E324: The Great Molasses Flood (part II)

About this episode

The episode discusses the Great Molasses Flood in Boston's North End in January 1919.

This week we’re in January of 1919, in Boston’s North End. People are still recovering from the First World War and the 1918 flu, the area is packed with people, noise, and a molasses tank that never should have been there in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• Great Molasses Flood
• Boston
• history
• true crime

Keywords

• 1919
• North End
• First World War
• 1918 flu

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Boston, North End

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