The 10 Best What Really Happened? Podcast Episodes
1) S3 [14] Anna Delvey, “The Heiress”
Rachel DeLoache Williams made a new friend named Anna Delvey. Anna came from a wealthy German family, lived in a New York City hotel, and was starting an ambitious foundation. But when a trip abroad g...Show More
2) S1 Trailer | What Really Happened?
Season 1 of WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? chronicles documentarian Andrew Jenks as he examines and contextualizes famous figures and historical events, while discovering untold stories and unraveling newfound...Show More
3) S1 [1] THE TALK
In 1981, on a 9th floor building and in front of hundreds of people, Muhammad Ali talked a 21- year-old out of committing suicide. The story ran the following evening in front of 36 million people on ...Show More
4) S1 [5] BLACK DOG
Andrew Jenks was ready to sell his new movie based on the inspirational Winston Churchill, who had chronic depression but still saved the free world from Hitler and the Nazis. Like Churchill, Jenks li...Show More
5) S2 [8] BALLOON BOY
A 6-year-old boy was stuck in a hot air balloon that happened to look like a flying saucer, 7,000 feet above ground, flying over Colorado. Cable news channels had a field day. And, when the balloon la...Show More
6) S2 [9] HER BROTHER'S REVENGE: THE DEATH OF GENERAL CUSTER
In 1876, Buffalo Calf Road Woman, also known as Brave Woman, miraculously saved her brother from death against the Americans trying to take over their land, and soon afterwards she became a war leader...Show More
7) S2 [3] THE ANATOMY OF A BOX OFFICE FLOP
John Carter is one of history's biggest box office flops: $250 million... gone. But, it was directed by two-time Academy Award winner Andrew Stanton, had Disney’s marketing prowess, and was based on t...Show More
8) S2 [14] THE MARVELOUS MRS. MERKEL
Jenks saw Angela Merkel on TV at George H. W. Bush's funeral. Then, he remembered that Donald Trump wouldn't shake her hand when the two first met. What could be learned from Merkel’s relationships wi...Show More
9) Interview Series: FULTON ARMSTRONG and THE CUBAN SOUND MYSTERY
Since our Season 2 episode, "The Secret Sonic War", the main question remains: what really happened in Cuba? Reporting on this topic has continued in the New York Times, USA Today, The New Yorker, CNN...Show More
10) Interview Series: SUKI KIM, UNDERCOVER IN NORTH KOREA
Suki Kim is the only writer ever, as far as we know, to have lived undercover in North Korea. She was there for 6 months. She managed to get out alive, secretly taking notes that eventually became her...Show More