Escaping Bangkok

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When you go to a Thai prison you face torture, death, disease and emotional devastation

Welcome to hell! This is the podcast that tells of the pain Thai prisoners go through and how some of them have escaped.

Could you survive a Thai prison?

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5. Let's Start | My Dad Was In A Thai Prison

Writer Adrian Simon today takes us on a trip back In time to when his Dad was arrested in Thailand for drug trafficking. His is a gripping insight into growing up the son of an international drug trafficker. For some, a calling in life comes with little choice. For Adrian, it began with the incarceration of his father, Warren Fellows, who was arrested for smuggling heroin. Spared the executioner’s aim, Warren was sentenced to life inside one of the worst prisons on the planet. Twelve years later...

Dec 11, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 5

4. How to Escape a Thai Prison

In 1996, admitted serial smuggler David McMillan aka McVillain made an audacious escape from a Thai prison, a feat no westerner had ever achieved. The former child star was just out of a stint in the notorious Australian jail Pentridge when he found himself on death row in Klong Prem Prison, Bangkok, Thailand. He had to get out and fast before he was executed. Being locked up abroad required him to exercise all his street smarts. The jail, known as the Bangkok Hilton, is a nightmarish, seething ...

Dec 04, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 4

3. Keep Calm. Carry On

Towards the end of the 20th century, police accelerated their attempts to find Lisa Marie Smith, no doubt pushed by the Thai government. Officials there had lost face when she disappeared & were determined to settle the score. This is the final chapter of her story, where you will hear how Lisa, now aged almost 40, has found love. And again she is not far from trouble, but this time it is not of her own doing. Keep in touch and leave us a voice message with questions or feedback. Gift us you...

Nov 27, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3

2. On the Run

Lisa Marie Smith is escaping Thailand after five months in the prison hellhole known as the Bangkok Hilton. She is leaving Thailand on bail using her Australian passport and likely vows to never return to the Land of Smiles. As her international flight makes its way out of Thai airspace, she’s finally free of the Bangkok Hilton. Keep in touch and leave us a voice message with questions or feedback. Gift us your support here for exclusive content and behind the scenes work. You can also support E...

Nov 20, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 2

1. The Ugly Truth About Thai Prisons

Twenty-year-old Lisa Marie Smith, the only child of an insurance millionaire, is arrested and thrown into a putrid Thai prison. For five torturous months, she is detained Bangkok’s Klong Prem women's prison. This is the story of how she survived the prison known as the Bangkok Hilton. From the backpacker district, to the islands of Greece, and the Guinness-soaked streets of Dublin’s party zone, this is a tale of great fortune and extremely bad luck. Keep in touch and leave us a voice message wit...

Nov 20, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Escaping Bangkok

Could you survive a Thai prison? Escaping Bangkok tells the stories of those who have survived the Bangkok Hilton. It’s 1996 and Princess Diana is divorcing Prince Charles, Bill Clinton was US President, and the Irish Republican Army was bombing Canary Wharf in London. Lisa Marie Smith , the daughter of an insurance millionaire, is entering a Bangkok bar called Paradise. She is at the end of a two-month backpacking trip through the picturesque Southeast Asian nation. And Lisa is about to get mor...

Oct 09, 2022•1 min

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