“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” HP Lovecraft

 

Like a thief in the night, an unknown prowler lurked the streets of Mattoon, preying upon the innocent and gassing them with an unknown chemical, causing temporary sickness and paralysis.

 

It left the town on edge but was the Mad Gasser of Mattoon real or imagined? 

 

"White Lotus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/