October 31, 1974 – Halloween night – Ronald Clark O’Bryan, took his son, Timothy and daughter, Elizabeth, trick-or-treating with two of their friends. Afterward, the children wished to enjoy some candy from their night of fun. And an hour later, 8-year-old Timothy O’Bryan was dead. Poisoned by a Pixy Stix. This is the Candyman, the Man who Killed Halloween.
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The Haunting Legacy of Ronald Clark O’Bryan, the Man Who Killed Halloween | A&ETV.com
Wife Takes Stand At Husband’s Trial In Son’s Poisoning | New York Times
Looking back at the ‘Candy Man’ 42 years later | Houston Chronicle
The True Story of the Notorious Trick-or-Treat Murderer | Vice.com