Dark Mysteries - The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

Hometown Ghost Stories

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In 1944 a town in Illinois was in fear of a mysterious figure that was going around and gassing people in their homes leaving them paraylzed. Or was it simply all in their heads? Join Rob, Dave, And Jesse as they explore the case of the Mad Gasser Of Mattoon MERCH: http://hometownghoststories.com Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/cJHjX3B6qX Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnk8lQr-uMiMGEghVQ5LyQ/join Follow our Review Channel! https://www.youtube.com/@HTGSReviews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome in everybody to this dark mystery.
0:09.9	I will be your host this week, Rob Coakley, joined by my unknowing sidekicks of this episode, Dave Wilkins.
0:18.0	Hello.
0:19.1	And Jesse Wilkins.
0:20.5	Hey there.
0:21.4	And this is going to be very similar to our Mel's Hole episode where I take Dave and
0:26.9	Jesse on a journey through a dark mystery where they have no knowledge beforehand.
0:32.0	And maybe ourselves and you, the listeners, can solve this dark mystery together.
0:39.4	Without further ado, gentlemen, do you just want to jump right into this?
0:42.2	Do you have any guesses of what we could be talking about?
0:45.4	I mean, I had nothing to base it on.
0:47.0	He goes no clues at all.
0:49.2	Hey, you get no clues.
0:51.1	If you call this left in the dark mysteries.
0:53.3	Yes, exactly.
0:54.9	All right.
0:55.9	Let's start by getting in our time machines, shall we?
0:58.3	And we're going to travel back to August 31st, 1944.
1:03.9	And we're going to check in on a small town in Illinois by the name of Matun.
1:10.3	A man by the name of Urban Rief is awakened in the early morning hours by the smell of a strange odor.
1:17.7	He stumbles out of bed, feeling weak, and begins the vomit uncontrollably.
1:23.2	I feel like the smell of a strange order is a little redundant.
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