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 tank overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown goo that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people became victims in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected force of the molasses. The sight wa