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Friday, December 11, 2009

Poisoned Halloween candy is a myth

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I love myth busters like Professor Joel Best. I interviewed the researcher for my blog because he combed reports of Halloween mischief going back to the 1950s and he has found not one case of poisoned candy or a razor in an apple handed out by strangers to unsuspecting children.

But we are all so sure it happened one time somewhere to a friend of a friend of a friend we know. Having looked at all the cases and found them most often to be a hoax, and in one case a calculated murder intent on collecting life insurance, he has concluded it's a complete urban myth. Never once, in the history of Halloween, even though  we are all sure it happened sometime somewhere. So forget the mall. Get to know your neighbors.

Sharon Kennedy Wynne
Whoa, Momma! blogger
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