8.1/109 votes#1 - Titanic (1): A Clear and Starry Night
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 4/28/2024
The fateful Titanic shipwreck of 1912 intertwines with a recent underwater OceanGate voyage that cost more human lives. Interviews with historians, wreck analysts, and descendants of Titanic passengers shed light on both tragedies.
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- 8.0/107 votes
#2 - Titanic (2): The Last Moments
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/2024
Recent scientific advances have uncovered new secrets around the Titanic sinking, challenging previous notions about the ship's fate. This chapter continues to analyze the wreck and a recent underwater expedition that claimed more lives.
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- 7.4/105 votes
#3 - Anthrax: Terror by Mail
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/2024
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the nation faced a new threat: anthrax, dubbed "the poor man's nuclear bomb." This easily weaponized bacteria sparked widespread fear, leading to one of the FBI's largest investigations.
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- 8.0/105 votes
#4 - Oscar Pistorius: The Bladerunner
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2024
The shocking killing of Reeva Steenkamp by Olympic superstar Oscar Pistorius on Valentine's Day 2013 shattered the illusion of a storybook romance between a celebrated Hollywood couple. Was it a terrible accident or a callous murder?
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- 8.5/106 votes
#5 - Gardner Art Heist: Stealing Beauty
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/2024
Saint Patrick's Day 1990, robbers stormed Boston's Gardner Museum, making off with 13 priceless artworks, never to be recovered. Valued at half a billion dollars, the whereabouts of the missing pieces remain a mystery.
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - The Atlanta Olympic Bombing Part 1: "You Have 30 Minutes"
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 7/28/2024
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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#7 - The Atlanta Olympic Bombing Part 2: The Bomber Is Watching
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/2024
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.
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The Best Episodes of How It Really Happened Season 8
Every episode of How It Really Happened Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of How It Really Happened Season 8!
Jesse L. Martin takes an in-depth look at some of the most notorious crimes, mysteries, trials and celebrity tragedies of our time.
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Titanic (1): A Clear and Starry Night" is the best rated episode of "How It Really Happened" season 8. It scored 8.1/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/28/2024. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Titanic (2): The Last Moments".