The Great Boston Molasses Flood (Replay)

<p>History repeats itself this week with an episode from the <em>HISTORY This Week </em>archives: January 15, 1919. Boston PD receives a call: “Send all available rescue personnel...there's a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street." The bizarre flood decimated Boston's North End. How did it happen? And why does it still affect us all today?</p><br><p>Special thank you to our guest Stephen Puleo, author of <a href="http://www.stephenpuleo.com/book/dark-tide-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919</em></a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>