Crime | Drama | Mystery
Station:
CNN (US)
Status:
Running
Start:
2017-01-27
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How It Really Happened delves deeply into some of the most notorious crimes, mysteries, trials, and celebrity tragedies of our time.
Next Episode is 'Tylenol Murders: Killer Capsules' (Season 9 Episode 1) and airs on 17 Nov 2024 20:00 (CDT).
S8E5 - Gardner Art Heist: Stealing Beauty
Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is known for its vibrant art collection depicting renaissance scenes. But on the night of Saint Patrick's Day in 1990, robbers swept in, terrorizing the guards and taking 13 pieces of art which have never been recovered and are now worth half a billion dollars. This episode of How It Really Happened includes an interview with the museum security guard on duty who details the events of that night and his experience being held captive by the intruders, with never-before-seen museum security footage. FBI special agents, government officials and local journalists who covered the case provide expert insight into the international undercover operation attempting to recover the missing art and the key players in organized crime who have been suspected of the heist.
Air Date: 19 May 2024 20:00 (CDT)
S8E6 - The Atlanta Olympic Bombing Part 1: "You Have 30 Minutes"
In the summer of 1996, all eyes were on Atlanta, Georgia for the centennial Olympics. On July 27 at a celebration in Centennial Park, a security guard noticed a suspicious backpack under a bench. Security and law enforcement moved quickly to evacuate the massive crowd, but time was not on their side – two people were killed, and more than 100 others were injured. Several more bombings in the next eighteen months led investigators to suspect a serial bomber was stalking Atlanta.
This special episode of How It Really Happened features interviews with former special agents and journalists who were on scene at the time of the Centennial Park bombing and investigated the case. It also features interviews with friends and the attorney of falsely accused suspect Richard Jewell.
Air Date: 27 Jul 2024 20:00 (CDT)
S8E7 - The Atlanta Olympic Bombing Part 2: The Bomber Is Watching
Subsequent bombings lead investigators to suspect a serial bomber in Atlanta.
Air Date: 27 Jul 2024 21:00 (CDT)
S9E1 - Tylenol Murders: Killer Capsules
On September 29, 1982, seven Chicago-area residents were suddenly stricken with a deadly illness. At first doctors were at a loss, but they soon discovered a sinister connection: all the victims had recently taken cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. This launched an investigation that has lasted over four decades and forever changed the way medications and other goods are packaged in stores. This episode features interviews with family members of the victims, law enforcement who were first responders on that day, medical examiners and investigators on the case.
Air Date: 17 Nov 2024 20:00 (CDT)
S9E2 - Kimes Grifters
On July 5, 1998, a wealthy widow named Irene Silverman disappeared from her New York City townhouse. While police went on a frantic search for her, they had no idea the investigation would unravel one of the most shocking series of crimes they had ever seen – a trail of violence and fraud that stretched from the Bahamas to Los Angeles perpetuated by Sante and Kenny Kimes. This episode features interviews with Sante Kimes's son Kent Walker, Sante Kimes's attorney, NYPD officers who worked the case, and a journalist taken hostage by Kenny Kimes in prison.
Air Date: 17 Nov 2024 21:00 (CDT)
S9E3 - Iran Hostages: The Dangerous Journey Home
When Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979, they took the Embassy staff hostage and held them for 444 days. Only a handful managed to escape, but they were trapped in Iran until the CIA came up with a daring plan to bring them home. This top-secret mission was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film Argo. In this episode, several former hostages detail their time in captivity, and three of the Tehran Six escapees tell of their daring rescue.
Air Date: 24 Nov 2024 20:00 (CDT)