Strange Country Ep. 270: The Man Who Killed Halloween
Halloween is the time of year of ghouls, goblins and moral panic about candy. Could some neighbor be handing out candy full of pins? Or even worse, plain boxes of raisins? Where did this all come from? Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about the origin of poisoned candy, stemming from one father who poisoned his own kid to collect insurance money.
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"DEA Warns of Brightly-Colored Fentanyl Used to Target Young Americans." DEA.gov, 30 August 2022…
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