Molasses, Beer, and Whiskey, OH MY!

09/14/22 • 20 min

Mother nature is destructive all on her own but what about when you have floods of molasses? Or, beer? Or, a flowing river of whiskey...that's on fire? Those are a whole new level of disaster you can't really plan for and it adds a unique element when trying to combat them. Come along for 3 short stories of food and drink disasters that has no trouble keeping up with any other Shakespearian Tragicomedy!
Sources:
https://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-so-dangerous-about-the-dublin-whiskey-fire.htm
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-night-a-river-of-whiskey-ran-through-the-streets-of-dublin-1.2743517
https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/london-beer-flood-1814/
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/beer-flood-1814/
https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1814-beer-flood-killed-eight-people-180964256/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/
https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end
https://www.census.gov/history/www/homepage_archive/2019/january_2019.html
https://www.history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science
https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-boston-molasses-disaster-was-so-deadly-180961209/
https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-boston-molasses-disaster-1919/

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A group of teens spend their free time breaking into the homes of some of the biggest names in Hollywood back in 2008 and steal millions of dollars worth of their things. They sometimes broke into the same houses over and over again. Were they discreet? No...absolutely not and they were eventually caught because of it. Come along for this wild ride!
Resources:
https://www.mtv.com/news/tgi667/bling-ring-real
https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/e9cc0cc3-dbf1-4fab-8367-5fc7c05608e6
https://www.vulture.com/2013/06/real-bling-ring-where-are-they-now.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/06/14/paris-hilton-bling-ring/2415747/
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/the-bling-ring.php
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/4324279/bling-ring-what-happened/
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/the-bling-ring-where-are-they-now/

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Resources:
https://www.history101.com/disturbing-true-story-nicholas-barcla/
https://charleyproject.org/case/nicholas-patrick-barclay
https://www.salon.com/2012/07/17/he_fooled_a_missing_teenagers_family_or_did_he/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann
https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/the-imposter-documentary-155882/