Try 30 days of free premium.

Drunk History - Episode Guide

Season 1

Washington D.C.

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2013

Washington D.C.

A series that spoofs the past with inebriated reenactors begins with journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposing the Watergate scandal; a feud between actor brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth; and Elvis Presley meeting President Nixon at the White House.

Chicago

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2013

Chicago

Sketches in Chicago include Al Capone being done in by an unlikely adversary; Abraham Lincoln catching a break; and police warring with protesters during the Haymarket Riot of 1886.

Atlanta

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2013

Atlanta

Pharmacist John Pemberton invents a popular soft drink from wine and cocaine; the FBI go after Martin Luther King Jr.; and author Stetson Kennedy infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in a series of sketches set in Atlanta.

Boston

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2013

Boston

Reenactments in Boston include 17th-century colonist Mary Dyer's clashes with the Puritan establishment; a $500 million art heist; and the acts of a notorious arsonist.

San Francisco

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2013

San Francisco

Events in San Francisco include the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst; and Mark Twain finding his calling as a writer.

Detroit

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2013

Detroit

Reenactments in Detroit include Ralph Nader's feud with General Motors; and a friendship between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that deteriorates into a bitter rivalry.

Nashville

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2013

Nashville

Events in Nashville include Lewis and Clark's dangerous journey; and Dolly Parton saying good-bye to the man who made her famous.

Wild West

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2013

Wild West

Events in the Season 1 finale include the fight at the Alamo; and Billy the Kid on the run from lawman Pat Garrett.

Season 2

Montgomery

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2014

Montgomery

The Season 2 premiere features organic chemist Percy Julian; civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin; and boxer Joe Louis.

New York

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2014

New York

Sculptor Fréderic-Auguste Bartholdi designs the Statue of Liberty; Sybil Ludington takes her midnight ride during the American Revolution; Nellie Bly goes undercover in an asylum on Blackwell's Island.

American Music

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2014

American Music

Disc jockey Alan Freed plays rock and roll for the first time; Kris Kristofferson gets his big break with some help from Johnny Cash; music producer Sylvia Robinson assembles the Sugarhill Gang.

Baltimore

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2014

Baltimore

Abraham Lincoln tries to stay alive on the way to his inauguration; Francis Scott Key pens "The Star-Spangled Banner"; Edgar Allan Poe clashes with Rufus Griswold.

Charleston

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2014

Charleston

Charles Sumner is beaten on the Senate floor; Judge J. Waties Waring advocates for civil rights; a slave named Robert Smalls commandeers a Confederate ship and sails it to his freedom.

Hollywood

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2014

Hollywood

Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" angers publisher William Randolph Hearst; animator Ub Iwerks helps Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse; Nancy Reagan urges her husband to get into politics.

Hawaii

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2014

Hawaii

British explorer James Cook socializes with the natives in Hawaii; future senator Daniel Inouye fights in World War II; surfer Eddie Aikau earns a reputation for riding big waves.

Philadelphia

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2014

Philadelphia

Baron von Steuben whips Washington's army into shape, longtime friends John Adams and Thomas Jefferson break ties, and Benedict Arnold becomes a British spy.

Sports Heroes

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2014

Sports Heroes

Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madison saves American artifacts from destruction.

First Ladies

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2014

First Ladies

Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madison saves American artifacts from destruction.

Season 3

New Jersey

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2015

New Jersey

Paleontologists Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope become rivals, and Penzias & Wilson discover the echo of the Big Bang. Featuring Greg Kinnear, Stephen Merchant, Justin Long, Jason Ritter, Tony Hale and Christopher Meloni.

Miami

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2015

Miami

Actor Clark Gable joins the Air Force during World War II, Ponce de Leon quarrels with Diego Columbus, and Griselda Blanco takes over the cocaine trade in Miami. Featuring Josh Hartnett, Maya Rudolph, David Koechner and Johnny Knoxville.

New Orleans

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2015

New Orleans

Pirate John Lafitte helps Andrew Jackson defeat the British during the War of 1812, Sam Zemurray becomes a banana kingpin, and Louis Armstrong becomes a jazz legend. Featuring Jack McBrayer, Thomas Middleditch, Jason Momoa, Miles Brown and Andre Royo.

Spies

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2015

Spies

Harriet Tubman provides military intel to the Union Army, Virginia Hall spies in France during World War II and becomes the first woman in the CIA, and Roald Dahl serves as a debonair British spy. Featuring Octavia Spencer, Alia Shawkat and Will Ferrell.

Cleveland

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2015

Cleveland

Wayne Wheeler leads the Prohibition charge, Dorothy Fuldheim paves the way for women in journalism, and Muhammad Ali refuses to fight in the Vietnam War.

Games

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2015

Games

Board games become popular thanks to Milton Bradley; a pinball ban is overturned with help from Roger Sharpe; Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky at chess during the Cold War.

