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Most likely the first report was real. But many others were from trolls who just wanted their name mentioned in the paper. Some things never change.

I've been through Mattoon - the Mad Gasser is the most exciting thing that will ever happen there, beyond a new flavor being added at Baskin Robbins.

Ive heard of this mad gasser activity before. Usually after several large helpings of beans.

She picked it up and smell it. "As you do to random cloth on the floor" reminds me for all the American scary movies - you hear weird and scary noice from outside the house - Go there and see what it is, hopping it's not going to take your life even you're afraid exactly from that

'If' I wake up to a strange smell in my bedroom, I will reach for the can of room freshener and spray it in my husband's direction. 'That' is the usual source of strange smells in the middle of the night.

"long time viewers of this channel-" Me who's listened to smart majestic mustache man for 6 years: *"yes?"*

Mad Gasser of Mattoon? My first guess? A guy who ate a meal of Cabbage, Baked Beans, 6 alarm Chili and a dozen hard boiled eggs during during a Football game....

Every time I cook chili my family calls me the mad gasser

You've got the perfect voice , tempo and the atmosphere is just right. Hats off to you Thoughty2. I'm hooked to your videos.

My explanation? I'm glad you asked. Llewellyn could have been the perp in the first 2 attacks, seeking revenge for the ridicule he received, but seeing how the town went ape shit over it, decided his work was done. He sat back and watched the ignorant townsfolk freaking out more everyday, getting the last laugh with minimal effort.

The news media still creates mass hysteria.

This is awesome that this story had come to life on this channel. I am from mattoon, il. This story has been told throughout the town for many years!

Actually, the mass hysteria related to laughing was in Tanzania, not Tasmania.

Any sickly sweet smell here is likely to simply be my neighbours smoking green..

The original title is/was "Who was the Mad Gasser of Mattoon?"

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"

Just bought "Stick a flag in it" on audible! Amazing book so far, I was very glad you choose to read it yourself it wouldn't be the same otherwise! Great work!

Me: "Mom I wanna go visit Chernobyl, can we take a tour?" Mom: "We have Chernobyl at home." Chernobyl at home:

The sister didn't actually live with the Curney's. She was there staying with her sister that night since her husband was working the late shift and they had just cashed a large cheque that day and had a lot of money in the house which Mrs Curney was uncomfortable with. That is the major reason they figured this was someone looking to rob the Curney home.

That wink at the end every time... makes your day a bit better each and every time. Thanks for that!

"Hi 42 here"...never gets old😂

So glad to get the thoughty2 video at 5 am in Australia

Gotta love shaming victims into no longer reporting crimes against them.

This sounds exactly like the very first incarnation of the Joker from 1940.

If I woke up in the middle of the night smelling something strangely sweet in my bedroom, I'd be pretty convinced it's an alien outside my window. I'm on the upper floors of an apartment building.

6 years of watching this absolutely GOAT🙏🏻

Honestly, the only thing I really smell coming from my window at night is either rain or that one car driving by that leaves a very specific skunk-like smell. I'm just disappointed they aren't sharing 😂

Oh! I happen to live in a huge city, the level of air pollution is frightening really. All kinds of smells appear here at any time, day or night. If to get paranoid about it better to live in a gas mask, ha!

The one sighting saying a girl dressed as a man would make sense if it was a gay male with feminine characteristics. I think the culprit was actually identified in the end.

The German POW’s were happy to be here and weren’t interested in returning to Europe. I saw a documentary where they interviewed several old German POW’s and they all said they were so happy they weren’t captured by the Russians. They also weren’t happy with how their country was taken over by a crazy dictator. It was an interesting documentary. They said they were fed well, better than when they were in combat and they had medical treatment when needed and were treated with respect by their American guards. It was many years ago when I saw this bit stayed with me over time. Almost all of them were conscripted and forced to go to war. Sure some were NAZI’s and wanted to cause problems and some escaped. But most just sat out the remainder of the war in a quiet POW camp praying the war would end soon.

