All Bad Things

All Bad Things

All Bad Things is a weekly podcast about accidents, tragedies, natural disasters and other anxiety fuel. Hosted by wry GenXer David and bleeding-heart Millenial Rachel. Trigger warning for everything possible.

Episodes

July 28, 2025 68 mins
David and Rachel discuss the history of the construction of the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan. Script by Nicole.
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David and Rachel discuss the time a plane carrying 6,000 pounds of marijuana crashed into Yosemite National Park.
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July 14, 2025 62 mins
On the occasion of our eighth podaversary, David and Rachel discuss a 2013 meteorite's close shave with planet Earth.
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David and Rachel (after a false start) discuss the wildly deadly 1556 Shaanxi earthquake. Script by Thomas.
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David and Rachel discuss the deadliest plane accident in U.S. history. Script by Jillian P.
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June 23, 2025 63 mins
David and Rachel discussed what happened when three soldiers decided the war wasn't over. Script by Stephen.
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David and Rachel discuss the Grand Canyon and its related deaths in 2023 (because we're still working through our script backlog!). Script by Nicole.
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David and Rachel discuss the devastation to Jarrell, Texas, caused by an EF-5 tornado in 1997. Script by Al Mason.
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David and Rachel take another trip to Lake Superior to discuss the wreck of the SS Kamloops. Script by Nicole.
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May 26, 2025 52 mins
David and Rachel discuss the rushed-to-market Atari game that nearly sank the entire video game market. Script by Jillian.
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David and Rachel discuss an outdoor adventure day gone horribly awry. Script by Stephen.
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David and Rachel discuss the fall and rise of Youngstown, Ohio. Script by Joey K.
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Just in time for Mothers' Day (U.S.), David and Rachel discuss how far one woman went to protect her children from a mountain lion attack. Script by Nicole.
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David and Rachel discuss a 1912 tragedy at Niagara Falls. Script by Kristen H.
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April 21, 2025 51 mins
David and Rachel discuss the tragic end to Ansett Flight 703. Script by Stephen.
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We just needed a break from . . . everything this week, so we decided to drop a good thing, courtesy of a great script by Haley B., who understood the (literal) assignment. If you want a bad thing, stick around for Politics Corner.
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David and Rachel discuss a total bummer of a story about when a school bus and passenger train met.
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David and Rachel discuss how an AOL chatroom made tracing a syphilis outbreak difficult. Script by Haley B.
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David and Rachel discuss a devastating fire aboard a funicular in Austria.
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David and Rachel discuss the 2011 East Coast earthquake. Script by Thomas F.
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