How It Really Happened

2 seasons available

Actor Jesse L. Martin delves deeply into some of the most notorious crimes, mysteries, trials and celebrity tragedies of all time.
Titanic Part 1: A Clear and Starry Night
S8 E1

The Titanic disaster of 1912 intertwines with an underwater OceanGate voyage that costs more human lives; interviews with historians, wreck analysts and descendants of Titanic passengers shed light on both events.

The Atlanta Olympic Bombing Part 1: "You Have 30 Minutes"
S8 E6

In the summer of 1996, a bombing at the Atlanta Olympics killed two and injured over 100; an intense manhunt ensued, with the media and law enforcement falsely accusing security guard Richard Jewell as a suspect.

The Atlanta Olympic Bombing Part 2: The Bomber Is Watching
S8 E7

Interviews with former special agents, journalists, and Richard Jewell's associates provide insight into the case and its aftermath; subsequent bombings over the next eighteen months led investigators to suspect a serial bomber in Atlanta.

Sante and Kenneth Kimes: The Missing Socialite
S8 E9

In 1998, mother-son duo Sante and Kenny Kimes become suspects in the high-profile case of a missing New York City socialite; the investigation reveals a trail of violence and fraud that spans from the Bahamas to Los Angeles.

Madeline McCann: The Night She Disappeared
S7 E1

Kate and Gerry McCann vacation in 2007 at a Portuguese resort where their 3-year-old daughter, Madeleine, vanishes; heavy media reporting creates backlash, but there is now a new suspect.

Madeline McCann: Who Took Madeline?
S7 E2

Fifteen years after Madeleine McCann vanishes, a new suspect is considered in her disappearance at a resort in Portugal.

Kobe Bryant Fateful Flight: Red Flags
S7 E3

Kobe Bryant's helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020, kills all nine people on board, including his daughter Gigi, and leaves the world searching for answers.

Kobe Bryant Fateful Flight: What Went Wrong?
S7 E4

Kobe Bryant's helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020, kills all nine people on board, including his daughter Gigi, and leaves the world searching for answers.

The Yacht Murder Mystery: Unspeakable Cruelty
S7 E5

The unpredictable outcome of Tom and Jackie Hawks' disappearance in November 2004 after two years of following their dreams and sailing the Pacific to exotic ports.

The Hollywood Ripper: He Was Watching Them
S7 E6

A woman is murdered inside her Hollywood home just before her date with actor Ashton Kutcher; as detectives search for answers, her friends relay stories about a strange air conditioning repairman who would show up uninvited at her home.

Adrienne Shelly: Nothing's As It Seems
S7 E7

41-year-old Adrienne Shelly was a filmmaker and mother who had just finished her film "Waitress" when she was found hanging from a shower curtain rod; initially, authorities believe her death to be a suicide, but soon learn nothing is what it seems.

Lorena Bobbitt: Tick Tick Boom
S7 E8

In the late hours of night, a man lies fast asleep in his bed while a woman looms over his prone body with a kitchen knife and slices off his manhood; this marks the end of the broken marriage between Lorena and John Bobbitt.