“MATTOON’S MAD GASSER” #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 16 November 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: 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 in Mattoon, Illinois - and the mysterious gasser of Virginia a decade earlier?
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“The Mad Gasser of Mattoon” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4j3xh6sa
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| 1:12.0 | In early September 1944 a stream series of events occurred in the small central Illinois town of Matoon. |
| 1:20.0 | According to eyewitnesses numerous sightings and even physical evidence left behind. |
| 1:25.0 | The town was under attack by a mysterious man in black who was for unknown reasons, |
| 1:31.0 | spraying some sort of paralyzing gas into the windows of unsuspecting residents. |
| 1:37.0 | Who this man was, what his agenda might have been, and where he vanished too, all remain a mystery to this day. |
| 1:45.0 | In this episode we look at the strange but true story of the mad gasser of Matoon. |
| 1:52.0 | I'm Darren Marlar and this is Weird Darkness. |
| 2:04.0 | Welcome Weirdos. I'm Darren Marlar and this is Weird Darkness. |
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