The BEST episodes of Doomsday Preppers season 1

Every episode of Doomsday Preppers season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doomsday Preppers season 1!

Doomsday Preppers explores the lives of otherwise ordinary Americans who are preparing for the end of the world as we know it. Unique in their beliefs, motivations, and strategies, preppers will go to whatever lengths they can to make sure they are prepared for any of life’s uncertainties. And with our expert’s assessment, they will find out their chances of survival if their worst fears become a reality.

Last Updated: 11/16/2024Network: National GeographicStatus: Ended
Friends Can Become Enemies
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7.74
125 votes

#1 - Friends Can Become Enemies

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/28/2012

Michael James Patrick Douglas a man of the land in Maine shows off many needed homestead techniques to the viewers based upon overpopulation fears; Larry Hall the survival underground missile bunker builder invests in making sure his and other families are safe during any event; Becky Brown a gorgeous yet very inventive prepper (Grab n Go Food Storage) is making sure she and others are ready for martial law.

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It's All Gonna Hit the Fan
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7.70
179 votes

#2 - It's All Gonna Hit the Fan

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/21/2012

Martin Colvill lives on the road with his wife as a "survival trucker" and looks to prepare for the upcoming economic collapse; Donna Nash is prepared to quarantine all her family members to protect against a global pandemic; Kevin O'Brien is concerned about losing his home due to rising sea levels created by global warming or a polar shift.

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Disaster Doesn't Wait
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7.66
149 votes

#3 - Disaster Doesn't Wait

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/10/2012

Barry, Pink and Cole have the ultimate urban underground foxhole right in the garage. Hooray! one if the best we have seen; Steve Pace a hometown survivalists is ready to take on long term electric failure; Carolina resident Laura Kunzie has concerns to a rapid airborne flu outbreak and is preparing so.

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Back to the Stone Age
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7.59
220 votes

#4 - Back to the Stone Age

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/14/2012

Tim Ralston - A survival tool manufacturer himself (the Crovel), loses part of a thumb during firearms practice for the show; Jason Charles, The New York City Fireman/Prepper demonstrates expert urban survival skills; Jules Dervaes has prepared well for the collapse of the industrial food system; Pat Brabble insists on surviving hyperinflation by planning ahead.

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Nine Meals Away from Anarchy
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7.58
185 votes

#5 - Nine Meals Away from Anarchy

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/6/2012

For Mike Messiner civil unrest is just round the corner and he is getting everyone ready; Colorado computer programmer Preston White has collected over 11,200 types of seeds and plans for biosphere living in a Fukushima radiated future while friends Shane and others provide supportive help; Riley Cook spends his days supporting the prepper society building underground structures.

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Into the Spider Hole
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7.52
178 votes

#6 - Into the Spider Hole

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/13/2012

Doug Huffman is rightly prepared teaching survival techniques for the second depression based upon America's massive "debts".; Dianne and Greg Rogers, dedicated parents in Canada are concerned with future events effecting their home-life; Ed and Dianna Peden ("still living in the 60's"), of Topeka, Kansas are preparing to survive and thrive fully underground when doomsday arrives in their decommissioned Atlas missile site.

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Close the Door, Load the Shotgun
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7.50
114 votes

#7 - Close the Door, Load the Shotgun

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/3/2012

John Major has gone to the extent of moving his family to Idaho for a better more natural lifestyle; Janet Spencer an author in Montana decided because of her location to prepare for any "unnatural" event; Jack & Jackie Jobe, although new to prepping have done quite well for their future survival.

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It's Gonna Get Worse
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7.39
173 votes

#8 - It's Gonna Get Worse

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/27/2012

Bruce Beach a lifelong prepper is focused upon nuclear wars and saving children in his 42 underground buses; Jeremy and Kelly, are concerned parents in Salt Lake City, preparing for the collapse of society due to peak oil depletion; Bradford Frank of San Diego, California works around the clock in case of a worldwide pandemic that will end life as we know it.

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Extreme Prep Edition
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7.34
160 votes

#9 - Extreme Prep Edition

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/24/2012

The five basic principles while preparing for a cataclysmic event are food, shelter, safety, evacuation, and practice.

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I Suggest We Run
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7.34
169 votes

#10 - I Suggest We Run

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/17/2012

Texas prepper "Mr Wayne" bases his doomsday fears on a Chinese financial takeover and he has prepared many ways to survive these events; John & Cristina Sellers, are both hardworking Americans who want to protect what they have; Jason & Tanya have done their homework on how life and prepping can happen on a budget.

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Bullets, Lots of Bullets
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7.28
286 votes

#11 - Bullets, Lots of Bullets

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2012

Paul Range and friends prepare for a "polar Shift"; In California Christopher Nyerges demonstrates urban jungle survive skills in the event of a massive earthquake; Deep in the heart of Houston, Texas Megan Hurwitt hopes to survive on her own after the all the oil and gas runs out.

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I Hope I Am Crazy
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7.18
119 votes

#12 - I Hope I Am Crazy

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/2012

David Sarti a Youtube "firearms instructor" and self-taught survivalists is prepared for an electrical grid failure; Kellene Bishop a Utah resident has stored away the finer things in life for a financial collapse; Kathy Harrison, the Doris Day of Doom has prepared her local community for a New Madrid earthquake; Dennis Evers brings the family together to survive global chaos caused by hyperinflation.

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