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13 Nights of Halloween: Night 13 - The Man Who Killed Halloween
13 Nights of Halloween: Night 13 - The Man Who Killed Hallo…
Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Tonight, we make a sojourn into the world of true crime as we look at the true stor…
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Oct. 31, 2024

13 Nights of Halloween: Night 13 - The Man Who Killed Halloween

13 Nights of Halloween: Night 13 - The Man Who Killed Halloween

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Greetings, listeners! Tonight, we make a sojourn into the world of true crime as we look at the true story behind the urban legends about Halloween candy being tainted with drugs or filled with razor blades. Sadly, the Pixy Stix that killed a young boy was given to him by his father. Not a stranger. His father. Why? Because he wanted to collect life insurance money and pay off his debts. Thankfully, this is the only known instance of Halloween candy which was deliberately tampered with. As we close out this miniseries, remember that the scariest things are often not the ones which come from your imagination. 
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