Welcome to episode 44 - Texas First up in Weird News, we discuss three people who were shipwrecked and rescued after living off of coconuts and rats. (4:20) Then in this week's main topic, we discuss the myth of tainted Halloween candy before getting into the story of the Man Who Killed Halloween, Ronald Clark O'Bryan. On Halloween 1974, O'Bryan poisoned his son and blamed it on the candy his son collected that night. (10:20)

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Research:
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/candyman-poisoned-halloween-candy-pixie-stix
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-the-fear-of-poisoned-halloween-candy-come-from-822302/

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