A Town Was Being Gassed at Night. No One Was Ever Caught.

About this episode

This episode explores the mysterious case of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, a phantom attacker who terrorized a small town in 1944.

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon terrified a small Illinois town in 1944, and no one was ever caught. In this episode of the Yorktown Podcast, we dig into one of the strangest small town mysteries in American history: a phantom attacker who may or may not have existed, a town gripped by wartime fear, and a story that still has no clean answer.

People in this episode

Hosts: Beard Laws Studio, Bleav

Topics covered

• small town mystery
• true crime
• historical events
• wartime fear
• phantom attacker

Keywords

• Mad Gasser
• Mattoon
• 1944
• mystery
• true crime
• phantom attacker
• wartime fear

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Mattoon

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