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How It Really Happened
Overview
Jesse L. Martin takes an in-depth look at some of the most notorious crimes, mysteries, trials and celebrity tragedies of our time.
Status
Returning Series
Network
CNN, HLN
Seasons & Episodes
Season 7
Episodes
Madeleine McCann: The Night She Disappeared
15 years after Madeleine McCann's highly publicized disappearance, there's a new suspect.
Madeleine McCann: Who Took Madeleine
15 years after Madeleine McCann's highly publicized disappearance, there's a new suspect.
Kobe Bryant: Fateful Flight: Red Flags
On January 26th, 2020, Kobe Bryant's helicopter crashed, killing all people on board.
Kobe Bryant: Fatal Flight: What Went Wrong?
Aviation experts revisit the accident and share what exactly happened.
The Yacht Murder Mystery: Unspeakable Cruelty
Tom and Jackie Hawks dreamed of retiring early, buying a boat, and sailing the Pacific. The couple worked hard, saved their money, and were finally able to make their dream happen in 2002. They sold their home, bought a 55-foot yacht, and hit the high seas, traveling to exotic ports, and living the life most people only dream of. Then, in November 2004, when their first grandchild was born, the Hawks knew it was time to come back ashore. They put their beloved boat up for sale, and they vanished. No one could have predicted what came next.
The Hollywood Ripper: He Was Watching Them
On February 21, 2001, a beautiful young woman is viciously murdered inside her Hollywood home just before she was scheduled to go on a 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. They only know him as "Mike," but as the investigation unfolds, police discover that his full name is Michael Thomas Gargiulo, and he may be linked to another murder almost eight years earlier in Illinois. While a suspect and not yet arrested, Gargiulo commits more brutal crimes, only to be stopped by one young woman who fights back and survives.
Adrienne Shelly: Nothing's As It Seems
Forty-year-old Adrienne Shelly was an actress, writer, director, wife, and mother. She finished working on her film Waitress when she was found hanging from a shower curtain rod on November 1, 2006. Initially, authorities believed her death to be a suicide, but they soon learned that her death was not what it seemed.
Lorena Bobbitt: Tick Tick Boom
In the dark hours of June 23, 1993, in Manassas, Virginia, a man lies fast asleep on his bed, while a woman looms over his prone body with a kitchen knife and proceeds to slice off his manhood. A stunning end to the broken marriage of Lorena and John Bobbitt, but what outrageous situation led two young people to a horrifying silent scream in the night?
