Voyage au bout de l'enfer

Épisode 1 - Peru

24 juillet 2007 - 4.5/5

Jennifer Davis, 19 ans, et Granges Krista, 18 ans, deux adolescentes issues de familles conservatrices, se rencontrent en Californie et deviennent amies. Intéressées par une proposition de vacances de luxe au Pérou, elles se retrouvent bientôt, sans trop comprendre pourquoi, dans une épouvantable prison.

Épisode 2 - Venezuela

22 août 2007 - 4/5

Jim Miles et Paul Loseby, deux adolescents britanniques, sont arrêtés au Venezuela pour avoir essayé de faire passer de la drogue.

Épisode 3 - Nepal

12 septembre 2007 - 4/5

Piers Hernu, un double voyageur franco-britannique, est arrêté en train de faire passer des lingots d’or de 28 kg de Hong Kong au Népal.

Épisode 4 - Colombia

25 septembre 2007 - 4/5

Glen Heggstad, un aventurier américain, est enlevé par l’ armée de libération nationale colombienne .

Épisode 5 - Mexico

31 mars 2008 - 4/5

The true account of a British couple who were sentenced to 10 years in a Mexican prison after having been caught trafficking drugs from Costa Rica to Amsterdam.

Épisode 6 - Sydney

7 avril 2008 - 4/5

An international drug deal gone wrong ends up sending a young couple to prison in Sydney for smuggling of cocaine.

Épisode 7 - Margarita Island

14 avril 2008 - 4/5

Three American citizens who were held in a Venezuelan prison for six years after smuggling cocaine, discuss their experiences and the conditions they endured.

Épisode 8 - Thailand

21 avril 2008 - 4/5

A young British woman in Thailand agrees to smuggle an addicts personal stash of heroine to Tokyo to raise money for her trip home.

Épisode 1 - Korea

30 juin 2008 - 4/5

Cullen Thomas, author of "Brother One Cell" recalls how he smuggled two kilos of hashish from the Philippines to South Korea after being lured by big money. He was sentenced to three and a half years in a Korean prison in 1994.

Épisode 2 - Uganda

7 juillet 2008 - 4/5

The recollection of an American safari guide, Mark Ross, who was kidnapped by Rwandan Interahamwe rebels in a raid in Uganda's Bwindi Forest which left eight tourists murdered in March 1999.

Épisode 3 - Philipines

21 juillet 2008 - 4/5

Missionary Gracia Burnham recalls being abducted and held hostage in western Philippines, for more than a year by an extreme Islamic group Abu Sayyaf.

Épisode 4 - Bangladesh

21 juillet 2008 - 4/5

A young Texan was arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for trying to smuggle seven pounds of heroine out of the Zia International Airport.

Épisode 5 - Kuwait

28 juillet 2008 - 4/5

A man who was arrested on a drug charge in the 1980's talks about the prison system in Kuwait, and how he escaped when Iraq invaded in the 1990's.

Épisode 6 - Chechnya

4 août 2008 - 4/5

The recollection by humanitarians Camilla Carr and Jon James who were kidnapped on April 1997 in war torn Chechnya by rebels and held 14 months in captivity until their release was helped by Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky, in September 1998.

Épisode 7 - India

8 septembre 2008 - 4/5

A British backpacker becomes a hostage in India by radical Islamists fighting to liberate Kashmir. Omar Sheikh, one of the captors, was later arrested in 2002 for his role in the death of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan.

Épisode 8 - Pakistan

15 septembre 2008 - 4/5

Amardeep Bassey, a British journalist recalls being imprisoned for 28 days in Pakistan after being accused of being an Indian spy while reporting on the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

Épisode 9 - Lima

29 septembre 2008 - 4/5

A 20 year old American is asked by his girlfriend to accompany on a cocaine trip to Peru, but finds himself alone after she disappears.

Épisode 10 - Malaysia

6 octobre 2008 - 4/5

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.

Épisode 11 - Taiwan

13 octobre 2008 - 4/5

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.

Épisode 12 - Ecuador

27 octobre 2008 - 4/5

An American who was arrested taking cocaine from the country talks about his stay at a one of the notorious prisons in Ecuador.

Épisode 1 - Cuzco

1 avril 2009 - 5/5

Season 3 begins an innocent man winds up in a Peruvian prison after being duped into traveling with a female cocaine smuggler.

