Puppet History

1. Life During the Black Death Pandemic

Air Date: 2020-01-10

The Professor recounts what the Black Death was like, consulting a rat and Death himself.

2. Stealing The World's Most Expensive Necklace

Air Date: 2020-02-27

The Professor delves into an old catfishing scheme and the role it played in parting a queen with her head.

3. Surviving the Titanic: History's Luckiest Woman

Air Date: 2020-04-10

A White Star Line employee survived the sinking of both the Titanic and its sister ship - what do the Professor and a notorious propeller have to say about it?

4. The Dancing Plague

Air Date: 2020-05-22

In the season finale, the Professor talks dancing mania in Strasbourg in 1518, the famous incident where those people in France danced till they died.

1. How America's First Female Detective Saved Abe Lincoln

Air Date: 2020-08-14

The Professor dissects the Baltimore Plot, the other attempt to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

2. The Terrifying Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

Air Date: 2020-08-21

The Professor takes his first foray into ancient history with the destruction of Pompeii by the singing Mt. Vesuvius.

3. Hatshepsut: The Forgotten Pharaoh

Air Date: 2020-08-28

The Professor tackles Egyptian history for the first time, with the female pharaoh Hatshepsut and two Ryan(n)s.

4. The Disastrous 1904 Olympic Marathon

Air Date: 2020-09-04

The Professor tells the tale of an eventful year at the Olympic Games.

5. Isaac Newton's Nemesis

Air Date: 2020-09-11

The Professor recounts how a regular counterfeiter attempted to con the world's most intelligent person - and almost got away with it.

6. The World's Greatest/Rudest Samurai

Air Date: 2020-09-18

The Professor tells the insane tale of samurai Miyamoto Musashi, who accumulated a large body count and reputation for being unfashionably late.

7. Policarpa: The Revolutionary Teen Spy

Air Date: 2020-09-25

The Professor shares the story of Policarpa, a revolutionary teenage sewing spy.

8. The Grisly Journey of The Donner Party

Air Date: 2020-10-02

In a spooky season finale, the Professor recalls that time those people ate each other in the mountains.

1. The Beast of Gevaudan

Air Date: 2021-03-12

THERE'S A MONSTER IN THEM THAR WOODS!

2. The War of the Golden Stool

Air Date: 2021-03-26

3. Ziryab: The World's First Rock Star

Air Date: 2021-04-02

4. The Affair of the Poisons

Air Date: 2021-04-09

France is at it again.

5. Ching Shih: The Pirate Queen

Air Date: 2021-04-16

6. The Great Molasses Flood

Air Date: 2021-04-23

F.M.E

1. The Great Emu War

Air Date: 2021-08-27

Emus become the target as the Professor recounts Australia's great war.

2. Mansa Musa: The Richest Man Who Ever Lived

Air Date: 2021-09-03

Ryan and Ify each rack up millions of jelly beans from the generous Professor and Mansa Musa.

3. America vs. Smallpox: How Vaccines Saved The Nation

Air Date: 2021-09-10

Scabs n Pus infect Puppet History as the Professor talks smallpox during the American Revolution.

4. José Rizal: The Philippines' Reluctant Revolutionary

Air Date: 2021-09-17

It's off to the Philippines for the Professor to meet an impressive polymath who just wanted to write books but sparked a revolution.

5. The Bloody Revenge of Saint Olga of Kiev

Air Date: 2021-09-24

The Professor travels back to Kievan Rus' to meet a vengeful female regent.

6. The Demonic Possessions of Loudun

Air Date: 2021-10-03

It's back to France to exorcise a possessed convent and tear down a wall.

1. How Hippo Meat Almost Saved America

Air Date: 2022-11-11

This one's got it all! Hippos! Sworn enemies! TNT! Yes sir, it's an absolute rip-roaring start to yet another perfectly normal season in which everything is exactly as it seems.

2. The Defenestrations of Prague

Air Date: 2022-11-25

3. The Vietnamese Sisters Who Fought An Empire

Air Date: 2022-11-18

4. America's First Black Aviatrix

Air Date: 2022-12-02

5. The Bloody Life of England's Fastest Surgeon

Air Date: 2022-12-09

6. The Dreadful Demise of the Dinosaurs

Air Date: 2022-12-16

1. The Unkillable Weirdo Who Invented The Saxophone

Air Date: 2023-07-07

2. The Mistress Who Murdered Her Way To The Throne

Air Date: 2023-07-14

3. The Fiery Sports Riot That Nearly Destroyed Constantinople

Air Date: 2023-07-21

4. The Scandalous Life of France’s Bisexual Opera Icon

Air Date: 2023-07-28

5. How a Pope's Nepobaby Became One of the Worst Tyrants in History

Air Date: 2023-08-04

6. The Deadly Race To The South Pole

Air Date: 2023-08-11

1. The Mystical Life of Pythagoras

Air Date: 2025-02-07

Let's get mathematical!

2. The Straw Hat Riots

Air Date: 2025-02-14

Hold onto your... well, you get it.

3. Shajar al-Durr: The Rise of Egypt's Sultana

Air Date: 2025-02-21

Don't tell France her husband's dead!

4. Lisztomania!

Air Date: 2025-02-28

Learn about a sexy man, why not.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2025-03-07

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2025-03-14