Episode 23, The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

Call him the Mad Gasser, call him the Phantom Anesthetist - just DO NOT call this whole case an episode of mass hysteria. Today, we take a deep sea fishing level dive into the case of The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, and subsequently, the bullshit psychological diagnosis that is mass hysteria. 

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The Mad Gasser of  Mattoon 

by Scott Maruna

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

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https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-16.pdf

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