In 1919, a giant wave of molasses destroyed homes and swallowed up everyone in its path. Learn how corporate negligence caused one of the most unusual tragedies in Boston history.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-boston-molasses-disaster-was-so-deadly-180961209/

https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/first-hand-accounts-great-boston-molasses-flood/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/04lm6lCa5R4K5xDk2XAzfs

The Essex whaling ship sunk thousands of miles from land after an unusual attack from a sperm whale in 1820. Learn how eight men survived months in the Pacific and why this story served as the inspiration for the famous novel, Moby Dick.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Essex-whaling-ship

https://allthatsinteresting.com/essex-ship

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick-17576/

The horrific warfare of WWI generated a condition never documented before by doctors. Shell shock was a devastating mental injury that many soldiers came home with from the battlefield during a time when proper care was not available. Learn more about this mental condition with Scott Lynch from the Motivated Mind podcast.

Sources:

https://youtu.be/_4KQpJpbwDc

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/shellshock_01.shtml

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/16/military.immigrationpolicy

https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/history-of-ptsd-and-shell-shock

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-shell-shock