On Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable took place 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. Dozens of people became victims in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The scen

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