How It Really Happened

Name: How It Really Happened
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Documentary
Released: 2017-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 42 min
Rating: 7.2

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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Returning Series

Original Name

How It Really Happened

First Air Date

January 27, 2017

Last Air Date

November 24, 2024

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Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

CNN

Networks

CNN HLN

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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.

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