# How Does Molasses Kill People? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 1, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073 "2004-06-01T15:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/41 "2004-06-02T20:20:32Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > [This one](http://www.mv.com/ipusers/arcade/molasses.htm)? No, [this one](http://www.mv.com/ipusers/arcade/molasses.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/42 "2004-06-02T23:05:47Z")
[Molasses recipe…for DISASTER!!!](http://www.mv.com/ipusers/arcade/molasses.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/43 "2004-06-03T01:18:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Molasses recipe…for DISASTER!!! Bing! Bing! Bing! We have a pun winner. Please commence to throwing rotten fruit at him now. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/44 "2004-06-03T01:46:28Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > You can stir it up into a glass of milk. > > Yummy. You can also stir the fermented product into a glass of Coke. Even more yummy. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/45 "2004-06-03T03:52:45Z")
I managed to track down a website on [The Great Molasses flood of Jan 19, 1519](http://www.mv.com/ipusers/arcade/molasses.htm) - killed 21! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/46 "2004-06-03T07:11:31Z")
And yet another molasses flood- this time in the middle ages, 1519AD- again kills exactly 21 dudes. Amazing! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/47 "2004-06-03T08:12:01Z")
(You know, you just have to admire the quality of the contributions on this site.) ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/48 "2004-06-03T17:17:41Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Bing! Bing! Bing! We have a pun winner. Please commence to throwing rotten fruit at him now. Oh great, no I’m going to have bits of fruit in my molassas river. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/49 "2004-06-03T17:41:33Z")
> [@](#): > > …exactly 21… Blackstrap! ---
**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/50 "2004-06-03T21:03:48Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > Has John Kerry announced his stance on molasses? No but Clinton liked it on waffles. If we find molasses in Iraq now, will BushCo claim they’ve located WMDs? ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/51 "2004-06-04T13:26:34Z")
With all this talk of death by molasses, I can’t believe no one linked to [Eric Postpischil’s Molasses Disaster Pages](http://www.mv.com/ipusers/arcade/molasses.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073/52 "2004-06-04T15:11:19Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259205) here is a thread that has a couple links on the subject. Enjoy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-molasses-kill-people/248073.md?page=2)