When Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood

On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a wall of thick, brown goo that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, crushed by the unexpected weight of the molasses. The sce

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