Season 1 Episodes
8 episodes
1
70
Prison Riot, U.S.A.
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.
2
90
Cola Kidnap, Brazil
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.
3
Taken at Sea, Somalia
Sailing the Indian Ocean on their yacht, British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler are kidnapped by Somali pirates and held for an exorbitant ransom.
4
American Missionaries, Philippines
The long captivity of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham by Philippine terror group Abu Sayyaf takes on new urgency after 9/11.
5
British Aid Workers, Chechnya
A pair of British aid workers establishing a children's rehab center in war-torn Chechnya are taken prisoner and held for a year.
6
Bethlehem Siege, Palestine
When Israeli forces invade Bethlehem in 2002, dozens of Palestinians take refuge in the Church of the Nativity, sparking a monthlong standoff.
7
Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen
Pierre and Yolande Korkie relocate from South Africa to Yemen to perform charitable work, but tragedy follows when they are kidnapped by Al Qaeda.
8
The Peacemakers, Iraq
In the violent aftermath of the Iraq War, four human rights activists from Christian Peacemaker Teams are taken hostage by insurgents in Baghdad.