WHEN SWEET BECAME SINISTER: THE GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD OF BOSTON, 1919

On a crisp January day in 1919, the city of Boston experienced an event which would forever be etched into its history. A massive container holding thousands of pounds of molasses ruptured, unleashing a tidal wave of sticky goo through the streets below. The once-familiar scent of treacle quickly transformed into a disgusting odor as structures cru