# List of Puppet History episodes

This article is an episode list for Puppet History, a comedy game show YouTube series produced by Watcher Entertainment.
The pilot episode was released on January 10, 2020.
In season one, the contestants sat in chairs in the same room as the puppet theater. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seasons two and three were carried out virtually and the show was named Puppet History: Online University. In season 4, the show returned to being in person.
Season 5 of Puppet History premiered on November 11, 2022, with an episode titled "How Hippo Meat Almost Saved America". Season 6 premiered July 7, 2023. The show has been renewed for a seventh season.
Two holiday specials have aired in 2020 and in 2021.

## Series Overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | January 10, 2020 (2020-01-10) | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | August 14, 2020 (2020-08-14) | October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12) | April 23, 2021 (2021-04-23) |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | August 27, 2021 (2021-08-27) | October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03) |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | November 11, 2022 (2022-11-11) | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | July 7, 2023 (2023-07-07) | August 11, 2023 (2023-08-11) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Life During the Black Death" | Shane Madej | January 10, 2020 (2020-01-10) |
| The Professor explores the era of the Black Death. Special guest: Steven Lim Musical Puppet Guest: Death, depicted as a skeleton |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Stealing the World's Most Expensive Necklace" | Shane Madej | February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27) |
| The Professor presents the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. Special guest: Kate Peterman Musical Puppet Guest: A big pile of diamonds |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Surviving the Titanic: History's Luckiest Woman" | Shane Madej | April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10) |
| The Professor presents the story of Miss Unsinkable, Violet Jessop. Special guest: Jenny Lorenzo Musical Puppet Guest: The Britannic's propeller |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Dancing Plague" | Shane Madej | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| The Professor presents the dancing plague of 1518 in Strasbourg, Alsace. Special guest: Jermaine Fowler Musical Puppet Guest: God, depicted as a one-eyed purple humanoid |||||

### Season 2: Online Puppet University (2020)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "How America's First Female Detective Saved Abe Lincoln" | Garrett Werner | August 14, 2020 (2020-08-14) |
| The Professor presents the story of Kate Warne and her plans to stop the Baltimore Plot. Special guest: Kate Peterman Musical Puppet Guest: Abraham Lincoln's train |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Terrifying Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius" | Garrett Werner | August 21, 2020 (2020-08-21) |
| The Professor presents the events of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and its effects on Pompeii Special guest: Matt Real Musical Puppet Guest: Mount Vesuvius |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Hatshepsut: The Forgotten Pharaoh" | Garrett Werner | August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28) |
| The Professor presents the life of Hatshepsut, the fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Special guest: Ryann Graham Musical Puppet Guest: A mummified goose from the tomb of Hatshepsut |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Disastrous 1904 Olympic Marathon" | Garrett Werner | September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04) |
| The Professor presents the strange events that took place at the 1904 Olympic Marathon. Special guest: Kristin Chirico Musical Puppet Guest: The Olympic Torch |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Isaac Newton's Nemesis" | Garrett Werner | September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11) |
| The Professor presents the life of conman, William Chaloner. Special guest: Keith Habersberger Musical Puppet Guest: A clipped coin |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The World's Greatest/Rudest Samurai" | Garrett Werner | September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18) |
| The Professor presents the life of Miyamoto Musashi. Special guest: Garrick Bernard Musical Puppet Guest: Two oars |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Policarpa: The Revolutionary Teen Spy" | Garrett Werner | September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) |
| The Professor presents the short life of Neogranadine spy Policarpa Salavarrieta. Special guest: Curly Velasquez Musical Puppet Guest: A spool of thread |||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Grisly Journey of the Donner Party" | Garrett Werner | October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) |
| The Professor presents the horrifying journey of the Donner Party. Special guest: Joyce Louis-Jean Musical Puppet Guest: A snowman full of human bones and organs from the shores of Donner Lake |||||

