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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
AFTER SHOCK: In the summer of 1944, Americans saw terrifying headlines about a possible Nazi chemical weapons strike in the form of an invisible poison gas. Underneath those headlines, a small town in Illinois began experiencing apparent “anesthetic attacks” by a mysterious figure that would come to be known as the Mad Gasser of Mattoon. Could it have been an escaped Nazi hellbent on the town's destruction? An urban legend leading to a mass hysteria? Or a sadistic homosexual trying to poison his intolerant neighbors with invisible gas?
American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith
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Research and co-writing assisted by Riley Smith
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American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith
Produced and edited by Clear Commo Studios
Research and co-writing assisted by Riley Smith
Become a Patron for extra episodes, interviews, and videos monthly!
Follow American Hysteria on social media:
Twitter: @AmerHysteria
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Released:
Aug 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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