On Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood
On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown goo that swamped the streets below. Hundreds of people became victims in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses.