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First Aired: March 31st, 2007
Status: Continuing
Network: Channel 5
Summary: Terrifying tales of every traveler's worst fear - imprisonment abroad. From gruesome jails to chilling kidnappings, live through the panic, tears and desperation as each dreadful story unfolds.
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Season 2
Episode 1: Peru (Krista and Jennifer's Story/Peruvian Prison Nightmare)
Air Date: July 24th, 2007
Summary: Krista Barnes and Jennifer Davis are two American women arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru.
Episode 2: Venezuela (James and Paul's Story)
Air Date: August 22nd, 2007
Summary: Jim Miles and Paul Loseby, two British teenagers, are arrested in Venezuela for trying to smuggle drugs.
Episode 3: Nepal (Piers' Story)
Air Date: September 12nd, 2007
Summary: Piers Hernu, a dual British-French traveller, is arrested trying to smuggle 28 kilos of gold bullion from Hong Kong to Nepal.
Episode 4: Colombia (Glen's story)
Air Date: September 25th, 2007
Summary: Glen Heggstad, an American adventurer, is kidnapped by the Colombian National Liberation Army.
Episode 5: Uganda: Death in the Jungle
Air Date: May 26th, 2008
Summary: Safari guide Mark Ross and his tour group are kidnapped by Hutu rebels in Uganda.
Episode 6: Nightmare in Chechnya
Air Date: June 23rd, 2008
Summary: Jon James and Camilla Carr move from England to contribute to a children's centre in war torn Chechnya... only to be kidnapped for ransom.
Episode 7: India: Hostage to Terror
Air Date: June 9th, 2008
Summary: Rhys Partridge and Béla Nuss are kidnapped by British terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh while travelling in India.
Episode 8: Philippines: Fatal Mission
Air Date: July 21st, 2008
Summary: Gracia and Martin Burnham, Christian missionaries in the Philippines, are kidnapped by members of Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim fundamentalist group.
Episode 9: Malaysia
Air Date: October 6th, 2008
Summary: While vacationing in Malaysia, Monique and Callie Strydom are kidnapped by a Muslim militant group and held hostage for four months in the Philippines.
Episode 10: Malaysia
Air Date: October 6th, 2008
Summary: The story of a vacationing South African couple who were kidnapped by Muslim militants in Malaysia, and how they spent four months in the Philippines on an island.
Episode 11: Taiwan
Air Date: October 13rd, 2008
Summary: A former South African military attache, McGill Alexander was taken hostage by one of Taiwan's most notorious criminals, Chen Chin-hsing, on November 18, 1997.
Episode 12: Ecuador
Air Date: October 27th, 2008
Summary: An American who was arrested taking cocaine from the country talks about his stay at a one of the notorious prisons in Ecuador.
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