1000 Ways to Die (2008)

Comedy · Documentary · Horror

The science of living and the randomness of death are combined with a dash of Darwinism. Forensic experts, pathologists, toxicologists, herpetologists, and other experts offer eloquent explanations of mortality.

IMDb rating: 6.8 (4,850 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 6
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Ron Perlman Self - Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

6.44 avg 12 episodes 6.9 → 7.0 22 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Life Will Kill You	6.9	98
2	Hard Lives, Easy Deaths	6.7	68
3	Death Over Easy	6.2	57
4	Unforced Errors	6.1	51
5	Dead and Deader	6.2	55
6	Death Gets Busy	6.6	58
7	The Lighter Side of Death	6.0	50
8	The Good, the Bad and the Dead	6.4	50
9	Death Be Not Stupid	6.5	50
10	Cure for the Common Death	6.4	49
11	Death: A User's Manual	6.3	48
12	I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up)	7.0	57

Season 2 (2009)

6.64 avg 12 episodes 6.9 → 6.9 22 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death on Arrival	6.9	67
2	Death Bites!	6.2	46
3	Up with Death	6.6	43
4	Putting a Happy Face on Death	6.7	46
5	Bringing in the Dead	6.5	38
6	Gratefully Dead	6.8	40
7	Come on Get Deathy	7.0	40
8	Death Watch	6.3	36
9	Waking Up Dead	6.9	30
10	You're Dead! LOL!	6.0	38
11	Dead to Rights	6.9	36
12	Dead on Dead	6.9	38

Season 3 (2010)

6.97 avg 14 episodes 7.1 → 6.8 22 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death on a Stick	7.1	60
2	Putting a Smiley Face on Death	7.1	42
3	Stupid Is as Stupid Dies	6.9	39
4	Dead Wrongs	6.8	46
5	Fatal Distractions	6.8	41
6	The End Is Weird	6.9	40
7	Hurry Up and Die	7.7	47
8	Death Puts on a Dunce Cap	7.2	37
9	Young, Dumb and Full of Death	7.0	41
10	Today's Menu: Deep Fried Death	6.9	35
11	Cure for the Common Death, Part II	6.4	35
12	Sudden Death	7.1	38
13	Dying to Tell the Story	6.9	46
14	If You're Dead, Leave a Message and We'll Get Back to You	6.8	42

Season 4 (2011)

7.19 avg 16 episodes 7.1 → 7.2 21 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The One About Dumb People Dying	7.1	44
2	Getting a Rise from the Dead	7.0	44
3	Ready or Not Here Comes Death	7.5	43
4	Grave Errors	6.8	44
5	Killing Them Softly	6.8	43
6	Better Them Than Us	7.7	54
7	Dead Before They Know It	6.8	36
8	Stupid Is as Death Does	7.5	43
9	That's 'Mister Death' to You	7.0	41
10	Death, the New Black	7.5	37
11	Death Be a Lady Tonight	7.2	33
12	Today's Special: Death	6.9	31
13	Eat, Pray Die	7.5	38
14	Wait, Don't Tell Me - You're Dead!	7.3	36
15	Death: The Gift That Lasts Forever	7.3	29
16	Death: One Size Fits All	7.2	24

Season 5 (2011)

7.33 avg 12 episodes 6.1 → 7.2 21 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Death by Request	6.1	15
1	Deadliest Kitsch	7.6	26
2	Grave Decisions	7.1	27
3	Dirt Nap	7.1	25
4	Death Takes a Vacation	8.1	32
5	Wild Wild Death	6.2	19
6	Death Penalties	7.8	39
7	Die-Abestic	7.9	35
8	Star Death: The Last Generation	8.1	26
9	Death: Putting the 'Fun' in 'Funeral'	7.2	26
10	Locked and Low Dead	7.5	23
11	Sor-Dead Affair	7.2	29

Season 6 (2012)

7.73 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 7.5 21 min avg

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Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Enter the Ferret	7.8	27
2	Think Globally, Die Locally	7.5	26
3	Tweets from the Dead	7.8	23
4	A New App Called Death	7.8	21
5	Death Certificates	7.8	20
6	Crying Over Spilled Blood	8.0	28
7	It's a Dead, Dead, Dead World	7.6	22
8	Death, the Final Frontier	7.5	29

1000 Ways to Die (2008)

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