### Season 3: Online Puppet University (2021)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Beast of Gévaudan" | Garrett Werner | March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12) |
| The Professor presents the accounts of animal attacks in Gévaudan and the Beast of Gévaudan. Special guest: Sara Rubin Musical Puppet Guest: The Beast of Gévaudan, depicted as a wolf with a stereotypical French beret and mustache. |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The War of the Golden Stool" | Garrett Werner | March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26) |
| The Professor presents the War of the Golden Stool. Special guest: Kate Peterman Musical Puppet Guest: The Golden Stool |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Ziryab: The World's First Rock Star" | Garrett Werner | April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02) |
| The Professor presents the life of eighth century musician, Ziryab. Special guest: Zach Kornfeld Musical Puppet Guest: Ziryab's oud with the Professor on guitar |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Affair of the Poisons" | Garrett Werner | April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09) |
| The Professor presents the major French murder scandal, the Affair of the Poisons. Special guest: Garrick Bernard Musical Puppet Guest: Two deadly bottles of posion |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Ching Shih: The Pirate Queen" | Garrett Werner | April 16, 2021 (2021-04-16) |
| The Professor presents the life of Chinese pirate, Ching Shih. Special guest: Joyce Louis-Jean Musical Puppet Guest: The flower boat that Ching Shih once worked on |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Great Molasses Flood" | Garrett Werner | April 23, 2021 (2021-04-23) |
| The Professor presents the deadly and sticky story of the Boston Molasses Disaster. Special guest: Garrett Watts Musical Puppet Guest: A horse from the streets of Boston named Stanley Melvin Murphy, and God. |||||

### Season 4 (2021)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Great Emu War" | Katie LeBlanc | Garrett Werner | August 28, 2021 (2021-08-28) |
| The Professor presents the Australian wildlife operation, the Great Emu War. Special guest: Kate Peterman Musical Puppet Guest: A stalk of wheat and a flock of emus ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Mansa Musa: The Richest Man in History" | Katie LeBlanc | Garrett Werner | September 4, 2021 (2021-09-04) |
| The Professor presents the life of the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, Mansa Musa. Special guest: Ify Nwadiwe Musical Puppet Guest: A fraction of Mansa Musa's fortune ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "America vs. Smallpox: How Vaccines Saved the Nation" | Katie LeBlanc | Garrett Werner | September 11, 2021 (2021-09-11) |
| The Professor presents the history of smallpox in America and the creation of vaccines by Dr. Edward Jenner. Special guest: Jermaine Fowler Musical Puppet Guest: A lump of pus and a walnut shell full of smallpox scabs ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "José Rizal: The Philippines' Reluctant Revolutionary" | Katie LeBlanc | Garrett Werner | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| The Professor presents the life of Filipino nationalist, José Rizal. Special guest: Josh Weinstein Musical Puppet Guest: A book written by José Rizal ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Bloody Revenge of Saint Olga of Kyiv" | Katie LeBlanc | Garrett Werner | September 24, 2021 (2021-09-24) |
| The Professor presents the horrific events Saint Olga enacted upon the Drevlians to avenge her husband Igor of Kiev. Special guest: Selorm Kploanyi Musical Puppet Guest: Two birch trees holding the corpse of Igor of Kyiv ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Demonic Possessions of Loudun" | Katie LeBlanc | Garrett Werner | October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03) |
| The Professor presents the notorious witchcraft trial of 1634, the Loudun possessions affair. Special guest: Sara Rubin Musical Puppet Guest: The demon Asmodeus, shown as a three headed furry green monster. Satan, depicted as a typical red demon, also appears at the end of the episode with a minor singing role. ||||||