Épisode 2 - Caracas

8 avril 2009 - 5/5

A struggling musician from Atlanta has been asked to smuggle cocaine from Venezuela to Europe for $5000, but is apprehended at the Caracas airport.

Épisode 3 - Kidnapped in the Philippines

15 avril 2009 - 5/5

A christian missionary, Greg Williams, was kidnapped by a militant Islamic group Abu Sayyaf and was tortured for 13 days in the Southern Philippines.

Épisode 4 - Puerto Vallarta

22 avril 2009 - 5/5

A young Texan decided to fund a trip to Mexico by selling marijuana to the tourists during the 1970's, that is until a drug bust went horribly wrong.

Épisode 5 - Brazil

6 mai 2009 - 5/5

A nightclub promoter wants to earn some extra cash and agrees to smuggle cocaine from Brazil to Hungary, but never makes it out of South America.

Épisode 6 - Indonesia

13 mai 2009 - 5/5

An Australian man claims to be innocent after being sentenced for 20 years in an Indonesian prison.

Épisode 7 - Busted In Mexico

20 mai 2009 - 5/5

A Texas teen who attempted to smuggle 33 pounds of marijuana into the U.S. is imprisoned in Mexico.

Épisode 8 - Cuba

3 juin 2009 - 5/5

An American woman spent six years in a Cuban prison after being forced into being a drug mule, when she was caught at an airport with 18 pounds of cocaine.

Épisode 9 - Iraq

15 juillet 2009 - 5/5

Scott Taylor, a Canadian war correspondent, recalls being kidnapped by Iraqi insurgents as he covered the Iraq War.

Épisode 10 - Barbados

22 juillet 2009 - 4.5/5

Zara would leave England to go to Ecuador to smuggle cocaine back home. However, she would get caught in Barbados, and shortly after would find out she is pregnant.

Épisode 11 - Betrayed in Ecuador

29 juillet 2009 - 4.5/5

A freelance journalist is duped into carrying on her friend's bag onto a plane which was full of cocaine, causing her to be apprehended in an Ecuadorian airport.

Épisode 12 - Sierra Leone

5 août 2009 - 4.7/5

Major Phil Ashby tells his story of being in the war-torn Sierra Leone as a UN Peacekeeper, and being ambushed by rebel forces. He under went four days of physical and psychological abuse, before making a daring escape through the jungle.

Épisode 13 - Jamaica

12 août 2009 - 4.5/5

A couple agreed to accept $5,000 and a free vacation if they would smuggle marijuana from Jamaica, but wind up in an overcrowded Kingston jail after being caught in the airport.

Épisode 14 - Delhi

19 août 2009 - 4.5/5

A woman from London is sent to India's Tihar Jail, one of the world's largest prison, after she sends hashish to Europe to earn some fast money.

Épisode 1 - The Real Midnight Express

30 juin 2010 - 4.5/5

This episode tells the story of Billy Hayes who was sent to a prison in Turkey for drug smuggling.

Épisode 2 - Saddam's Iraq

7 juillet 2010 - 4.5/5

In 1990, Saddam invaded Kuwait, and Tom Lynch, along with other contractors, attempted to leave Iraq before it was too late. However, they were caught by the Iraqi military, and sent to a prison in Baghdad.

Épisode 3 - Tokyo

14 juillet 2010 - 4.5/5

This episode highlights the personal account of Jackie Nichols, who would end up in a Japanese prison for several years. It is known to be a very strict prison system.

Épisode 4 - Bangkok

21 juillet 2010 - 4.5/5

Austrailian Tim Schrader went to Bangkok to teach English. After being strapped for cash, he would attempt to smuggle heroin to the United States. He would be caught at the airport, and would be sentenced to a long term confinement in a Thailand prison.

Épisode 5 - Spain

28 juillet 2010 - 4.7/5

Michael Morey agrees to help smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Europe.

Épisode 6 - Panama

4 août 2010 - 5/5

American backpacker Mark Wedeven was packing through Panama, but once he crossed into Colombia, he was taken hostage by guerrilla soldiers.

Épisode 1 - Saudi Bootlegger

5 juin 2011 - 5/5

This episode tells the story of a Scottish chef named Gordon Malloch. After moving to Saudi Arabia and running a catering business, Gordon joins some other Europeans in an alcohol smuggling operation.

Épisode 2 - The Real Goodfella

8 juin 2011 - 5/5

This episode tells the story of Henry Hill through the beginning and end of the New York mob.

