Banged Up Abroad: Season 9
Season 9 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 8.
- 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 9 Progress Shield
Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace
Apr 17, 2013 · 45 min
As the longest POW in Vietnam, Ernie Brace likely endured more than any other POW during the war. After years in the jungle, he went to the infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' prison and heard
Raving Arizona
Apr 24, 2013 · 45 min
Shaun Attwood left England to be a stockbroker in America and finds himself dealing ecstasy.
Snakes on a Plane
May 1, 2013 · 45 min
Tom Crutchfield smuggled snakes, tarantulas and king cobras around the world. But when the U.S. builds a case against him, Tom escapes to Belize. There, authorities imprison him wi
Buried Alive
May 8, 2013 · 45 min
For Roy Hallums, a routine trip to the office turned into the fight for his life. In 2004, the 20-year Navy veteran was working in Iraq when he was suddenly kidnapped.
Mexican Prison Escape
May 15, 2013 · 45 min
In the summer of 1972, five young Americans are caught trying to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana out of Mexico and are locked up in one of the country's most violent pr
The Real Argo
May 15, 2013 · 45 min
Hear the real story behind the Academy Award-winning movie 'Argo' from those who inspired it. Locked Up Abroad sits down with Antonio Mendez, the CIA officer portrayed by Ben Affle
Hippie Mafia
May 22, 2013 · 45 min
Eddie Padilla is living the 'high life' and drug smuggling to support his cocaine habit. But a run-in with the Peruvian police sends him to a prison called 'House of the Devil.' Ed
Vegas Mobster
May 29, 2013 · 45 min
Vegas, 1979, and Frank Cullotta's 'Hole in the Wall' gang is becoming notorious. The FBI catches up to him and while not exactly 'locked up abroad,' he enters witness protection. N
Fast, Furious and Busted
Jun 5, 2013 · 45 min
Locked Up Abroad comes home to the United States to visit 19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar in Spokane, Washington.
Hunting Mr. Nice
Jun 12, 2013 · 45 min
When British schoolteacher Howard Marks agrees to help an old friend finish off a drug deal, he has no idea that it will be the start of a new career.