# A Town Was Being Gassed at Night. No One Was Ever Caught.

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Podcast: [Yore Town](https://stenobird.com/podcast/yore-town-6299876)
Published: 2026-03-16T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://bleav.com/shows/yore-town/?post_type=gp_podcast_episode&p=168
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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon terrified a small Illinois town in 1944, and no one was ever caught. In this episode of the Yorktown Podcast, we dig into one of the strangest small town mysteries in American history: a phantom attacker who may or may not have existed, a town gripped by wartime fear, and a story that still has no clean answer.

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