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The Worst Episodes of How It Really Happened

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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  1. Background image for Ted Bundy Part 1: The Girls Are Missing
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    #1 - Ted Bundy Part 1: The Girls Are Missing

    S3:E1

    In the winter of 1974, college-age women from the Pacific Northwest began to disappear seemingly without a trace.

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Ted Bundy Part 2: Ted Escapes
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    #2 - Ted Bundy Part 2: Ted Escapes

    S3:E2

    While serving time for aggravated kidnapping in Utah and facing first degree murder charges in Colorado, Ted Bundy escaped not once but twice from authorities.

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Ted Bundy Part 3: The Murder Trials
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    #3 - Ted Bundy Part 3: The Murder Trials

    S3:E3

    The murder trials and appeals. Ted Bundy helped prepare his own defense, but would his amateur lawyering help him beat the rap or send him to the electric chair?

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Ted Bundy Part 4: The Death Row Confessions
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    #4 - Ted Bundy Part 4: The Death Row Confessions

    S3:E4

    Ted Bundy maintains his innocence. As the clock wound down on his final death warrant, Ted Bundy made a last attempt to save his life. He began to talk. Were his confessions too late or a could this save him from the electric chair?

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    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Jodi Arias Part 1: Sex, Lies and Photographs
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    #5 - Jodi Arias Part 1: Sex, Lies and Photographs

    S3:E5

    Jodi Arias is a small town waitress and aspiring photographer. Travis Alexander is a handsome, devout Mormon and successful businessman. Almost two years after their romance began, Travis was found brutally murdered in his shower at home.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Jodi Arias Part 2: Dirty Little Secret
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    #6 - Jodi Arias Part 2: Dirty Little Secret

    S3:E6

    Four years after the vicious killing of Travis Alexander, his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias stands trial for his murder. Millions of people are captivated by the lurid details of Jodi and Travis' erotic relationship told through photographs, recordings of their phone sex, and by Jodi from the witness stand.

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  8. Background image for Aaron Hernandez: Secrets and Lies
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    #7 - Aaron Hernandez: Secrets and Lies

    S3:E7

    Aaron Hernandez is a star player for the New England Patriots, and at the young age of 23, is set up for greatness. But less than a year later, a body is found riddled with bullets, only a short distance from Hernandez's home. Forensic evidence and surveillance footage from the night of the murder, examined in detail in this program, soon tie Hernandez to the crime scene.

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Selena: Fatal Encounter
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    #8 - Selena: Fatal Encounter

    S3:E8

    Behind the scenes of Selena's red hot career, ambitions, and tragic demise. Rare interviews include her close friend and co-fashion designer, the back-up singer in her band, and for the first time ever, a nurse who spoke to Selena and her killer just before she died.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Waco Part 1: God, Guns and the Government
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    #9 - Waco Part 1: God, Guns and the Government

    S3:E9

    What were the real reasons for the government raid of a religious compound in Waco Texas in 1993? What was happening inside the Branch Davidian compound?

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - Waco Part 2: End of Days

    S3:E10

    The siege at Waco ended in a fiery hell that killed David Koresh, his followers, his wives and children. TV news crews and demonstrators watched in horror as the ranch went up in flames.

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    #11 - The Mystery of the Gainesville Murders (Part 1)

    S4:E1

    Over three days, five college students are brutally murdered in Gainesville, Florida. As investigators search for the serial killer, panic fills the usually sunny city.

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    #12 - The Mystery of the Gainesville Murders (Part 2)

    S4:E2

    Five college students are found brutally murdered in Gainesville, Florida. However, it takes investigators months - and the discovery of a campsite, a screwdriver and an audiotape - before they can identify who the serial killer was.

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  14. Background image for The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart (Part 1)
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    #13 - The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart (Part 1)

    S4:E3

    On June 5th, 2002, Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home, 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, but she was actually taken by 48-year-old Brian David Mitchell. A look at the unbelievable nine month saga with its unforeseeable twists and turns, a police investigation that went sideways, and a family fighting to keep hope alive.

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  15. Background image for The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart: Hiding in Plain Sight (Part 2)
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    #14 - The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart: Hiding in Plain Sight (Part 2)

    S4:E4

    For nine months, in 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart is 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." Following the harrowing of her nine month ordeal, including the multiple trips they took to Salt Lake City where she was hidden in plain sight. And the unbelievable end, one of the most incredible kidnapping recoveries in U.S. history.

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  16. Background image for Susan Smith: Someone Stole My Babies (Part 1)
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    #15 - Susan Smith: Someone Stole My Babies (Part 1)

    S4:E5

    On October 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.

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    #16 - Susan Smith: The Shocking Truth (Part 2)

    S4:E6

    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.

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    #17 - Drew Peterson: Killer Charm

    S4:E7

    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.

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  19. Background image for David Cassidy: Fatal Secret
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    #18 - David Cassidy: Fatal Secret

    S4:E8

    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.

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    #19 - The Bombing of Oklahoma City: The Explosion (Part 1)

    S4:E9

    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 lives of 168 innocent people.

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    #20 - The Bombing of Oklahoma City: McVeigh's Shocking Confession (Part 2)

    S4:E10

    In an exclusive prison interview, Timothy McVeigh himself describes how events in his personal life - and in the ever-changing world around him - inspired him to take action against his fellow Americans.

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    #21 - The Atlanta Serial Killer: Do You Know Where Your Children Are? Pt. 1

    S5:E1

    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.

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    #22 - The Atlanta Serial Killer: The KKK Connection? Pt. 2

    S5:E2

    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.

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    #23 - The Yosemite Murders: The Missing Women Pt. 1

    S5:E3

    When in 1999, young women mysteriously disappear from Yosemite National Park, investigators determine foul play and a prime suspect emerges, then escapes.

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    #24 - The Yosemite Murders: The Evil Side Pt. 2

    S5:E4

    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.

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  26. Background image for Siegfried & Roy: The Tiger Attack Pt. 1
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    #25 - Siegfried & Roy: The Tiger Attack Pt. 1

    S5:E5

    In 2003, the wildly successful careers of master illusionists Siegfried & 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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Ted Bundy Part 1: The Girls Are Missing" is the worst rated episode of "How It Really Happened". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/7/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Ted Bundy Part 2: Ted Escapes".