{"id":19611,"date":"2024-10-04T06:29:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hauntedwalk.com\/?post_type=podcasts&#038;p=19611"},"modified":"2026-02-20T02:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:26:39","slug":"episode-188-something-in-the-air-what-happen-in-mattoon-illinois","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/hauntedwalk.com\/fr\/podcasts\/episode-188-something-in-the-air-what-happen-in-mattoon-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 188 &#8211; Something in the Air: What Happened in Mattoon, Illinois?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19611\" class=\"elementor elementor-19611\" data-elementor-post-type=\"podcasts\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4fc7de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4fc7de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74a9d7f\" data-id=\"74a9d7f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-187ebd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"187ebd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the late summer of 1944, the small town of Mattoon, Illinois, became the epicentre of one of the most bizarre mysteries in American history. Residents reported a series of gas attacks\u2014phantom prowlers using strange fumes that caused paralysis, illness, and widespread panic. Dubbed the \u00ab\u00a0Mad Gasser of Mattoon,\u00a0\u00bb the story gripped the town for two weeks, with chilling eyewitness accounts and physical evidence fueling the fear. Then, just as quickly as it began, the attacks stopped, leaving more questions than answers. Was it all mass hysteria, sparked by the tensions of World War II? Or was there a real attacker lurking in the shadows? 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