Beer, Whiskey, and Molasses: Three of History’s Strangest Floods

This episode is hot! flaming!... sticky?This week, Jamie and Leo dive into three bizarre disasters where history proved that sometimes the most dangerous floods don’t involve water at all.First, we head to 1814 London and the infamous London Beer Flood, where a massive vat at a brewery burst open and unleashed a wave of beer that tore through the streets. Then we travel to the Dublin Whiskey Fire of 1875, where a whiskey warehouse blaze created a river of burning liquor flowing through the city. Finally, we arrive in Boston in 1919, where a storage tank collapse triggered the Great Molasses Flood. Millions of gallons rushed through the North End (moving faster than anyone thought possible) in one of the strangest industrial disasters in American history.These are three moments when everyday goods turned into historical catastrophes.What caused these disasters? How much damage did they actually do? Fill up a pint (or a boot) and find out.Serious history. Told not so seriously.Email us: [email protected] us on- instagramSources:historic-uk.comsmithsonianmag.comirishtimes.comwineenthusiast.comboston.govoldnorth.comTheme music: Ways of the Wizard-geoffharveyUsed with permission, Thank you Geoff!licensed through: PixabayOther music used: licensed through Pixabay-used under the Pixabay Content License