The Worst Fluid to Drown In
From Caitlin Doughty.
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The ground rumbles. A dark wave bears down upon you. There is nowhere to run. You're in the Boston Molasses Flood.
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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Writer & Host: Caitlin Doughty
Writer: Louise Hung
Editor: Timothy Meier
Producer: Sarah Chavez
Thumbnail: Landis Blair
MORE CAITLIN DOUGHTY
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Selected Sources/Further Reading
Puleo, Stephen
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Beacon Press. January 15, 2019
"The Great Molasses Flood"
https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2019/01/the-great-molasses-flood
"100 Years Ago Today: Molasses Crashes Through Boston's North End"
https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end
"The Great Molasses Flood of 1919"
https://historiansforhistory.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919-by-jessica-wadley/
"‘There was no escape from the wave’: These are the 21 victims of the Great Boston Molasses Flood"
https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/victims-great-boston-molasses-flood-1919/
"‘Masses of wreckage’: The painstaking cleanup and tragic aftermath of Boston’s Great Molasses Flood"
https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/14/great-molasses-flood-cleanup-aftermath/
"What people saw and felt in the first moments of Boston’s deadly Great Molasses Flood"
https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/first-hand-accounts-great-boston-molasses-flood/
"The Science of the Great Molasses Flood"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/molasses-flood-physics-science/
Support the production of these videos through our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Writer & Host: Caitlin Doughty
Writer: Louise Hung
Editor: Timothy Meier
Producer: Sarah Chavez
Thumbnail: Landis Blair
MORE CAITLIN DOUGHTY
Read My Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books
Face Your Mortality Course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/
Podcast: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath
Selected Sources/Further Reading
Puleo, Stephen
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Beacon Press. January 15, 2019
"The Great Molasses Flood"
https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2019/01/the-great-molasses-flood
"100 Years Ago Today: Molasses Crashes Through Boston's North End"
https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end
"The Great Molasses Flood of 1919"
https://historiansforhistory.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919-by-jessica-wadley/
"‘There was no escape from the wave’: These are the 21 victims of the Great Boston Molasses Flood"
https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/victims-great-boston-molasses-flood-1919/
"‘Masses of wreckage’: The painstaking cleanup and tragic aftermath of Boston’s Great Molasses Flood"
https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/14/great-molasses-flood-cleanup-aftermath/
"What people saw and felt in the first moments of Boston’s deadly Great Molasses Flood"
https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/first-hand-accounts-great-boston-molasses-flood/
"The Science of the Great Molasses Flood"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/molasses-flood-physics-science/
