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This documentary series reconstructs history's most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.

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Season 1

  • Prison Riot, U.S.A.
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    Prison Riot, U.S.A.

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/9/2016

    On Easter Sunday in 1993, inmates at a maximum security prison in Lucasville, Ohio, riot and take eight guards hostage, leading to a 10-day standoff.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Cola Kidnap, Brazil
    7.0/10103 votes

    Cola Kidnap, Brazil

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/9/2016

    During a wave of kidnappings in early-1990s Brazil, a local Coca-Cola bottling executive is ambushed at gunpoint and held for a ransom of millions.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen
    7.0/1058 votes

    Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2016

    Pierre and Yolande Korkie relocate from South Africa to Yemen to perform charitable work, but tragedy follows when they are kidnapped by Al Qaeda.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Peacemakers, Iraq
    6.9/1056 votes

    The Peacemakers, Iraq

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/2016

    In the violent aftermath of the Iraq War, four human rights activists from Christian Peacemaker Teams are taken hostage by insurgents in Baghdad.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • American Missionaries, Philippines
    6.8/1064 votes

    American Missionaries, Philippines

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/2016

    The long captivity of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham by Philippine terror group Abu Sayyaf takes on new urgency after 9/11.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Taken at Sea, Somalia
    6.4/1079 votes

    Taken at Sea, Somalia

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/9/2016

    Sailing the Indian Ocean on their yacht, British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler are kidnapped by Somali pirates and held for an exorbitant ransom.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • British Aid Workers, Chechnya
    6.4/1057 votes

    British Aid Workers, Chechnya

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2016

    A pair of British aid workers establishing a children's rehab center in war-torn Chechnya are taken prisoner and held for a year.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bethlehem Siege, Palestine
    6.3/1062 votes

    Bethlehem Siege, Palestine

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2016

    When Israeli forces invade Bethlehem in 2002, dozens of Palestinians take refuge in the Church of the Nativity, sparking a monthlong standoff.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown