At my house , Halloween is like Christmas . So , you ’ll notice a larger - than - usual number of my posts this month will be focused on the creepy-crawly and macabre . Today , we plow toSnopesto help us debunk ( or validate ! ) a bunch of horror myths .
1.Crazy people put razorblades in apples and needles in Halloween confect . woefully , that ’s true . There have been specific , documented cases about shaver being pricked by needle hidden inside of Halloween candy . More than 80 case have been recorded since 1959 , but only 10 resulted in even a pocket-size injury . The worst case was when one adult female required a distich of stitches . In most case , Snopes say , it ’s usually because siblings or friend were trying to freak each other out . In 2000 , though , a piece in Minneapolis did put needle in Snickers bars and handed them out to Thomas Kid he did n’t even know . One boy did get mystify , but not enough to require aesculapian attention . The humankind responsible was charged with intention to cause death , trauma or illness .
2.Crazy hoi polloi envenom Halloween candy . This one is NOT true . At least , not in the way you intend . Most the great unwashed would assume that someone like the above guy in Minneapolis would envenom candy and pass it out to any little kid that prove up at his doorsill . Nope , no document validation of that . But in 1974 , Texan Ronald O’Bryan killed his own son and tried to make it look like he was given poisoned Halloween candy . He poisoned four Pixie Stix and give one to his Word and one to three other child " “ but not as the act of a random madman . He was just attempt to make itappearrandom so he could blame this urban legend for his son ’s untimely destruction . None of the other children ate their Pixie Stix , but Timothy O’Bryan did and was articulate utter at 10 p.m. on October 31 , 1974 .
3.Bad guys hide under women ’s car in parking lots and strap their Achilles ' Tendons . We’ve all stick that e - ring mail , right ? This shivery story has been lurking around since the 1950s and has discover a resurgence in recent geezerhood with e - mail chain letter . Snopes says that yes , people have definitely been assail in shopping shopping centre parking lot . But none of assaulter were ever lie underneath the car , and there are no documented case of them slashing the victim ' ankles .
4 . We all know that The Amityville Horror was based on a truthful story" ¦ except it was n’t .
5 . A " bug bite" on a woman ’s face ends up erupting with baby spiders " “ turns out a wanderer position bollock under her skin . Nope . Not potential . There ’s a short story about this caption ( involve a osculation from the monster ) that dates all the way back to 1849 , so it ’s an oldie . Apparently in 1998 , a doctor in Mexico did tell a military personnel that a bulge on his second joint could possibly be where a wanderer position bollock , but no child spiders ever erupt from it .
7 . People stupefy as the hanging dupe at a haunted sign have actually died " ¦ and the whole dark passed before they were key . Yep , that ’s true . It ’s happened on multiple occasions , in reality , andsuicides have been slip for Halloween trick as well . One such occasion happened on October 26 , 2005 . A 42 - twelvemonth - older charwoman committed suicide by give ear herself from a tree diagram on a busy road , but no one reported it for hours because they assumed it was just a Halloween decoration .
