I (Almost) Got Away With It
TV Show · Crime · Reality

For these perpetrators, their stories may be different, but their motives are always the same: to stay out of prison. The people profiled in this series evaded justice for years, sometimes decades, by using their families, fake identification and even violence to avoid capture. Learn what pushed these individuals to their crimes, how they stayed one step ahead of the police and managed to evade the law -- at least for a while.

2010 · 44m
Starring Bill Ratner

Season 1

  • Got Remarried
    EPISODE 1
    Got Remarried
    Michael McGuffey shoots his wife point blank in the head after an argument; his mother helps him flee to Mexico; the FBI is able to trace Michael by his bank records and is brought into custody.
    43m
  • Got Dumped
    EPISODE 2
    Got Dumped
    The main suspect in the murder of a pregnant ex-girlfriend, and wanted for the shooting of a current one, Michael Alfonso is a jealous boyfriend who time and again turns to violence. It is Alfonso's criminal lifestyle that gets him caught.
    43m
  • Got No Fingerprints
    EPISODE 3
    Got No Fingerprints
    After being convicted of murder, Jerry Bowen erases his fingerprints with acid and assumes the identities of homeless men to hide from authorities.
    43m
  • Got a Video Rental Store
    EPISODE 4
    Got a Video Rental Store
    A convicted killer escapes from prison to start a new life with the woman he married while he was incarcerated.
    43m
  • Got Two Homes in Mexico
    EPISODE 5
    Got Two Homes in Mexico
    A 17-year-old gang member flees to Mexico to avoid a 48 year prison sentence.
    43m
  • Got the Wrong 4 People Killed
    EPISODE 6
    Got the Wrong 4 People Killed
    A man hires a hit man to kill a friend's wife but things go wrong and four people end up dead.
    43m

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Cast & Crew

  • Bill Ratner
    Narrator

About

I (Almost) Got Away With It

Crime

For these perpetrators, their stories may be different, but their motives are always the same: to stay out of prison. The people profiled in this series evaded justice for years, sometimes decades, by using their families, fake identification and even violence to avoid capture. Learn what pushed these individuals to their crimes, how they stayed one step ahead of the police and managed to evade the law -- at least for a while.

Information

Studio
Investigation Discovery
Released
2010
Rated
14+
© 2010 Discovery Communications Inc.

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English (United States)
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English (United States) (AAC)

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English (CC)

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  • Armenia
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  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
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