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…
Yes, we’re talking about the kind of cannon that goes “BOOM.” It’s hard to imagine what kind of person would hoist a cannon barrel up onto the counter for the TSA to take a peek at as they are boarding a plane, but as the saying goes, “it takes all kinds.” Surely the cannon barrel in question was not one of those old civil war beasts with its own set of wagon wheels attached, but who in their right mind thinks they are going to be allowed to pass through a TSA checkpoint with a cannon barrel? This is the same agency that was once taking people’s nail clippers away.
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