A Halloween video debunks the poisoned candy scare

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The Poison Man Was Never Real 🎃

Every Halloween, parents check every piece of candy. In the 1970s, the papers spread the fear of strangers poisoning treats, and only the sealed wrapper looked safe. But after decades of searching, sociologist Joel Best found no child killed by a stranger’s Halloween candy. The famous 1974 case in Texas? The boy was poisoned by his own father.

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