Killer Candy - The Curious Case of Halloween Sadism
Manage episode 345129749 series 3298943
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://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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
209 Episoden