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Baby lock them doors and windows and everything else because this week’s episode is flooded with mayhem as Madison tells us about the London Beer Flood! Next, Spencer is breaking down the details of the infamous Boston Molasses Flood. We’ve got some sticky obituaries, some that stuck with us, and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.history.com/articles/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919
https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood
https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/victims-great-boston-molasses-flood-1919/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/azcentral/name/randall-jacobs-obituary?id=2185424
https://www.newspapers.com/image/974207052/?match=1&terms=%22mary%20banfield%22
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Giles,_London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Theatre
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/
https://www.history.com/articles/london-beer-flood
https://historynuggets.squarespace.com/nuggets/2015/4/10/the-beer-flood
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