Back in the 1940s, someone was running around Mattoon, Illinois gassing people.

We aren’t mature enough to cover stories like this.

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattoon,_Illinois

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7498816/#:~:text=Psychologic%20symptoms%20include%20denial%2C%20numbing,ones%20and%20declining%20physical%20health.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/american-home-front-after-world-war-ii.htm

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/seabee/explore/online-reading-room/Publications/quonset-hut-manuals0.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-gasser-of-mattoon

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/madgasser

https://www.eiu.edu/localite/gasserhome.php

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/column-mad-gasser-of-mattoon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon

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