THE SWEET SMELL OF FEAR: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon | America’s Phantom Anesthetist

In the sweltering summer of 1944, residents of a small Illinois town awoke to a strange sweet smell—and paralyzed limbs. As more victims reported choking fumes and prowlers, fear swept through Mattoon. Was it mass hysteria, a chemical attack, or something stranger? This is the story of the Mad Gasser: a faceless phantom who stalked a town at night, left no trace, and vanished into legend—leaving only questions in his wake.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/10/30/mad-gasser-mattoon-illinois-mystery/

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/madgasser

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