IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable occurred in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown goo that consumed the streets below. Dozens of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected weight of the molasses. The