BANGED UP ABROAD

Shaun Attwood’s ecstasy business booms... and marks the start of his downfall.

A routine customs stop turns terrifying when tarantulas are discovered inside a backpack.

An American prisoner in Peru describes his first few days in Peru’s Lurigancho Prison.

Former Mobster Frank Cullotta recalls one of his first Vegas “Hole in the Wall” burglaries.

It’s not just another day at the office when Roy Hallums gets taken hostage by an Iraqi gang.

The outcome of a high-speed street drag race prompts a life changing decision.

Cora Amburn-Lijek talks about life in Tehran leading up to the 1979 hostage crisis.

He was the Jewish Pablo Escobar - until the police caught up with him.

Sam Leibowitz built a cocaine empire with help from a network of fellow Hasidic Jews.