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Murderers, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison.

I (Almost) Got Away With It

Serving a life sentence for a double homicide, Harold Laird gets creative to escape from prison and evades the law on several occasions.

Got to Be MacGyver

Brothers plan a daring escape from a county jail and flee to Kentucky before one of the escapees' ex turns them in.

Got to Watch Those Country Girls

A man convicted of murder, and his cell mate, escape through an air duct, but his freedom ends following a car crash.

Got to Escape Through an Air Duct

On the run after killing his mother, Scott Webb, and his wife, take refuge in a Texas church until a news report leads them to flee.

Got to Pose as Katrina Refugees

Patrick Murphy and six other inmates conduct the largest prison escape in Texas history, only to kill a police officer and face a showdown with authorities.

Got to Be Part of the Texas Seven

After serving time for stealing from wealthy people, Brian Fuller returns to his ways of robbing the rich.

Got a Rich Widow

After a man in prison for life falls in love with a guard, she helps him escape and they go on the run together.

Got to Fall in Love With a Prison Guard

Career criminal David Corbin launches a crime wave following a prison stint; a jealous girlfriend turns him in and he is sent to prison, where he pulls off an escape.

Got to Be a Ladies Man

Former fugitives tell their stories of life on the lam.

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E8 | Got to Be MacGyver

E7 | Got to Watch Those Country Girls

E6 | Got to Escape Through an Air Duct

E5 | Got to Pose as Katrina Refugees

E4 | Got to Be Part of the Texas Seven

E3 | Got a Rich Widow

E2 | Got to Fall in Love With a Prison Guard

E1 | Got to Be a Ladies Man