E323: MACABRE - The Great Molasses Flood (part I)

About this episode

The episode explores the events leading up to the Boston Molasses Flood, focusing on the historical context of the North End neighborhood.

When we first started Fresh Hell, people kept asking us to cover the Boston Molasses Flood. So…here we are. And because Annie researched this one, we’re not taking the direct route. Part 1 is less about the disaster itself and more about everything that led up to it, because as always...none of this happened in a vacuum. We’re in Boston’s North End, one of the oldest and most crowded neighborhoods in the city, and we’re going way back. Fires, smallpox, the Salem witch trials, rum, slavery, baseball...it’s all in here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Annie

Topics covered

• Boston Molasses Flood
• history
• disasters
• North End Boston

Keywords

• fires
• smallpox
• Salem witch trials
• rum
• slavery
• baseball

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Boston, North End, Salem

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