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…
Cleveland, Ohio Housing Court Judge Ray Pianka adopted an unusual approach to making a local landlord pay for his crimes. The landlord owns dozens of properties in the area and was in violation of several building codes. The landlord was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine and was sentenced to six months house arrest in one of his own run-down rental properties. Perhaps the landlord finished his sentence with a new appreciation for what his tenants had to endure.
In the late summer of 1944, the quiet town of Mattoon, Illinois, became the…
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It started like any other quiet night at the Ashland ABC Store, one of…
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