Épisode 3 - Forbidden Love

15 juin 2011 - 5/5

This episode tells the story of a British man named David Scott. He meets a girl and falls in love with her. However, her ex-husband uses the laws in the Philippines to have them arrested.

Épisode 4 - Mexico Money Machine

22 juin 2011 - 5/5

This episode tells the story of Jeremy Khinoo. After becoming single again, he decides to go to Mexico to buy illegal drugs with fake money.

Épisode 5 - Heroin Sting

29 juin 2011 - 5/5

This episode tells the story of 20 year old Brigene Young who gets caught smuggling heroin in her shoes.

Épisode 6 - Daredevil Drug Runner

6 juillet 2011 - 4.5/5

This episode tells the story of Chris and Susan Chance, who get caught smuggling hashish into Spain.

Épisode 7 - The Cocaine Trap

13 juillet 2011 - 4.5/5

This episode tells the story of Stephen Sutton, who was offered to transport gold from Argentina to Australia; however, this gold is cocaine.

Épisode 8 - Drug Dealer Revenge

20 juillet 2011 - 4.5/5

This episode tells the story of Robert Pringle who gets caught trying to smuggle drugs out of Peru.

Épisode 9 - Teenage Drug Smuggler

27 juillet 2011 - 4.5/5

This episode tells the story of Vivian Carrasquillo who gets caught in Colombia working as a drug mule.

Épisode 10 - Backstabbed in Thailand

3 août 2011 - 4.7/5

This episode tells the story of Kim Hood and Lisa Taylor, who end up in a Thai prison for smuggling heroin.

Épisode 1 - From Hollywood to Hell

25 avril 2012 - 5/5

Hollywood actor Erik Aude ("Dude, Where's My Car?"), says he was used as an unwitting drug mule for smuggling opium from Islamabad in February 2002.

Épisode 2 - The Juggler Smuggler

2 mai 2012 - 5/5

Life in a Nepalese prison is detailed by a professional magician who got caught trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.

Épisode 3 - Escape from Argentina

9 mai 2012 - 5/5

A British nursing student gets caught smuggling cocaine from Argentina. Facing 16 to 25 years in prison, she jumps bail and attempts to flee across the border to Brazil.

Épisode 4 - Highway to Hell

16 mai 2012 - 5/5

Thomas Hamill, an American truck driver taken hostage by Iraqi insurgents on April 9, 2004, recounts the ordeal.

Épisode 5 - Black Palace of Horrors

23 mai 2012 - 5/5

Dwight Worker details his daring 1975 escape from the notorious Mexican penitentiary Palacio de Lecumberri, where he was serving a six-year sentence for attempting to smuggle 780 grams of cocaine out of Mexico City.

Épisode 6 - Cocaine Mule Mom

30 mai 2012 - 4.5/5

A desperate mother turns to drug trafficking in an effort to make ends meet, but she gets caught smuggling cocaine out of Peru and finds herself locked up in a tough South American prison.

Épisode 7 - Dangerous Liaisons

6 juin 2012 - 4.7/5

The story of a British male nurse who was arrested for being gay in Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is considered a capital offense.

Épisode 8 - Colombian Kidnap

13 juin 2012 - 4.5/5

A group of European backpackers are kidnapped by guerrillas during a trek in northern Colombia and held hostage for more than three months.

Épisode 9 - Caribbean Nightmare

20 juin 2012 - 4.5/5

A married couple are forced at gunpoint to smuggle liquid cocaine from Guadeloupe to England, and forced to endure almost two years in a harsh Caribbean prison.

Épisode 10 - Son of Saddam

27 juin 2012 - 4.5/5

Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia describes how he was summoned to Saddam Hussein's palace and forced to become the body double of the dictator's eldest and most notorious son, Uday.

Épisode 11 - My Dad the Smuggler

2 juillet 2012 - 4.5/5

A young man travels to Pakistan and sets off with his estranged dad, unaware that his dad is a veteran cannabis smuggler with plans to bring 20 kilos of the drug into China.

Épisode 12 - I Am Not a Terrorist

9 juillet 2012 - 4.5/5

The lure of easy money leads an out-of-work father to smuggle cocaine from Nicaragua into the U.S.

Épisode 13 - Hasidic King of Coke

16 juillet 2012 - 4.5/5

An Orthodox Jew from London becomes a key player in an international cocaine-smuggling ring based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Épisode 14 - Not Without My Baby

23 juillet 2012 - 4.5/5

An American woman is charged with fraud after trying to acquire a birth certificate and a passport for her adopted son.

Épisode 15 - Chilean Prison Break

30 juillet 2012 - 4.5/5

A California man is arrested during a drug deal in Chile and sentenced to five years in prison. He and a fellow prisoner decide to escape and flee the country on foot.

Épisode 16 - The Orchid Hunters

6 août 2012 - 5/5

Two British backpackers attempt to cross from Panama to Colombia via the notoriously dangerous Darién Gap, but are captured and held hostage by Colombian guerrillas.

Épisode 17 - Venezuela Hustle

13 août 2012 - 5/5

Life inside Venezuela's notorious Los Teques Prison is detailed by an Irish man who was arrested at the Caracas airport for trying to smuggle cocaine back to Dublin.

Épisode 18 - Nightmare in Somalia

20 août 2012 - 5/5

Freelance journalists Nigel Brennan and Amanda Lindhout describe how they were kidnapped by a criminal gang while covering the war in Somalia in July 2008, and the subsequent 15 months they were held captive.

Épisode 19 - Busted in Bangkok

27 août 2012 - 5/5

Life in a notorious Bangkok prison is detailed by a woman who received a life sentence for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Thailand.

Épisode 20 - Escape From the Gulag

3 septembre 2012 - 5/5

In 1976, at the height of the Cold War, an American is caught smuggling heroin from Kuala Lumpur to Russia. He details his incarceration in a Soviet prison camp and his eventual escape during a power outage.

Épisode 1 - Vietnam POWs: McCain & Brace

17 avril 2013 - 4.5/5

The seventh season opens with a profile of two American soldiers who were kept as POWs during the Vietnam War: Ernie Brace, who was held captive for almost eight years; and John McCain, whose plane was shot down over Hanoi.

Épisode 2 - Snakes on a Plane

17 avril 2013 - 4.5/5

A reptile smuggler who illegally sold crocodiles, snakes and other animals around the world is imprisoned in Belize while trying to escape from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Épisode 3 - Raving Arizona

24 avril 2013 - 4.5/5

A British man who moved to Arizona to become a stockbroker becomes involved with drug dealing and the Mafia.

Épisode 4 - Buried Alive

1 mai 2013 - 4.5/5

A chronicle of the ordeal suffered by Roy Hallums, an American contractor working in Iraq who was kidnapped on Nov. 1, 2004, and held hostage for 10 months before being rescued.

Épisode 5 - The Real Argo

5 mai 2013 - 4.5/5

The true story behind the 2012 film "Argo" is explored via archival news footage and first-person accounts from former CIA officer Antonio Mendez and rescued hostages Mark Lijek and Cora Amburn-Lijek.

Épisode 6 - Mexican Prison Escape

15 mai 2013 - 5/5

Recalling the 1972 lockup of five young Americans who were caught smuggling 2000 pounds of marijuana out of Mexico.

Épisode 7 - Hippie Mafia

22 mai 2013 - 5/5

Eddie Padilla is living the “high life” in Maui, surfing, partying and drug smuggling to support his cocaine addiction. But a run-in with the Peruvian police on a smuggling trip lands him and two friends in a prison called “The House of the Devil.”

Épisode 8 - Vegas Mobster

29 mai 2013 - 5/5

A Chicago mobster heads to Las Vegas, where he's caught by the FBI. He then testifies against his mob and enters the witness-protection program.

Épisode 9 - Fast,Furious and Busted

5 juin 2013 - 5/5

A street racer gets involved with car thieves.

Épisode 10 - Hunting Mr. Nice

12 juin 2013 - 5/5

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. Attracted by the easy money and the thrill of being a smuggler, he is soon running a huge transatlantic operation.

Épisode 1 - Plane Crash Marijuana

6 juin 2016 - 5/5

In 1972, 19 year old American Jim Pap Rocki, a college graduate is convinced by his brother-in-law to join him on a drug run to Southern Mexico. All goes to plan until the cargo catches fire and they are forced to crash-land. Jim soon finds himself in Mazatlan State Prison, ‘one of the oldest, meanest, dirtiest jails in Mexico’.

Épisode 2 - Thai Prison Hell

13 juin 2016 - 5/5

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 heroin into Bangkok and is set to become Australia's longest serving prisoner overseas.

Épisode 3 - Bogota Belly Bust

20 juin 2016 - 5/5

The story of 28-year-old Canadian Tabitha Ritchie, whose life took a terrifying turn when she was caught smuggling drugs out of Colombia.

