IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable occurred in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown goo that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, crushed by the unexpected force of the molasses.