It started on September 1, 1944, in the quiet town ofMattoon, Illinois. Aline Kearney was home with her three-year-old daughter while her husband was away in the Navy. Her sister Martha was staying with them.That night, Aline smelled a strange, sweet odor. Suddenly,her legs went numb, and her throat felt tight and dry. Martha didn’t smell anything, but she called her husband, Burt, for help. When Burt arrived, he spotted a tall man in dark clothes and a tight cap standing outside a bedroom window. He tried to catch him, but the man vanished into the night.Aline recovered within 30 minutes.But this was only the beginning.Narrated by: Nikita FerraoInstagram: @3amfearpod@ncferraoauthorFind me on YouTube: Podcast YouTube: @3amfearpodFiction Story YouTube: @3amfearFree thriller eBook: www.ncferrao.comPodcast Music: https://www.purple-planet.comEpisode Music: Music: Headless Horseman by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Email me on nikita@3amfear.comSources:https://www.popsci.com/science/mad-gasser-of-mattoon-weirdest-thing/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoonhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/column-mad-gasser-of-mattoonhttps://explorersweb.com/the-mysterious-mad-gasser-of-mattoon-and-what-we-can-learn-from-him/https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon
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It started on September 1, 1944, in the quiet town ofMattoon, Illinois. Aline Kearney was home with her three-year-old daughter while her husband was away in the Navy. Her sister Martha was staying with them.That night, Aline smelled a strange, sweet odor. Suddenly,her legs went numb, and her throat felt tight and dry. Martha didn’t smell anything, but she called her husband, Burt, for help. When Burt arrived, he spotted a tall man in dark clothes and a tight cap standing outside a bedroom windo...