Poisoned candy myths - Wikipedia
Poisoned candy myths are mostly urban legends about malevolent strangers intentionally hiding poisons, drugs, or sharp objects such as razor blades in candy, which they then distribute with the intent of harming random children, especially during Halloween trick-or-treating.
How Americans Became Convinced Their Halloween Candy was Poisoned
2017年10月16日 · Rumors of tainted, poisoned or otherwise murderous Halloween candy handed out to unsuspecting youngsters are as much a part of the Halloween tradition as costumes and sing-song pleas for sweets....
Trick or truth? The real story behind Halloween candy tampering
2019年10月31日 · Toronto police show off apples with razor blades and poisoned candy reportedly turned in for investigation after Halloween in 1968.
Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?
2013年10月6日 · On Halloween, 1974, an 8-year-old boy named Timothy O’Bryan died. His candy had, indeed, been poisoned. A few days prior, his father, Ronald Clark O’Bryan, took out a $40,000 life insurance...
Why Halloween’s ‘Poison Candy’ Myth Endures - Gastro Obscura
2023年10月19日 · FPG/ Getty Images. Halloween sadism is defined as the act of passing out poisoned treats to children during trick-or-treating. But even before the term was coined in 1974, parents already...
Poisoned Halloween Candy Is A Myth, Mostly - TODAY
2023年10月27日 · Best has been spearheading research about poisoned Halloween candy — aka, "Halloween sadism" — since 1985.
Why You Really Don't Need To Worry About Poison-Laced Halloween Candy
2023年9月2日 · It turns out fears of poisoned Halloween candy hold little more validity than ghost stories. Despite the widespread panic, no confirmed cases of children killed by contaminated candy during trick-or-treating have been verified.
How Tainted Treats Led to a Halloween Tragedy in 1858
2021年10月29日 · A court later heard how each candy contained enough poison to kill a grown man. Officers and bell ringers then spent what was left of All Hallows’ Eve rushing around the district trying to warn...
The myth of poisoned Halloween candy | Vox
2018年10月31日 · The myth of poisoned Halloween candy. Poison, pins, and needles in Halloween candy? It’s probably a hoax. by German Lopez. Oct 31, 2018, 8:40 AM PDT. Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty...
When Halloween Became America's Most Dangerous Holiday
2019年10月24日 · The Halloween candy scare began in 1970. An op-ed on Oct. 28, 1970, in The New York Times suggested the possibility of strangers using Halloween’s “trick-or treat” tradition to poison children.
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