Tetrachloroethylene, which is a volitile liquid, is a prime candidate for the source of the gas. As it is (like tetrachloromethane) a dry cleaning chemical. Hence it wouldn't have been tested for as a toxin as even if it did show up (which is unlikely due to its volatility) isn't out of place on a piece of fabric.

I really enjoyed this one bro! Keep up the amazing work 🤜❤️🤛

What a luck that the media today's are so much more serious with the 'news' they make up...I mean, put out🤣😂

Hey Arran. Don't know if you read the comments but I genuinely appreciate your videos. They've helped to distract me substantially while going through some recent hardships, which was sorely needed. Thanks so much.

He changes the name of his videos after they release probably for algorithm reasons, but how many think they are Mendel affecting into other universes on a weekly bases?

I like the story time, but I like your science coverage aswell. Been a while since you did a physics vid

Been here 7 years, hope we can see 7 more 👍 as always a great video!

My adoring wife always smells nice at night time. Thank you for letting me know she is poisoning me. (I always knew it!) 😶

Now, that was a gas! 🙄 I'll see myself out...

One of the first ideas that crossed my mind as I listened to this story was "the culprit could be a local resident who felt like a target of discrimination." Looks like he got his revenge by driving his neighbors loco.

"The Mad Gasser" is what my family calls me the week following Thanksgiving.

Mattoon isn't the only area the mad gasser appeared. He was also seen as one of the creatures in Monster In My Pocket.

Thank you so much you have been my favorite KZfaqr for over a year and I love every single second of every video.. Thanks for posting..and I wish you nothing but greatness..

this is like a real life batman villain

Thank you for your VERY high quality entertainment. You check your facts and you make fun of the delusional, very faintly. You're a fucking genius!

Anyone else squealed YAY of of pure joy when he said rif has a podcast?!! No? Just me? Ok 😅🫣🤭

Tanzanian laughter epidemic of 1962, you mean. Tonia Thraw from Tasmania here - I figured that for such a recent event as 1962, the locals have gotten over an event that by local standards should still be the most exciting thing that has happened here in the last 200 years or so. There were exciting times when the first convicts were hauled onto this island, but very little in terms of excitement has happened since then. It may well be, that Thoughty2's little slip-up is the most internationally curious event since the first setting stone being laid in Hobart 217 years ago, parallelling the excitement of Australia's agricultural minister Barnaby Joyce having an excuse to utter the name "Johnny Depp" out loud in public media momentarily making him a household name he has yet to get over. First, I asked my local friend in the next room if he has any recollection of the Tasmanian Laughter Epidemic of 1962, and he says no, such an event doesn't ring a bell. My suspicions were starting to grow to an alarming level at this stage, and I suspected Thoughty2 has made a mistake... Impossible, I thought, for sure, such an event must be a result of some internet hysteria resulting in a sudden need to fact check, certainly something caused by a vicious inhalable computer virus... So I googled the supposed Tasmanian Laughter Epidemic of 1962... Unless I have gone soft in the head due to a sweet pink gas pumped through my open bedroom window, the epidemic was, in fact, Tanzanian. Never you mind, then, it is somewhat of a leap from one continent to another, but an easy mistake in spelling. Tanzanian. That was. ;)

Everytime Thoughty2 titles the video as a question I always answer it with "Idk man, that's why I'm subscribed to you!"

I know you're not going to see this, but I'd love to get your take on the case of Jack the Ripper as well!!!

I own a Rottweiler, he sleeps at the end of my bed. When I wake up during the night I wouldn't say it was a sweet smell.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

For people wondering about about the comments about the Original title. Thoughty2 changes the original title after a while.

Thoughty2, you're the best storyteller. Love your uploads. XD

"further fanning the fumes of fear" ah, beautiful wording

I woke up one night with a disturbing smell in the bedroom. Then, I remembered that my dinner contained copious amounts of garlic, beans, and onions.

