EP 03: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Illustration By RJ Jenkins
In September 1944, as summer faded into fall, there was a series of terrifying attacks in Mattoon where over two dozen ordinary citizens became victims to noxious gas attacks in their own homes. All victims reported strange odors and strange symptoms such as nausea and temporary paralysis. Citizens were gripped in fear. Was it Nazis, was it a crazed lunatic, was it a phantom, or was it as psychologists suggest mass hysteria?
Music:
Music: Xenon Sentry by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Music: Beat Symphony by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Music: The Paladin's Underworld by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Sources:
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/madgasser
https://ww.darkhistories.com/the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon/
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/the-case-of-the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon/Content?oid=11450083
https://beltmag.com/the-mattoon-mad-gasser-looking-back-at-a-textbook-case-of-mass-hysteria/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607#What-is-mass-hysteria?