Oklahoma

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2015

Oklahoma

A land claim in Oklahoma is made by Kentucky Daisy; astronaut Gordon Cooper goes on a space mission; Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves becomes the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.

Journalism

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2015

Journalism

Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland try to travel around the world in under 80 days, and Thomas Nast's political cartoons lead to the downfall of Tammany Hall leader "Boss" Tweed.

Los Angeles

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2015

Los Angeles

Vigilantes led by Andres Pico enact street justice; Rin Tin Tin becomes the world's biggest movie star; the construction of the Los Angeles aqueduct brings makes city officials rich.

New Mexico

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2015

New Mexico

The Pueblo Indians revolt against the Spanish, Boy Scout founder Ernest Thompson Seton hunts a wolf, and a mysterious crash in Roswell appears to be alien debris.

Inventors

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2015

Inventors

Alexander Graham Bell steals the original design for the telephone from Elisha Gray, and Thomas Edison tries to create a movie-making monopoly.

Las Vegas

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2015

Las Vegas

J.T. McWilliams forms a community but is muscled out by William Clark; Bugsy Siegel bets his life on the Flamingo Casino; the Moulin Rouge is the first casino to break the color barrier.

Space

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2015

Space

Love blossoms between Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; Russian cosmonauts make the first spacewalk; Wernher von Braun becomes a pioneer in rocket science.

Season 4

Great Escapes

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2016

Great Escapes

In the Season 4 premiere, LSD guru Timothy Leary breaks out of prison; a sailor attempts a bold rescue from Devil's Island; and a baker remains calm on the Titanic thanks to his whiskey habit.

Legends

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2016

Legends

Sam Patch becomes America's first daredevil; Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald form a lasting friendship; Buster Keaton takes his talents to the big screen.

Bar Fights

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2016

Bar Fights

Carry A. Nation vandalizes bars; Andrew Jackson gets involved in a shootout; Marsha P. Johnson stands up for LGBT rights.

The Roosevelts

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2016

The Roosevelts

Teddy Roosevelt revolutionizes football; Winston Churchill pays FDR a visit at Christmastime; Eleanor Roosevelt becomes friends with a female Soviet sniper.

Scoundrels

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2016

Scoundrels

Charles Ponzi hires a publicist to improve his image; Sadie the Goat becomes a notorious Hudson River pirate; a con man poses as a Scottish royal.

Siblings

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2016

Siblings

Katharine Wright helps her brothers build an airplane; the Kopp sisters fight to protect their home; the Fox sisters stoke the spiritualism craze.

Landmarks

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2016

Landmarks

Emily Roebling oversees construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; con-man Victor Lustig sells the Eiffel Tower; Shakespeare steals the Globe Theatre.

Food

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2016

Food

Mayor La Guardia fights the mob over artichokes; Julia Child meets the love of her life while working as a spy; a molasses flood devastates Boston.

Hamilton

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2016

Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda (``Hamilton'') tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, his nemesis Aaron Burr and their infamous duel to the death.

S**t Shows

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2016

S**t Shows

DJ Steve Dahl sparks an anti-disco riot; the Cherry Sisters emerge as the worst vaudeville act of all time; a rivalry between two actors turns violent.

Season 5

Heroines

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2018

Heroines

Tiffany Haddish, Evan Rachel Wood, Busy Philipps and Mandy Moore pay tribute to the first woman to fight in the Revolutionary War and receive a pension, a museum curator who saved art from the Nazis and Civil War hero Clara Barton.

Dangerous Minds

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2018

Dangerous Minds

Taran Killam, Jerry O'Connell and Bob Odenkirk explore the lives of Jack Parsons, occultist cofounder of the Jet Propulsion Lab; W.C. Minor, the man who helped write the Oxford English Dictionary; and Rasputin, adviser to Tsar Nicholas II.

Game Changers

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2018

Game Changers

Questlove, Method Man, Raven-Symone and more celebrate the early history of hip hop, the man known for inventing Motown, Berry Gordy, and "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols's incredible activism on and off the TV screen.

Sex

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2018

Sex

A salute to Margaret Sanger's crusade for accessible birth control; the creation of the Kinsey scale; Gloria Steinem's undercover work at The Playboy Club.

Civil Rights

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2018

Civil Rights

British suffragettes learn jiu-jitsu, Gwendolyn Sanders ignites the Birmingham Crusade, and Judy Heumann leads a sit-in for people with disabilities.

Underdogs

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2018

Underdogs

Fred Rogers fights for public television in front of Congress, journalist Ida Tarbell takes on John D. Rockefeller, and Maya Lin designs the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Drunk Mystery

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2018

Drunk Mystery

Mystery writer Agatha Christie vanishes, a man known as D.B. Cooper successfully hijacks a plane, and a series of anonymous letters haunts the town of Circleville, Ohio.

