Drunk History

Mary Shelley's Maiden Name Is a Mouthful - Uncensored

Season 6 E 1 • 01/16/2019

Rich Fulcher has a hard time remembering Mary Shelley's maiden name as he tells the story of how she wrote "Frankenstein."

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Drunk HistoryS6 E1
Victor Frankenstein's Second Feelings - Uncensored

Rich Fulcher tells the story of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and the titular character's clash with his monster over the latter's desired bride.
01/15/2019
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02:00

Drunk HistoryS6 E1
Mary Shelley's Maiden Name Is a Mouthful - Uncensored

Rich Fulcher has a hard time remembering Mary Shelley's maiden name as he tells the story of how she wrote "Frankenstein."
01/16/2019
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Drunk HistoryS6 E2
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Mother of the Everglades

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Drunk HistoryS6 E2
John Muir Goes Camping with Teddy Roosevelt

Steve Berg talks about naturalist John Muir's game-changing camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt and how it led to the establishment of America's national parks.
01/23/2019
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02:53

Drunk HistoryS6 E3
The Black Player Who Integrated Baseball Decades Before Jackie Robinson

Carl Tart tells the story of Moses Fleetwood Walker, who left law school to become the first black player on an all-white baseball team in the 1880s.
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Drunk HistoryS6 E4
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Drunk HistoryS6 E4
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Drunk HistoryS6 E5
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Drunk HistoryS6 E5
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Drunk HistoryS6 E6
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Drunk HistoryS6 E7
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