E03 - The Molasses Wave That Killed 21 People in Boston
In January 1919, a five-story steel tank on Boston's waterfront burst open and sent a wave of molasses through the North End, faster than a person could run. 21 people died, and the company blamed anarchists. This is the true story of the Great Molasses Flood: 2.3 million gallons of molasses, a finance guy who built a giant tank with no engineering background, a leak test that used about six inches of water, a tank painted brown so the leaks wouldn't show, and the six-year court fight that ended with the company found responsible.
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