It Happened Here
Season 1
They are not marked. They are passed by all the time without fanfare. And yet these unexpected, ordinary places are connected to some of the most graphic and controversial events in pop culture history.
Where to Watch Season 1
10 Episodes
- Richard Pryor
E1Richard PryorRichard Pryor was a comedy truth teller, who busted taboos about race, language, and sexuality. But what made Richard so raw and honest was also the source of his troubled and tumultuous personal life - bouts of addiction, domestic abuse, and host of other personal demons, culminating in a very public drug-induced meltdown on Parthenia Street in Los Angeles, where he lit himself on fire and ran down the street in an unhinged suicide attempt. - John Belushi
E2John BelushiJohn Belushi achieved international fame by expertly playing abrasive, obnoxious, and juvenile characters, both as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and in iconic films like The Blues Brothers and Animal House. Everything about Belushi was larger than life, and his desire to be the life of the party drove him down a dark path of substance abuse, culminating in his untimely death in 1982 at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood. - Notorious B.I.G. & Tupac Shakur
E4Notorious B.I.G. & Tupac ShakurIn the mid 90's the infamous East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry was in full swing, and two of raps biggest icons - former friends The Notorious B.I.G, and Tupac Shakur - were caught in the middle of it. It was a battle that tragically cost both starts their lives before the end of the decade, in a pair of murders that remain unsolved to this day. - Marilyn Monroe
E5Marilyn MonroeOn August 5, 1962, silver screen legend Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home in Brentwood, California. She was found by her housekeeper, face down on her bed, with an empty pill bottle at her side at the age of 36. Marilyn's life was full of mysteries and contradictions, and we'll visit the locations that tell her life story through that lens.
