Mystery AtlasFarley Llewellyn Suspect Theory
A minority theory, developed most fully in local writer Scott Maruna's 2003 book 'The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: Dispelling the Hysteria', proposing that a local chemistry enthusiast, Farley Llewellyn, was a genuine gas-wielding prowler behind at least some of the reports; treated by most historians and sceptical researchers as speculative and insufficiently evidenced.
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Theories & Explanations
Farley Llewellyn Suspect Theory contradicts Mad Gasser Mass Psychogenic Illness Explanation — The psychogenic explanation and the single-prowler theory offer mutually exclusive accounts of the same reports; most historians favour the psychogenic reading.
Events
- Mad Gasser of Mattoon1-13 September 1944, with isolated later reports
Farley Llewellyn Suspect Theory attempts to explain Mad Gasser of Mattoon — Rests on circumstantial details in Scott Maruna's 2003 book and does not account for reports from households with no established connection to the named suspect.