Are Halloween Candy Murders Real?
Anyone who has ever been trick-or-treating have heard the stories about their candy possibly being poisoned. From the 1950’s through the 1960’s, our Halloween customs have stayed pretty much the same. Although, the sixties encouraged something “new” Halloween safety. As a result, the magazines, newspapers, television, and radio were filled with ideas on keeping your children safe. At the same time though still letting them have a good time. This is an idea that is still in parents minds to this day in time. Manufacturers then jumped into this new safety campaign. They made all safe costumes and candy decorations that met the safety standards of this time. However, in the 1970’s, a candy scare put a major halt into everyone’s candy and costume budget. In the past, even if you didn’t have a lot of money you could always make home made goodies. This way in no way would your bank account be affected by the holiday. During this time a major scare changed all of this. Kevin Tostan, a five-ye
