Candy Man: The Truth Behind Poisoned Halloween Candy

 

If you grew up in the last half-century or so, the tradition of checking your Halloween candy after coming home from Trick or Treating was a commonplace event of your childhood.

There could be a razor blade stuck in your Taffy Apple or a loose wrapper on your peanut butter cup that may mean poison.

Like most things though, especially those connected to a holiday like Halloween, truth is often stranger (and sometimes scarier) than fiction.

The first question is: Has a child ever died from candy connected to the holiday of Halloween?

Yes.

That fact stated the truth behind the fear of a murderer targeting children through poisoned holiday sweets is a bit more complex and interesting...

Get paid To Predict the Future With The Simpsons!

 

You know of all the great psychics and seers: Nostrodomus, Kassandra, Criswell, Browne, and of course, Homer Simpson. 

If you've had any interest in weird news in the last ten years or so, you would have by now probably bumped into the many times the long-running Fox cartoon sitcom The Simpsons has at least somewhat accurately predicted the future.

From Lisa complaining about 'President Trump' leaving her administration a budget crisis when she became POTUS to the NSA spying on the calls of American citizens, to Lady Gaga's 2017 Super Bowl halftime show, to almost incredibly predicting the actual mass of the Higgs boson or God Particle, the Simpsons have had a number of very interesting insights over the years. 

And now a gambling website wants to profit from it along with one lucky soul would who will be paid to watch it...plus get free doughnuts while they do it, sounds like a job right up Homer's alley. 

Ghostly Pics: Tulip Staircase Ghosts

 

There are countless ghost stories that come from England, which should not come as a surprise as the area is as rich in historical architecture as it is in ghost stories.

The proof is needed however for any story that borders on the unbelievable, like ghosts or other paranormal activity. Using that criteria the Tulip Staircase photograph may count among the very best evidence of ghosts and life after death.

Ghostly Pics: Hampton Court Ghost

 

This infamous ghost image took the internet by storm in 2003. It was originally published in the Chicago Sun-Times on December 21st of that year and was said to be a still of CCTV footage from the Hampton Court Palace, located on the Thames River in London, England.

Although the Hampton Court is ripe with tales of ghostly apparitions and strange occurrences, the picture of the robed figure was immediately a topic for debate for both believers and skeptics alike.

Was it an excellent ghost photograph or a clever hoax?

Ghostly Pics: The Sunnyvale Toys-R-Us Ghost Photo

 

For most of us, toy stores conjure up childhood images of fun, freedom, and imagination.

However, a Toys R Us location in Sunnyvale California has become more well known as a place of terror than pleasure.

It is said that a ghost resides in the shop, a ghost searching for a lost love.

A ghost that during an investigation by psychic Sylvia Browne just happened to have his picture taken and became one of the most well-known paranormal photographs in the world.

Ghostly Pics: The Backseat Car Ghost

 

Graveyards are one of those places that you just might expect to capture a photograph of a ghost or spirit. After all, it is the final resting place of our physical forms and has an obvious connection with death and whatever might lay beyond it.

So it might not come as a shock to anyone that one of the most famous ghost photos in the world came from a cemetery.

Even more impressive, the ghost seemed keen to get a ride to some destination in the physical world as the picture itself shows the spirit sitting in the back of a car!

Ghostly Pics: Wem Town Hall Ghost

 

There are many famous ghost photographs in the world, like the Amityville Ghost Boy or the lady sitting on a grave marker captured at Bachelor's Grove Cemetery in Illinois, but one of the most famous ghost pictures of all time is the one purportedly of the Wem Town Hall Ghost, which shows a little girl staring out from a building that is ablaze.

Taken by part-time \ amateur photographer and sewage farm worker Tony O'Rahilly in November 1995 as he was standing across the street from the blaze at the Wem Town Hall.

Later, after the picture had been developed Tony and others noticed the strange girl in old clothing standing among the flames.

Coincidence or one of the best pieces of evidence for life after death?