The
Mad Gasser
of
Mattoon!
In
the first half of September 1944,
a
Phantom “Anesthetic Prowler,”
A
“Mad Anesthetist,”
A
“Mad Gasser”
threatened
the City of Mattoon, Illinois.
Police
increased nighttime patrols,
in
an attempt to catch the gasser.
Citizens
began to keep nightly watch.
The
City brought in State and
Federal
authorities to assist in the case.
However,
no law enforcement and
vigilantes
could catch the phantom gasser.
The
question remains: was the gasser real,
as
his or her victims believed,
or
was the gasser the result of mass hysteria?
You
be the detective.
Using
the newspaper reports, a map of the area,
and
research on the subject . . .
YOU decide whether there really was a “Mad Gasser of Mattoon.”
List
of Victims / Location of Attacks
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