Ep. 59 Poisoned Halloween Candy

Have you ever gone trick-or-treating and found a razor blade in your candy apple? Neither have we, but we thought we should talk about reports of candy tampering on Halloween night anyway.

 

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Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins

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

https://www.history.com/news/how-americans-became-convinced-their-halloween-candy-was-poisoned

The Razor Blade in the Apple: The Social Construction of Urban Legends by Joel Best and Gerald T. Horiuchi

https://www.rd.com/article/halloween-urban-legends/

https://halloweenlove.com/razor-blades-in-the-apple-urban-myth-or-deadly-fact/

https://candyprofessor.com/2009/10/30/laxatives-and-the-end-of-trick-or-treating/

https://gothamist.com/food/halloween-legend-long-island-lady-who-gave-trick-or-treater-arsenic

New York Times

https://abc13.com/news/houstons-own-real-life-halloween-horror-story/375883/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O%27Bryan

https://www.statesman.com/news/20161014/35-years-later-memories-of-notorious-halloween-candyman-murder-remain-vivid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths#:~:text=Poisoned%20candy%20myths%20are%20urban%20legends%20about%20malevolent,legends%3A%20danger%20to%20children%20and%20contamination%20of%20food.