When Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood
On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown goo that engulfed the streets below. Scores of people were caught in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected weight of the molasses. The