IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured Molasses Flood 1919 suddenly, unleashing a cascade of thick, brown liquid that consumed the streets below. Dozens of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected impact of the m