Épisode 4 - Somali Pirate Hostage Hell

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.

Épisode 5 - Jungle Terror

4 juillet 2016 - 5/5

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.

Épisode 6 - Gadaffi's American Prisoner

11 juillet 2016 - 4/5

Captured by Gaddafi's men while fighting with rebels in Libya, Baltimore-born Matthew VanDyke spent nearly six months in solitary confinement.

Épisode 7 - Gadaffi's American Prisoner

14 août 2016 - 4/5

Captured by Qaddafi's men while fighting with rebels in Libya, Baltimore-born Matthew VanDyke spent nearly six months in solitary confinement.

Épisode 8 - What I Did For Love

23 août 2016 - 4/5

Épisode 9 - Masters Of Disguise

6 septembre 2017 - 4/5

Épisode 10 - Bad Business

13 septembre 2017 - 4/5

Épisode 1 - Breaking Bad in Britain

4 janvier 2018 - 4.5/5

When British Police raid his cocaine lab, drug dealer Pieter Tritton is forced to go on the run; but he can't resist collecting one final shipment from Ecuador. Unaware that British Police have tipped off Ecuador's Narcotics Agents, a local SWAT team catch Pieter red handed with two kilograms of pure cocaine. Sentenced to 12 years, Pieter must find out fast if he's got what it takes to survive in one of the worlds' most violent and corrupt penal systems.

Épisode 2 - Double Crossed in the Desert

11 janvier 2018 - 4/5

British journalist Phil Cox returns to Sudan to investigate allegations of illegally deployed chemical weapons; but when he learns that there's a ‘kill or capture' bounty on his head his plan starts to unravel. Ambushed by government backed militias, Phil knows it's only a matter of time before he's tortured and possibly killed. With all his communication devices destroyed he must get word to his producer and wife back home, but will she be able to save him?

Épisode 3 - Narco at Nineteen

18 janvier 2018 - 5/5

In 2012 Simone Blignaut has a lucrative job working for one of Johannesburg's biggest drug dealers, but when her boss entrusts her to fly to Bolivia and secure a major cocaine deal, the 19 year old Simone is in over her head. When she realises she's been double crossed into trafficking liquid cocaine, she must evade capture by the Bolivian Police, if she is to avoid the same fate as her mother.

Épisode 4 - Mexican Border Bust

25 janvier 2018 - 5/5

In 1974 Steve Peterson had fully embraced the laid back counter culture of Southern California, and when the opportunity to smuggle one hundred and twenty kilos of marijuana from Mexico into the US presented itself, he jumped at it. But when the plan was interrupted by Tijuana cops, Steve faced years behind bars in the infamous and deadly La Mesa penitentiary?? unless he can find a way to escape.

Épisode 5 - Escape from Al Qaeda

1 février 2018 - 5/5

On New Year's Eve 2012 after days covering the conflict in Syria, embedded with the rebel Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, rookie American photojournalist Matthew Schrier decides he has ridden his luck for long enough. But on his way back to safety his taxi is forced to a stop by armed militia of the Al Nusra Front - the Syrian Al Qaeda, and he's taken hostage. For seven agonising months Matthew is beaten, tortured and accused of being a CIA spy; but when the opportunity to escape arises he is forced to face his toughest test yet - save himself or stay with his fellow American prisoner.

Épisode 6 - Bad Bromance

8 février 2018 - 5/5

After initiating divorce proceedings and sending his wife and young son back home, US Naval Officer Lemar Burton turns to partying late into the night with best friend Dom in the Spanish part of Catania, Sicily. But after he's demoted at work, his debts rack up fast and when Dom offers Lemar the chance to make easy money, Lemar makes a life-changing decision. He's arrested at Bogota airport carrying five kilos of pure cocaine hidden in a rucksack. Now Lemar has to survive one of Colombia's most brutal prisons, until salvation comes from the most unexpected quarter.

Épisode 7 - Qaddafi's American Prisoner

14 février 2018 - 5/5

American Matthew VanDyke returns to Libya to help rebel friends fight against Qaddafi forces, but he's captured and held in solitary confinement for nearly six months, so when the chance of escape presents itself, he isn't certain it is real or just another trick of his mind.

Épisode 8 - Bad Hombres

14 février 2018 - 5/5

Two Texans get busted with marijuana in Mexico

Épisode 1 - Thai Meth Bust

6 mars 2019 - 4/5