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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Gas, Fear, and Hysteria: The Mysterious Mad Gasser of Mattoon – What Really Happened? #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Some believe it was a lone gun experiment. Others believe the whole incident was something from the paranormal. And still others say it was a case of mass hysteria. Who or what exactly was the Mad Gasser of Mattoon?

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IN THIS EPISODE: In the fall of 1944, the quiet town of Mattoon, Illinois, was gripped by fear as an enigmatic figure known as the 'Mad Gasser' unleashed mysterious gas attacks, leaving victims paralyzed and bewildered. Decades later, the identity and motives of this phantom attacker remain one of history's most chilling unsolved mysteries.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Mad Gasser of Mattoon” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4j3xh6sa
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Originally aired: June 28, 2021

SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/MadGasserOfMattoon

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In early September, 1944, a stream series of events occurred in the small central Illinois town

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of Matun. According to eyewitnesses, numerous sightings and even physical evidence left behind,

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the town was under attack by a mysterious man in black who was, for unknown reasons,

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spraying some sort of paralyzing gas into the windows of unsuspecting residents.

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