The Worst Fluid to Drown In

The ground rumbles. A dark wave bears down upon you. There is nowhere to run. You're in the Boston Molasses Flood. 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/