On this episode, Brian teaches Emma about the strange case of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon. Was it mass hysteria? Pollution? A nerd in a lab coat? Can you use gas as a verb? Get none of these answers and more!

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Sources for this episode:

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: Dispelling the Hysteria by Scott Maruna

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210105/http://www.eiu.edu/~localite/coles/mattoon/gasser/First%20Victims%20Article.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210235/http://www.eiu.edu/~localite/coles/mattoon/gasser/Mrs%20Cordes%20Burned.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205957/http://www.eiu.edu/~localite/coles/mattoon/gasser/Calm%20Weekend%20-%20To%20All%20Citizens.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210406/http://www.eiu.edu/~localite/coles/mattoon/gasser/All's%20Quiet.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitromethane