Episode 7: The Gas
In September of 1944, the townspeople of Mattoon, Illinois, began to experience a mystifying series of random chemical attacks.
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Written and hosted by Laurah Norton
Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie
Researched by Jessica Ann with additional research by Laurah Norton
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N/A, “Anesthetic Prowler Adds. . .” Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette, 1944.
N/A, “Anesthetic Prowler On Loose,” Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette, 1944.
N/A, “Mad Gasser Adds. . .” Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette, 1944.
N/A, “Mattoon Gasser Only. . .” The Minneapolis Star, 1944.
N/A, “Mad Gasser Case. . .” Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette, 1944.
N/A, “Many Prowler Reports. . . “ Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette, 1944.
N/A, “Armed Men Search. . .” The Newark Advocate, 1994.
N/A, “Mad Prowler Takes. . .” Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette, 1944.
N/A, ““Gas Calls At. . .” Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette, 1944.
N/A, “Mattoons’ Gas Attacks. . .” New York Daily News, 1944.
Monica Otoide, “The Mad Gasser of Mattoon,” The University of Illinois Library, 2019.