How It Really Happened with Jesse L. Martin
HLN dives into the deepest, darkest, gruesome mysteries and murders of the past. What really happened and how did it all play out?
- 2016-2024
- 8 seasons
- HLN
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-PG
HLN dives into the deepest, darkest, gruesome mysteries and murders of the past. What really happened and how did it all play out?
Season 5 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
The Atlanta Serial Killer: Do You Know Where Your Children Are? Part 1
Sun, Aug 23, 2020
From 1979 to 1981, more than two dozen of Atlanta's black children disappeared without a trace; a look at who was killing the city's most vulnerable and why.
Episode 2
The Atlanta Serial Killer: The KKK Connection? Part 2
Sun, Aug 23, 2020
Investigators believe Wayne Williams, a 23-year-old black man murdered more than two dozen black children and young men in Atlanta; 40 year-old evidence is reexamined using modern forensics in search of more answers.
Episode 3
The Yosemite Murders: The Missing Women Part 1
Sun, Aug 30, 2020
When in 1999, young women mysteriously disappear from Yosemite National Park, investigators determine foul play and a prime suspect emerges, then escapes.
Episode 4
The Yosemite Murders: The Evil Side Part 2
Sun, Aug 30, 2020
The key suspect in the murder of young women in Yosemite National Park is caught, but it's up to an exceptionally skilled FBI agent to dismantle his web of lies and denials to draw a confession.
Episode 5
Siegfried & Roy: The Tiger Attack (Part 1)
Sun, Sep 6, 2020
In 2003, the wildly successful careers of master illusionists Siegfried and Roy come to a shockingly abrupt end when one of the team's prized tigers bites Roy Horn on the neck and drags him offstage.
Episode 6
Siegfried & Roy: Dangerous Illusion (Part 2)
Mon, Sep 7, 2020
Roy tries to recover from severe wounds inflicted by his beloved tiger Mantacore, but the team's excuses for the animal's behavior lose credibility upon further investigation.
Episode 7
The Boston Marathon: Reconstructing the Crime Scene (Part 1)
Sun, Sep 13, 2020
On April 15th, 2013, two bombs explode during the iconic Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and injuring hundreds of others. In a race against time, investigators, using state of the art technology, circulate images to the public of the two suspects dubbed "black hat" and "white hat."
Episode 8
The Boston Marathon: The Manhunt (Part 2)
Sun, Sep 13, 2020
With the Boston Bombing suspects identified as domestic terrorist brothers, the manhunt begins, a terrifying crime spree ensues, and new information sheds light on the heinous crime.
Episode 9
Tom Petty: Mysterious Ending
Sun, Sep 20, 2020 42 mins
News of the sudden passing of celebrated rock musician Tom Petty shocked fans worldwide, but a deeper look into the music legend's life reveals physical and emotional afflictions that may have led to his death at age 66.
Episode 10
James Jordan: Vanished
Sun, Sep 27, 2020 42 mins
Who would want to murder the father of beloved superstar Michael Jordan? When in 1993, James Raymond Jordan Sr. goes missing and his luxury car is found stripped and abandoned in North Carolina, clues point to a tragic crime.