Thanks thoughty, because of you I have smooth balls and safe internet this week 👍😂

Well fuck, I just bought a VPN program... thanks a lot Thoughty lol

never give a lunatic a can of beans with cabbage. then you really will have a mad gasser. ; D

You are easily my favourite KZfaqr 💯💥

Just found your channel and I'm really enjoying listening to you.

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon was what inspired the novel the Bodysnatchers by Jack Finney

Original Title: Who was the mad gasser of Mattoon?

Bro all these topics are so great, I wonder where he gets all these topics from ?

Lifelong Mattoon resident here. There were around two dozen reports of gassing. NOT THE ENTIRE TOWN. Video title is very misleading.

I love it when you post

' Why Did This Mysterious Man Poison His Entire Town?' it was a mission given to him by the elders of konoha.

Mattoon Residen: "Are you the mad gasser?" Mad Gasser: "Pull my finger!"

The real reason he did it was because nobody was subscribed to Thoughty2! PRAISE THE STACHE!

This guy makes sense as the gasser. He would be more likely then most of the men in the town to be wearing heels and dressing as a woman.

Looked like the SAS known as "Mute" in the thumbnail.

Thoughty 2: Mrs. Cordes, picked up the cloth and smelt it, as you do with cloth randomly lying on the ground. Me: died laughing 😂

Thank God the media doesn't blow major news stories completely out of proportion and cause hysteria around the world anymore! 😷🦇💉🧻

That laughter was the creepiest shit I've ever heard.

I get annoyed when something genuinely unique happens and we end up acting simple minded and conclude it's mass hysteria. There's usually a reason why something is happening. We just have to look detailed enough.

There used to be a sickly sweet smell from the 3M Magnetic Media plant in my home town. Once it snowed rust red because of the stuff in the air.

I grew up 20 minutes from Mattoon and didn’t even know this was a thing! Crazy stuff.

Mass hysteria has caused me to watch Thoughty2

My wife calls me the Mad Gasser of Living Room !

Man can’t even fart in his own house without the whole town going crazy.

Thoughty2 Love your style of clothes. Wish I could pull off suspenders!! As always thanks for the info and love the Moustache.

Woah I'm here before he can change the title

Is there something in America’s water that causes them to imagine conspiracies?

Thoughty2, you have the most amazing smile, ever!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

Your incongruous photos and clips are always a delight.

I grew up not far from Mattoon, yet I've never heard of this story

The Mad Gasser is dead, but he was reborn as the Mad Jabber.

You know when you say “thoughty” and “forty”, they sound IDENTICAL.

I live very close to Mattoon! I never knew this story! So interesting

Sounds a lot like 2020/21

"Who Was the Mad Gasser of Mattoon?" Original Title

Thoughty2 in the title: Why did this man poison his entire town? Thoughty2 in the video: He didn't

So I just found your channel today and wow where have I been

Mad Farter of Mattoon

I'm known as mad gasser but there's definitely not a sweet smell.

I like how at the end of the video he says if you smell sweet gas check your windows but one of the symptoms is you can't move your legs so how are you supposed to check the windows lol😂

I remember Ashens mentioning this when he got a figure wearing a gas mask in a subscription box that reminded him of the story. If I recall correctly the legend 'scared the shit' out of him as a child.

There might be advert standards but the news still tells us 24 hours a day we’re all gunna die… good job on the welsh pronunciation of Llewelyn though

We are in a time of stress right now.. Good thing this was brought to attention, Thoughty. If the guy wasn't the culprit, it could well be kind of placebo effect that turned into mass hysteria. Keep your wit about you, reader 😜.

it very well could have been propane that caused the smell and sleep paralysis made it so some couldn't move, back then i dont believe there was a mandate on adding smell to propane to make people notice it better and not fill there houses with the smell because naturally propane has a sweet smell that lingers for a long time if you were cooking or baking

My bro gassed me with wasp killer