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

On a chilly January check here day in 1919, the city of Boston experienced an event as would forever be etched into its history. A massive reservoir holding thousands of gallons of molasses ruptured, unleashing a gushing torrent of sticky goo through the streets below. The once-familiar scent of candy quickly transformed into a putrid odor as build