Podcasts by Locked Up Abroad
What does it feel like in the split second when you realize you're about to be locked up in a foreign country - possibly for life? In Locked Up Abroad, host Jim Clemente (Real Crime Profile) brings you first hand accounts from people who lived this nightmare, starting with Billy Hayes, subject of the Oliver Stone movie Midnight Express. A riveting, immersive audio adaptation of the hit TV series by the National Geographic Channel. From Istanbul to Bali to Sao Paulo, you'll hear what it's like to be locked up abroad.
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Bogota Belly Bust - 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tabitha Richie is juggling her last year of college and being a single mother. She lets loose one night, and tries cocaine. She’s soon addicted and a shadow of her former self. She’s desperate to c...
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Not Without My Baby - 16 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Susan Haglof and her husband Medhat are desperate to be parents. The agency doesn’t give them any official paperwork but the joys of parenting take over. When Susan wants to take the child, Marko, ...
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Dangerous Liaisons - 15 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stephen Comiskey takes his dream job as a nurse in Saudi Arabia. He doesn’t realize that, as a gay man, he risks execution if he’s discovered. After eight months, he’s lonely and strikes up a relat...
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Cocaine Mule Mom - 14 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ruthie Lambert was deep in the abyss of a midlife crisis, debt and foreclosure on her home when friends suggest that she can make a quick $10,000 by bringing drugs back from Peru. The appeal of eas...
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Backstabbed in Thailand - 13 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Army Veteran Kim Hood soon realizes that her trip to Thailand with her friend, Lisa Taylor, was a coverup for Lisa to smuggle heroin.Sentenced to death in a squalid Thai prison, a betrayed Kim wond...
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Colombia Ambush - 12 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Wedeven was adopted by an American couple when he was a baby. Upon graduating college he wanted to find his birth family, so he planned a trip to his native Colombia. He and his friends begin ...
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The Orchid Hunters - 11 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two young British backpackers, Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Windor and searching for orchids and adventure when they’re kidnapped by Colombian Guerrillas as they try to cross the notoriously dangerous Da...
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Busted and Pregnant - 10 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zara Whitaker grew up in poverty in South London. When she gets pregnant at 18 she’s desperate for a way to provide for her family. She’s offered a trip to Barbados to smuggle drugs back to the UK....
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Philippine Terror - 9 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Greg Williams’ life was turned upside down in 1996. Seeking a new start and greater meaning he agreed to go Manilla as a missionary. Soon after arrival he is kidnapped by terrorists with connection...
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Tokyo Takedown - 8 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jackie Nichols grew up in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. While working at a nightclub in LA, she had a chance to work at a club in Japan. A vacation to nearby Nepal turned into a job smuggling hashi...
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Buried Alive - 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2004, 20-year Navy veteran Roy Hallums was working as a contractor in Iraq. A routine trip to the office turned into a fight for his life when 20 armed Iraqi insurgents stormed the compound and ...
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Kidnapped in Iraq - 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canadian war correspondent Scott Taylor covered Iraq for many years, frequently crossing paths with Turkish journalist Zeynep Tugrul. They entered dangerous territory, believing their history and c...
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Mexico Money Machine - 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremy Khinoo had a happy life: girlfriend, child, and a good job. When his girlfriend left him out of the blue, he didn’t know where to turn. He joined a friend smuggling steroids over the US bord...
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Vegas Mobster - 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the 1970s, Chicago Outfit enforcer Frank Cullotta led one of the largest organized crime syndicates in the U.S. In 1978, FBI agent Dennis Arnoldy led the investigation that eventually brought Fr...
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My Dad the Smuggler - 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Campbell joins his estranged father, Lockie, on a trip through China on the Silk Road, hoping to reconnect. He soon discovers that Lockie intended for Scott to be his partner in taking 20 kil...
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Hasidic King of Coke - 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Samuel Leibowitz lived a cloistered life in his religious community until he was lured into the dangerous underworld of drug smuggling. Samuel quickly rises through the ranks and become a major dru...
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Somali Pirate Hostage - 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
South African couple Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari decided to follow their dreams and sail the world. After a stop in Tanzania and getting robbed of all their money and supplies, they accept an...
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New Episodes of Locked Up Abroad from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Season Two of Locked Up Abroad will be available on this feed starting August 4th. You can also hear all of Season Three exclusively on Wondery+ now. Listen to Locked Up Abroad and all your Wonde...
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Interview with Billy Hayes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Listen to Locked Up Abroad host Jim Clemente's fascinating conversation with Billy Hayes, bringing you a more in depth look into his experience in Turkey and his escape from prison. We also hear ab...
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Introducing Locked Up Abroad from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An audio adaptation of the National Geographic TV series. Hosted by Jim Clemente (host of the true crime podcast Real Crime Profile as well as the CBS documentary on Jon Benet Ramsey). Produced by...
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