Mini Episode 2: the Man Who Killed Halloween
Remixed, Re-edited
On the day after Halloween in 1974, children across the US watched in horror as their parents threw out every last piece of candy they’d collected the night before during Trick or Treat. It was a severe but necessary precaution - a child had died after consuming a poisoned pixie stick. For Deer Park, Texas Trick or Treat would never feel completely carefree and innocent ever again..
Sources: Daily News. Fort Worth Telegram, Fort Lauderdale News, the Deer Park Progress, the Paris News, the Corsicana Daily Sun, the Statesman.com, USA Today, Herald Journal, the Victoria Advocate, the Post Crescent, the Baytown Sun, Longview News Journal, the Houston Chronicle, CTPpost.com