ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown goo that engulfed the streets below. Hundreds of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected weight of the molasses. The sce