ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a wall of thick, brown goo that swamped the streets below. Dozens of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected weight of the molasses. Th