Banged Up Abroad: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Banged Up Abroad Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
Plane Crash Marijuana
Jun 6, 2016 · 45 min
In 1972 Jim PapRocki is flying nearly a ton of marijuana from Mexico to the U.S. He's forced to crash land, with Mexican police hot on his heels.
Thai Prison Hell
Jun 13, 2016 · 45 min
In 1993, 25-year-old Australian Martin Garnett is already earning good money at a luxury car dealership in Sydney, but he's hungry for more. He is caught smuggling 4.7 kilos of her
Bogota Belly Bust
Jun 20, 2016 · 45 min
Tabitha Ritchie decides to fix her life after years of substance abuse and the loss of her children. But in Colombia she enters an even darker world.
Somali Pirate Hostage Hell
Jun 27, 2016 · 45 min
The shocking story of South African couple Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and held captive for 20 terrifying months.
Gadaffi's American Prisoner
Jul 4, 2016 · 45 min
Captured by Gaddafi's men while fighting with rebels in Libya, Baltimore-born Matthew VanDyke spent nearly six months in solitary confinement.
Jungle Terror
Jul 11, 2016 · 45 min
The traumatic story of an American schoolboy and his mother, who were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf, a jihadist group, in the Philippines and held for ransom in the jungle.