IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown goo that engulfed the streets below. Dozens of people became victims in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected force of the mola