World War II

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2018

World War II

The Ghost Army helps defeat the Nazis in Operation Plunder, Frank Emi unifies Japanese Americans at internment camps, and Hitler's nephew fights for the U.S.

Heists

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2018

Heists

An Italian handyman steals the "Mona Lisa," the "Santa bandits" rob a bank in Texas, and Mossad agents capture a Nazi general in Argentina

Animals

Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2018

Animals

A lawyer defends the lives of rats in court, Henry Bergh establishes the ASPCA, and horse learns to solve math problems.

The Middle Ages

Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2018

The Middle Ages

Joan of Arc leads France to victory, Temujin rises to power in Mongolia, and uber-rich emperor Mansa Musa takes his entourage to Mecca.

Death

Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2018

Death

Robert E. Lee's estate becomes a burial ground for Union soldiers, counterfeiters try to kidnap Abraham Lincoln's body, and an embalmed bandit makes his way around the U.S.

Halloween

Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2018

Halloween

A victim of the Salem witch trials curses the town, one woman changes the way people celebrate Halloween, and Vlad the Impaler inspires the novel "Dracula."

Season 6

Are You Afraid of the Drunk?

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2019

Are You Afraid of the Drunk?

Will Ferrell and Seth Rogen star in this episode about how teenage writer Mary Shelley created her legendary novel, "Frankenstein".

National Parks

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2019

National Parks

John Muir convinces Teddy Roosevelt to preserve Yosemite; journalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas fights to protect the Everglades; Native American activists occupy Alcatraz.

Baseball

Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2019

Baseball

Moses Fleetwood Walker faces racism in the 19th-century MLB; the Chicago White Sox are accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series; the Callaghan sisters inspire the film "A League of Their Own".

Trailblazers

Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2019

Trailblazers

Bessie Coleman is America's first black woman pilot; the students of the Little Rock Nine integrate a high school following the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Love

Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2019

Love

People going to extremes for love, including a student who tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall, Edie Windsor topples the Defense of Marriage Act, and John Wojtowicz robs a bank to pay for his wife's gender reassignment surgery.

Drugs

Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2019

Drugs

John F. Kennedy's doctor administers him meth for his back pain; Dr. John C. Lilly takes LSD while studying the intelligence of dolphins.

Femme Fatales

Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2019

Femme Fatales

Journalist Maurine Dallas Watkins writes a play about Chicago's infamous Murderesses' Row; Mata Hari goes from exotic dancer to double agent during World War I.

Drunk Mystery II

Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2019

Drunk Mystery II

Colonial gossip columnist James Callender winds up dead; a Hollywood producer dies on a celebrity-filled yacht; Ken McElroy is murdered after terrorizing a Missouri town.

Believe It or Not

Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2019

Believe It or Not

Larry Walters pilots a balloon-suspended lawn chair; Phineas Gage survives an iron rod to the brain; and the Greenbrier Ghost's testimony is used in court.

Legacies

Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2019

Legacies

Lead Belly records songs with John Lomax that change the face of music; John Lennon and Yoko Ono almost get deported; Sam Cooke writes "A Change Is Gonna Come".

Fame

Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2019

Fame

Hedy Lamarr designs the first modern airplane wing, Eartha Kitt's activism provokes the ire of Lady Bird Johnson, and Alexis Pulaski's poodle becomes a huge star.

Good Samaritans

Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2019

Good Samaritans

Forest service ranger Ed Pulaski saves 40 men from a forest fire; Ted Patrick rescues teenagers from the psychological grip of the Children of God cult.

Whistleblowers

Episode: 6x13 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2019

Whistleblowers

Martha Mitchell leaks the Watergate scandal to the press before Deep Throat does; the Citizen's Commission to investigate the FBI stages an epic break-in.

Behind Enemy Lines

Episode: 6x14 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2019

Behind Enemy Lines

Marina Raskova forms an all-women air force regiment to fight Nazis in World War II; smuggler James J. Andrews hijacks a Confederate train for the Union.

S.O.S.

Episode: 6x15 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2019

S.O.S.

Navy officer Douglas Hegdahl outwits his captors when he's taken as a POW in North Vietnam; Florence Nightingale revolutionizes the field of nursing.

Bad Blood

Episode: 6x16 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2019

Bad Blood

Mary Mallon spreads typhoid fever wherever she goes, and Cleopatra's younger sister Arsinoe schemes her way in and out of power in Ancient Egypt.

Specials

Election Special

Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Nov 8, 2016

Election Special

Stories about presidents and elections, including Abraham Lincoln's law career and the campaign between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, are recalled.

Christmas Special

Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Nov 28, 2017

Christmas Special

George Washington crosses the Delaware, Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," and Teddy Roosevelt's children bring Christmas trees back to the White House.

Try 30 days of free premium.