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. 

Three Men and a Baby Ghost: (Paranormal Cardboard)

 

This is an urban legend I once fell hook, line, and sinker for.

I first heard of the 'ghost boy' who appeared in the film Three Men and a Baby when my dad told me about it after reading the story in a magazine. The story said that if you went to a certain part of the movie, a little boy could be seen in the background and that little boy had died in the apartment the film was shot in.

In short, the little boy in the background of the film...was a ghost.