E163: Ronald O’Bryan aka “The Candy Man”
BOOOoooooo! Happy Halloween, Evil Men listeners! This week, we talk about scary stuff, adults who play with toys, kids who play with toys and MORE.
Our episode's spooky subject is Ronald O'Bryan aka “The Candy Man” aka “The Man Who Killed Halloween.” In 1974, Texas resident Ronald tried to collect…
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On halloween night in1974, 8 yr old Timothy O’Bryan is out trick or treating with his father, his sister, and 3 other children one of them being the O’Bryan’s neighbor kid and his father Jim Bates who was a friend of Ronald O’Bryan’s, in one of the Pasadena neighborhoods in TX.Ronald O’Bryan allows…
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Today’s episode kicks off our very first episode in an every-Friday series for the month of October in honor of all things spooky! We’re covering the case of Ronald O’Bryan, the “Man Who Killed Halloween” by poisoning his son with some tainted Pixy Stix in order to collect on a life insurance polic…
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When the veil thins and the fire still burns, Halloween becomes more than costumes and candy—it becomes remembrance.
In this Veil of Echoes Halloween Special, Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay travel back to the ancient fires of Samhain, uncover the forgotten rituals that shaped All Hallows’…
The Man Who Killed Halloween: The True Story of the Candyman Killer
It’s the urban legend every parent has whispered at least once: “Check your candy, you never know what could be inside.” But in 1974, that warning wasn’t just a myth. In Pasadena, Texas, eight-year-old Timothy O’Bryan was poisoned by a Pixy Stix laced with cyanide, handed to him by his own father.
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In this episode of Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy, Deklan unravels the infamous Halloween plot of Ronald O’Bryan—a father who traded trust for greed, transforming a night of treats into tragedy and lifelong caution. Jane tunes into the strange sonic secrets of Taos, New Mexico, exploring the persistent…
The Candy Man: Ronald O’Bryan and the Halloween Candy Panic
Did your parents check your Halloween candy before you could eat it? Behind that familiar tradition is a mix of urban legends, frightening headlines—and a real murder whose most important detail often gets left out.On Halloween night in 1974, eight-year-old Timothy O’Bryan died after eating a cyani…
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On halloween night in1974, 8 yr old Timothy O’Bryan is out trick or treating with his father, his sister, and 3 other children one of them being the O’Bryan’s neighbor kid and his father Jim Bates who was a friend of Ronald O’Bryan’s, in one of the Pasadena neighborhoods in TX.Ronald O’Bryan allows…
The Candy Man Myth: How a Texas Tragedy Became Halloween’s Poisoned Sweet Legend
We trace the real case behind the infamous Candy Man legend, uncovering how Ronald O’Bryan’s 1974 murder sparked widespread fear of poisoned treats. The episode examines the myth’s evolution, its influence on safety regulations, and why the story still echoes in Halloween culture today.
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