The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: America’s Strangest Phantom Attacker
— April 20, 2026In the late summer of 1944, the quiet town of Mattoon, Illinois, became the…
When an Ohio woman appeared before a judge after being charged with driving her car on the sidewalk in order to avoid having to stop for a school bus, the judge decided that a little public humiliation might be the best way to punish her. She was ordered to stand at a busy intersection holding a sign that read: “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus.” She also had to give up driving for 30 days and pay a $250 fine.
In the late summer of 1944, the quiet town of Mattoon, Illinois, became the…
In the quiet coastal town of Pascagoula, Mississippi, a strange and unsettling mystery gripped…
It started like any other quiet night at the Ashland ABC Store, one of…
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