The Great Molasses Flood

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Tim Scott

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In 1919, a fifty-foot tank, holding 2.3 million gallons of Molasses, collapsed in Boston’s Northside, changing the neighborhood forever.

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0:00.0	I'm I'm Hi, everyone and welcome to history dreams.
0:32.6	I am Tim.
0:33.4	Welcome to the podcast, where we take a lighthearted look at the dark side of history.
0:39.5	Today we're going to talk about the Great Molasses Flood.
0:44.3	I like that topic, Brandy.
0:47.4	The Great Melasses Flood just fills me with excitement.
0:52.2	Well, it was a flood that occurred in 1919 in Boston,
0:58.5	in which a 50-foot tank containing 12.3 million gallons or 14 tons of molasses burst and flooded the north end of Boston.
1:24.3	Is it the worst molasses tragedy in history?
1:27.7	I think so.
1:28.8	I mean, I didn't really research other molasses.
1:33.0	Of course you didn't.
1:33.5	Other molasses tragedies.
1:35.9	Well, it feels like a slide on your part.
1:38.5	So when I think of molasses, I think of syrup, right?
1:43.7	And if you've ever been out to the fish's breakfast ball with Renee, you will see the great
1:50.9	molasses flood because she puts syrup on everything.
1:56.4	That's syrup.
1:57.2	It's not molasses.
1:58.5	Eggs, pancakes.
2:01.3	Whatever's on a plate gets molasses. Yeah, pancakes. There's a difference on the plate gets molasses.
2:03.2	Yeah, I think there's a difference between, but they're similar in their texture is what I was saying.
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