So in a New York suburb was a little girl went with her friends on Halloween on bus tour and had played with an older man trick or treating. After the three men initially looked grumpy, he instructed the children to wait a few minutes, then would they also get something from him.
came back as promised the man a short time with some apples and chocolate bars, which he distributed to the children.
began after the end of the candy collection, the children quickly stop up the booty to himself before they could warn their parents, not too much to eat at once. The little girl suddenly began to cry, writhing in pain. After her friends had brought help and the child had been admitted to the hospital, there was the reason for the pain: Some of the sweets had been spiked with razor blades pieces. One of them had cut the girl's esophagus.
Note & Explanation: The real panic that prevailed during the 70's to 80's is now called "Poisoned Candy Scare" and turned out to be a pretty unfounded. Nevertheless, in recent years, there were quite a few cases where children had been killed with poisoned sweets. The perpetrators were mostly but not strangers, but relatives of the children who hated them or wanted out of the picture.
rumors that foreign objects in candy - such as razor blades, needles, broken glass, etc. - have been found are also a few times been documented. However, there are officially no reason to panic and hysteria. Parents should simply check the Halloween loot their offspring before have fun with these - for example advise U.S. police departments.
Picture (CC) by Scott Feldstein