes
93

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Season 8

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S8 E160 min

Got to Pretend to Be a Cop

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

S8 E245 min

Got a Handsome Face

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.

S8 E345 min

Got to Taunt the Cops

Jimmy Maxwell's volatile nature sees him being a menace to authorities every time they manage to corner him after he escapes from prison.

S8 E445 min

Got to Send a Bomb in the Mail

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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S8 E545 min

Got to Escape with a Battleaxe

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

S8 E6

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.

S8 E7

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".

S8 E8

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.

S8 E9

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.

S8 E10

Got to Hit Homes on Halloween

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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