'How It Really Happened with Hill Harper' Season 5: Release date, plot, host, and all you need to know about HLN's true crime series
True crime docuseries and podcasts are an eternal rage but it seems the world of network and streaming television cannot keep up to satisfy our growing needs for more. Worry not, HLN -- owned by CNN -- is bringing out the fifth season of its longest-running true crime series this August, with Hill Harper set to return as the host. 'How It Realy Happened with Hill Harper' will come back with new episodes featuring new cases. Read on to know more about the new season.
Release date
'How It Really Happened with Hill Harper' will premiere its fifth season on HLN on August 23 at 9/8c with a two-hour expose on "The Atlanta Serial Killer."
Leading up to the two-hour season premiere episode, HLN will present the 'How It Really Happened' "Every Episode Ever" marathon beginning on Thursday, August 20 from 11 am to 11 pm ET and continuing on Friday, August 21 (11 am to 11 pm ET), on Saturday, August 22, from 12 pm ET to 11 pm, and concluding on Sunday, August 23, 12 noon-9 pm ET.
Plot
The first two episodes of the fifth season of 'How It Really Happened' will deal with the Atlanta Serial Killer. From 1979 to 1981, more than two dozen of Atlanta's Black children-mostly boys and young men-disappeared without a trace. Investigators believe Wayne Williams, a 23-year-old Black man and part-time music producer murdered more than two dozen Black children and young men in Atlanta. The 40-year-old evidence is reexamined using modern forensics in search of more answers.
The third and fourth episodes deal with the Yosemite murders. When in 1999, young women mysteriously disappear from Yosemite National Park, investigators determined foul play and a prime suspect emerged, then escaped. 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.
The fifth and sixth episodes will deal with the infamous tiger attack on Roy Hord of Siegfried & Roy. 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 bit Roy Horn on the neck and dragged him offstage. Roy tried 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.
The seventh and eighth episodes deal with the Boston Marathon terrorist attack. On April 15, 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." 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.
The ninth episode looks into the sudden passing of celebrated rock musician Tom Petty. A deeper look into the music legend's life reveals physical and emotional afflictions that may have led to his death at age 66.
The tenth and final episode of Season 5 will look into the disappearance and subsequent death of James Jordan, father of basketball legend, Michael Jordan. In 1993, James Raymond Jordan Sr. went missing and his luxury car was found stripped and abandoned in North Carolina, the clues point to a tragic crime.
Host
Hill Harper
'How It Really Happened' is hosted by actor and author Hill Harper, best known for his roles in 'CSY: NY', 'Limitless', and 'The Good Doctor'.
Producers
Nancy Duffy is the executive producer of the HLN Original Series 'How It Really Happened with Hill Harper'.
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