In the fourth episode of Expedition From Hell: The Lost Tapes, Mickey’s control over the expedition falters when he and his team encounter a spear-wielding indigenous tribe who kidnap them. This experience prompts Mickey to make a controversial decision: he replaces his lead guide with an untrained woman, a move that leads to accusations of him having a God complex. The team then stumbles upon a peculiar community, where unknown challenges await.
Mickey Grosman, a former special forces demolitions expert, leads a group of amateur adventurers on a charity trek across South America. Their journey covers 5,000 miles through the treacherous Amazon jungle, and it quickly descends into a battle for survival. The docuseries Expedition From Hell: The Lost Tapes utilizes over 700 hours of archival footage to recount this ill-fated expedition, marked by kidnapping, daring prison escapes, and a missing person.
In this episode, titled ‘Take Me to Jail,’ airing on Sunday May 26, Mickey’s leadership comes into question as he makes a bold but controversial decision in the wake of their kidnapping experience. By choosing an untrained woman to lead the team, he opens himself up to accusations of having an inflated ego and a God complex. As they navigate this new dynamic, the team stumbles upon a strange community.
Expedition From Hell: The Lost Tapes continues to explore the doomed expedition, highlighting the challenges and dangers that Mickey and his team faced.
Expedition From Hell: The Lost Tapes: ‘Take Me to Jail’ airs on Sunday, May 26, at 10:05 PM on Discovery.
