Drunk History

10 Best Episodes of Drunk History - Season 1

Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America’s great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.

Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 26, 2023.

PS: The following content contains spoilers!

PPS: I will admit that parts of this page was written with the help of AI - it makes my work so much easier to not start from a blank page!

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Drunk History - S1E1

#8 - Washington, D.C. (Season 1 - Episode 1)

Woodward and Bernstein blow open the Watergate scandal, actors/brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth engage in a tragic feud and Elvis crashes The White House to meet President Richard Nixon.

The episode was rated 7.37 from 571 votes.

Drunk History - S1E8

#7 - The Wild West (Season 1 - Episode 8)

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Teddy Roosevelt makes a name for himself, hold-outs fight to the bitter end at The Alamo and Billy The Kid goes on the run from Lawman Pat Garrett.

The episode was rated 7.65 from 193 votes.

Drunk History - S1E5

#6 - San Francisco (Season 1 - Episode 5)

Patty Hearst gets kidnapped and brainwashed, Mark Twain flees the city in fear (and finds his unlikely first hit story) and Mary Ellen Pleasant supports abolitionists with her business earnings.

The episode was rated 7.66 from 218 votes.

Drunk History - S1E6

#5 - Detroit (Season 1 - Episode 6)

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The Kellogg brothers litigate over their famous surname (and the newly profitable discovery of corn flakes), Ralph Nader goes to war with General Motors and Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle go from best friends to bitter rivals.

The episode was rated 7.73 from 219 votes.

Drunk History - S1E2

#4 - Chicago (Season 1 - Episode 2)

Al Capone is done in by an easily solved problem, Abraham Lincoln catches a break and police battle with protesters during The Haymarket Riot of 1886.

The episode was rated 7.77 from 354 votes.

Drunk History - S1E7

#3 - Nashville (Season 1 - Episode 7)

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Dolly Parton has to leave the man who made her famous, competing lawyers clash in the Scopes Monkey Trial, and Lewis and Clark explore the dangerous west.

The episode was rated 7.80 from 208 votes.

Drunk History - S1E4

#2 - Boston (Season 1 - Episode 4)

Mary Dyer wages war with the Puritan establishment, two cunning thieves pull off a $500 million art heist and the most notorious arsonist in New England history is revealed.

The episode was rated 7.84 from 260 votes.

Drunk History - S1E3

#1 - Atlanta (Season 1 - Episode 3)

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John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola from wine and cocaine, the F.B.I tries to take down Martin Luther King Jr. and Stetson Kennedy infiltrates the Klu Klux Klan.

The episode was rated 7.96 from 295 votes.

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