Episode 068: Balloonfest '86
Dvaid and Rachel discuss the frivolous, absurd, and potentially deadly Cleveland Balloonfest of 1986.
Oct 22, 2018•49 min
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.
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Episode 067: The 1972 Andes Plane Disaster (Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571), Part Two
David and Rachel discuss the horrific aftermath of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash.
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Episode 066: The 1972 Andes Plane Disaster (Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571), Part One
David and Rachel discuss the background and crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in part one of a two-part series on one of the most terrifying plane crashes in world history.
Oct 08, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Episode 065: The Bradford City Stadium Fire
David and Rachel discuss the "forgotten disaster" in English football - the devastating fire at Valley Parade during a Bradford City AFC match.
Oct 01, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Episode 064: The Great Galveston Hurricane
David and Rachel discuss the deadliest natural disaster in United States history.
Sep 24, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Episode 063: The Pike River Mine Disaster
David and Rachel discuss one of the worst disasters in New Zealand history.
Sep 17, 2018•1 hr 23 min
Episode 062: The Hindenburg
David and Rachel discuss the infamous Hindenberg tragedy.
Sep 10, 2018•1 hr 25 min
Episode 061 - The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse
David and Rachel discuss one of the worst structural failures in United States history.
Sep 03, 2018•59 min
Episode 060: Cocoliztli
David and Rachel discuss the devastation a mystery illness brought to New Spain.
Aug 27, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Episode 059: K-219
David and Rachel discuss the story of the sinking of K-219, the Soviet submarine that nearly had a nuclear meltdown in the middle of the Atlantic ocean at the height of the Cold War.
Aug 20, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Episode 058: The 2010 Haiti Earthquake
David and Rachel discuss the devastating earthquake that hit the island nation of Haiti in 2010.
Aug 13, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Episode 057: Air Canada Flight 797
David and Rachel discuss the unusual tragedy aboard Air Canada Flight 797.
Aug 06, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Episode 056: The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
David and Rachel discuss the infamous ancient disaster of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and its subsequent destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Jul 30, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Episode 055: The Hamlet Chicken Plant Fire
David and Rachel discuss the terrible fire at a chicken processing plant in Hamlet, NC.
Jul 23, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Episode 054: The City College of New York Stampede
David and Rachel discuss the stampede that occurred in 1991 at a charity basketball game at City College of New York.
Jul 16, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Episode 053: Chernobyl, Part Four - Legacy
David and Rachel finish the four-part megasode on Chernobyl by discussing the long-term effects of the meltdown.
Jul 09, 2018•1 hr
Episode 052: Chernobyl, Part Three - Fallout
David and Rachel discuss the immediate aftermath and effects of the Chernobyl Power Plant meltdown.
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Episode 051: Chernobyl, Part Two - Meltdown
David and Rachel continue the four-part megasode multi-parter on Chernobyl with the meltdown event itself.
Jun 25, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Episode 050: Chernobyl, Part One - Danger
David and Rachel kick off our four-part 50th megasode mega-series by discussing the town of Chernobyl and the implications of nuclear fission.
Jun 18, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Episode 049: The 1955 Le Mans Crash
David and Rachel discuss the worst motorsports disaster in history.
Jun 11, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Episode 048: The Russian Bath Liquid Disaster
David and Rachel are joined by in-studio guest Sarah to discuss the dangers of surrogate alcohol in Russia.
Jun 04, 2018•53 min
Episode 047: The Apollo 1 Fire
David and Rachel discuss the tragic first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program.
May 28, 2018•1 hr 39 min
Episode 046: The Sampoong Department Store Collapse
David and Rachel discuss the awful circumstances that led to the Sampoong Department Store collapse in Seoul, South Korea.
May 21, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Episode 045: JAL Flight 123
David and Rachel discuss the worst single-aircraft aviation disaster in history.
May 14, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Episode 044: The Soma Mine Disaster
David and Rachel discuss the events surrounding Turkey's biggest mining disaster.
May 07, 2018•59 min
Episode 043: The Great Smog of London
David and Rachel discuss the massive Great Smog of London in 1952.
Apr 30, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Episode 042: The Valletta Stampede
David and Rachel discuss yet another horrible trampling of children, this time in 19th century Malta.
Apr 23, 2018•1 hr
Episode 041: The 2008 Heparin Contamination Crisis
David and Rachel discuss the widespread contamination of the drug heparin in 2008.
Apr 16, 2018•50 min
Episode 040: The Black Saturday Bushfires
David and Rachel discuss the devastating 2009 bushfires of Victoria, Australia.
Apr 09, 2018•59 min
Episode 039: Centralia, Pennsylvania
David and Rachel discuss the slow demise of the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.
Apr 02, 2018•1 hr 9 min
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