The Mad Gasser of Mattoon 516

Hysteria 51 by ForthHand Media

Aug 10, 202600:44:30Science & Medicine

Shut the windows and change your mask filters, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon is prowling the podcast! A WWII-era midwestern mystery, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon held a small town in a gaseous grip of fear for 2 weeks with no e...

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