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Cult favorite Locked Up Abroad is back for a sixth season, taking viewers inside firsthand accounts of capture, imprisonment, and pure terror far from home. In the premiere episode, Hollywood actor Erik Aude is on the brink of stardom after a supporting role in Dude, Where's My Car? But, his acting career is put on hold when he's arrested in Pakistan for unknowingly smuggling opium. Later mind-blowing episodes include: the true story behind the movie The Devil’s Double; Stephen Comiskey, arrested in Saudi Arabia for being gay; truck driver Thomas Hamil who was kidnapped by Islamist insurgents; and Lucy Wright, a British nurse who went on the run after being busted in Argentina.

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    Cocaine Mule Mom

    Ruthie Lambert smuggles cocaine out of Peru, until she is finally caught and locked up in a tough South American prison.

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