EPISODE · Oct 3, 2025 · 7 MIN
Episode 27- The Great Molasses Flood – Boston’s Sweetest Disaster
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In this episode of Mind-Blowing History, Historia takes us to 1919 Boston, where an enormous storage tank burst and sent a 25-foot wave of molasses racing through the streets at 35 miles per hour. What caused this bizarre industrial accident, and how did it become one of the deadliest and stickiest disasters in American history?
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