How It Really Happened

  • : 2017
  • : 87
  • : 5
  • HLN
  • 21
  • Crime Documentary Mystery

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4x1
The Mystery of the Gainesville Murders Part 1
Episode overview
11, 2019
During a terrifying three-day period in late August 1990, five college students were found brutally murdered in Gainesville, Fla.; panic filled the usually sunny city as investigators searched to find the serial killer before he struck again.
4x2
The Mystery of the Gainesville Murders Part 2
Episode overview
11, 2019
Five college students were found brutally murdered in Gainesville, Fla. but it would take investigators months, and the discovery of a campsite, a screwdriver and an audio tape, before they identified who the serial killer was.
4x3
The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart Pt. 1
Episode overview
18, 2019
Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake city home in 2002 and snatched from her bed at knifepoint by a mysterious man in the middle of the night; to the public it seemed as if she had vanished into thin air.
4x4
The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart: Hiding in Plain Sight Pt. 2
Episode overview
18, 2019
For nine months in 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was the most famous missing child in America; kidnapped by Brian David Mitchell, she was forced up into a hiding spot in the mountains behind her home, assaulted and forced to be his second wife.
4x5
Susan Smith: Someone Stole My Babies Pt. 1
Episode overview
25, 2019
On Oct. 25, 1994, Susan Smith reports that a carjacker has abducted her two young sons, Michael and Alexander; this report sets off a nationwide search for the boys; while the world waits for news about the boys, investigators deliver shocking news.
4x6
Susan Smith: The Shocking Truth Pt. 2
Episode overview
25, 2019
For nine days, the nation waits for news as to the whereabouts of missing 3-year-Michael and 14-month-old Alex Smith; then, there's a shocking break in the case; the boys' father, David, shares his heartbreaking story; a look at the investigation.
4x7
Drew Peterson: Killer Charm
Episode overview
01, 2019
On Oct. 28, 2007, 23-year-old Stacy Peterson, the wife of veteran police sergeant Drew Peterson, goes missing. as police launch an intensive search to find Stacy, the case raises shocking new questions about her husband.
4x8
David Cassidy: Fatal Secret
Episode overview
08, 2019
Actor-musician David Cassidy ("The Partridge Family") experiences the pressures of fame as a teen idol in the 1970s; in the end, his death is surrounded by mystery, leaving his family, friends and fans with more questions than answers.
4x9
The Bombing of Oklahoma City: The Explosion Pt. 1
Episode overview
15, 2019
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a 26-year-old U.S. army veteran, detonated a 7,000-pound truck bomb outside the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, claiming the .. show full overview
4x10
The Bombing of Oklahoma City: McVeigh's Shocking Confession Pt. 2
Episode overview
15, 2019
After Timothy McVeigh’s truck bomb claimed the lives of 168 innocent people, including 19 small children, the world was asking why. Why would a young army veteran – a man who once fought .. show full overview