On another chilling, thrilling and (hot water) spilling installment of Disinformed, we are visited by The Candyman as Michael discusses yet another American panic : poisoned Halloween candy. Can one secret a razorblade into an apple without a trace? Are Fentanyl being manufactured to intentionally kill children? Find out now...

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl 

The Razor Blade In the Apple: The Social Construction of Urban Legends - Joel Best

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/09/28/rainbow-fentanyl-scare-halloween/ 

https://www.snopes.com/articles/458144/snopestionary-scarelore/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips 

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/28/archives/those-treats-may-be-tricks.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tap 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders

Outro:

Semi-Funk by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4333-semi-funk

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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