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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

2024/4/10
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Carter Roy: 本期节目探讨了1944年发生在美国伊利诺伊州马图恩镇的"疯狂放毒者"事件，该事件中数十人报告称在夜间闻到令人作呕的甜味气味，并出现瘫痪等症状。事件起因至今仍存在争议，有人认为是集体歇斯底里，也有人认为是蓄意犯罪。节目回顾了事件的经过，包括多位受害者的证词、警方调查以及各种猜测，并最终探讨了事件背后的真相。 Aline Carney: 我和我的女儿在睡梦中闻到一股令人作呕的甜味，随后我下半身瘫痪，持续了约30分钟。我丈夫看到一个穿着深色衣服的人在我家窗外。 Bert Carney: 我在回家途中看到一个穿着深色衣服、戴着紧身头套的人在我家窗外，但我没能抓住他。 Urban Rafe: 我和妻子在凌晨3点左右闻到一股奇怪的浓烈气味，随后感到不适和瘫痪。 Olive Brown: 我也经历了类似的事件，但因为觉得太不可思议而没有早点报案。 Beulah Cordes: 我们在自家门廊发现一块布，我闻了之后出现瘫痪、吐血等严重症状。 Edna James: 我与"疯狂放毒者"面对面，他手持喷雾枪，长相像猿人。

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In September 1944, as World War II raged overseas, the small town of Mattoon, Illinois felt under attack. Dozens of people reported smelling a sickening sweet odor drift into their bedroom at night. It allegedly smelled like gardenias and left them feeling ill and, in some cases, paralyzed. The town’s leading theory was that a madman was running around town spraying a toxic gas through people’s windows at night.

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