Jan 23, 2018 · 22m
Deborah Sampson goes undercover as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War, Rose Valland rescues art from the Nazis, and Clara Barton becomes "the angel of the battlefield."


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.
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Jan 23, 2018 · 22m
Deborah Sampson goes undercover as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War, Rose Valland rescues art from the Nazis, and Clara Barton becomes "the angel of the battlefield."
Jan 30, 2018 · 22m
Occultist and rocket scientist Jack Parsons works on his "sex magick," W.C. Minor helps write the Oxford English Dictionary, and Rasputin lives the high life in Russia.
Feb 6, 2018 · 22m
Hip hop is born in 1970s New York City, Berry Gordy founds the massively influential Motown Records, and Nichelle Nichols brings the civil rights movement to space.
Feb 13, 2018 · 22m
Margaret Sanger is a pioneering advocate for birth control, the Kinseys create a scale for sexuality, and journalist Gloria Steinem goes undercover in a Playboy Club.
Feb 20, 2018 · 22m
British suffragettes learn jiu-jitsu, Gwendolyn Sanders ignites the Birmingham Crusade, and Judy Heumann leads a sit-in for people with disabilities.
Feb 27, 2018 · 22m
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.
Mar 6, 2018 · 22m
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, OH.
Jun 19, 2018 · 22m
A group of artists known as the Ghost Army trick German troops, a resistance movement grows within Japanese internment camps, and Adolf Hitler's nephew fights for the U.S.
Jun 26, 2018 · 22m
An Italian handyman steals the “Mona Lisa,” the “Santa bandits” rob a bank in Texas, and Mossad agents capture a Nazi general who had escaped to Argentina.
Jul 3, 2018 · 22m
A lawyer defends the lives of rats in court, Henry Bergh establishes the ASPCA, and a horse that can solve math problems leads to advances in the field of psychology.
Jul 10, 2018 · 22m
Joan of Arc leads the French during the Hundred Years' War, Mongol leader Genghis Khan rises to power, AND Mansa Musa brings thousands of people on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Jul 17, 2018 · 22m
Robert E. Lee's estate becomes a burial ground for Union soldiers, a gang of counterfeiters attempt to kidnap Abraham Lincoln's body, and an embalmed bandit makes his way around the country.
Jul 24, 2018 · 22m
A victim of the Salem witch trials curses the town, one woman changes the way people celebrate Halloween, and Vlad the Impaler inspires the classic horror story Dracula.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Drunk History Season 5 premiered on January 23, 2018.
Drunk History Season 5 has 13 episodes.
The season opens with Season 5 Episode 1, "Heroines". It aired on January 23, 2018.
Go to Season 5 Episode 1