Can you still smell Boston's Great Molasses Flood?

100 years later, can you still smell the remnants of the Great Molasses Flood in Boston’s North End? Curiosity Desk Host Edgar B. Herwick III journeys from the heart of Boston’s Italian community to the labs of olfactory experts to find out.

Overview

A deadly flood of molasses almost sounds like a joke. But the story of the Great Molasses Flood is true. It devastated a community of Italian immigrants living in Boston’s North End, who then fought to establish safety laws we now take for granted. Curiosity Desk Host Edgar B. Herwick III takes us on a journey from the heart of Boston’s Italian community to the labs of olfactory experts to find the answer to this lingering question: 100 years later, can you still smell the remnants of the Great Molasses Flood in Boston’s North End?