### Season 5 (2022)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "How Hippo Meat Almost Saved America" | Mark Celestino | Garrett Werner | November 11, 2022 (2022-11-11) |
| The Professor presents the story and the failure of the American Hippo bill. Special guest: Sara Rubin Musical Puppet Guest: A hippopotamus ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Defenestrations of Prague" | Mark Celestino | Garrett Werner | November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18) |
| The Professor presents the infamous events of the Defenestrations of Prague. Special guest: Brian David Gilbert Musical Puppet Guest: A stained glass window ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Vietnamese Sisters Who Fought An Empire" | Mark Celestino | Garrett Werner | November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25) |
| The Professor presents the lives of Vietnamese heroines and military leaders, the Trưng sisters. Special guest: Maya Murillo Musical Puppet Guest: An immortal white tiger ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "America's First Black Aviatrix" | Mark Celestino | Garrett Werner | December 2, 2022 (2022-12-02) |
| The professor presents the journey of the first African-American woman to hold a pilot license, Bessie Coleman. Special guest: Ryan Graham Musical Puppet Guest: A cloud ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Bloody Life of England's Fastest Surgeon" | Mark Celestino | Garrett Werner | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) |
| The Professor presents the story of British surgeon, Robert Liston. Special guest: Aria Inthavong Musical Puppet Guest: Concupiscence McNasty, evil holographic clone of the Professor ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Dreadful Demise of the Dinosaurs" | Mark Celestino & Shane Madej | Garrett Werner & Shane Madej | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
| The Professor presents the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event and theories of the sudden mass extinction. Special guest: Garret Watts, Joyce Louis-Jean Musical Puppet Guest: The Professor and the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs ||||||

### Season 6 (2023)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Unkillable Weirdo Who Invented the Saxophone" | Anthony Frederick | Garrett Werner | July 7, 2023 (2023-07-07) |
| The Professor presents the life Belgian inventor and musician, Adolphe Sax. Special guest: Steven Lim Musical Puppet Guest: An unnused prototype saxophone ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Mistress Who Killed Her Way to the Throne" | Anthony Frederick | Garrett Werner | July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14) |
| The Professor presents of the life of the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian. Special guest: Joyce Louis-Jean Musical Puppet Guest: A Chinese dragon said to have been Wu Zetian's biological father ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Fiery Sports Riot That Nearly Destroyed Constantinople" | Anthony Frederick | Garrett Werner | July 21, 2023 (2023-07-21) |
| The Professor presents the events of the Nika revolt in Constantinople. Special guest: Ricky Wang Musical Puppet Guest: The Hippodrome of Constantinople ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Scandalous Life of France's Bisexual Opera Icon" | Anthony Frederick | Garrett Werner | July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28) |
| The Professor presents the riveting life of French opera singer, Julie d'Aubigny. Special guest: Kwesi James Musical Puppet Guest: Cupid ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "How a Pope's Nepobaby Became One of the Worst Tyrants in History" | Anthony Frederick | Garrett Werner | August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04) |
| The Professor presents the short chaotic life of tyrant Italian cardinal, Cesare Borgia. Special guest: Zach Kornfeld Musical Puppet Guest: A pope's mitre and God ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Deadly Race To The South Pole" | Anthony Frederick | Garrett Werner | August 11, 2023 (2023-08-11) |
| The Professor presents the race between Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and British explorer Robert Falcon Scott to reach the Geographic South Pole. Special guest: Sara Rubin Musical Puppet Guest: The continent of Antarctica ||||||

## Specials

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Story of St. Nicholas" | Unknown | Garrett Werner | December 25, 2020 (2020-12-25) |
| The Professor presents the life of early Christian bishop Saint Nicholas of Myra and the creation of Santa Claus. Special guest: Kate Peterman Musical Puppet Guest: The big pile of diamonds, the oars, the mummified goose, the bones of St. Nicholas ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Puppet History Holiday Spectacular!" | Katie LeBlanc | Garrett Werner | December 24, 2021 (2021-12-24) |
| The puppets gather together to honor and memoralize the Professor. Musical Puppet Guest: Choir of past puppet guests ||||||