I gave him vanilla ice cream with glass in it costumes aren't always the spookiest things
about October 31st here are the 20 scariest things found in Halloween candies razor blades
2.3 thick inches baby chef wax we wives tale about razor blades being stuck into apples on Halloween
truth to it you tell me well according to several professors a good majority of the cases we hear
about are more likely the result of a hoax than the actions of some malicious neighbor but that
doesn't mean it hasn't happened before one of the first reported cases comes from 1968 when
13 separate children reported finding razor blades stuck in apples they had received while
trick-or-treating in New Jersey but that being said apples are far from the only treat that
has been used to carry razor blades in 2015 a boy in Ohio took a bite out of his Snickers bar
but quickly stopped chewing when he discovered the blade from a disposable razor in amongst
his chocolate it may be a popular story but there's definitely a reason why we've heard
it before so just to be safe always be sure to examine any Halloween candy before indulging
getting the Halloween Munchies oh just some brownies of the pot Variety in the year 2000
an innocent postal worker uncovered bag of what he thought were Snickers bars in the dead letter
office figuring that he couldn't let the candy go to waste he brought them home to distribute
to kids on Halloween once the children got the Snickers bars home however parents were a little
stunned to find their children unwrapping their candy to find a substance that was only legal
for medicinal purposes in California at the time instead of chocolate give it to MoMA mama don't
want this nobody was hurt fortunately although some vague reports of the details did cause
quite a panic amongst parents teenage pests oh Clark that's Buster's dog food big kids may be
kids too but in 1964 one Helen fell made the decision to Rob any child she deemed too old for
trick-or-treating of their fun under the guise of a practical joke fell put together bags that could
easily be mistaken for candy though these bags contained things like dog biscuits steel wool
and our ant poison oh my God so gross she handed these bags out to 12 teenagers and five of them
were discovered before the night was out both the police and the judge presiding over her case were
horrified by her claim that she had intended it to be a joke and fell ultimately pleaded guilty to
child endangerment needles where are my knitting needles razor blades are far from the only sharp
object that's been found embedded into Halloween candies needles have a habit of turning up as well
one of the best documented cases of this comes from Minneapolis where 49 year old James Joseph
Smith handed out Snickers bars with needles stuck in them for Halloween in the year 2000.
why fortunately no one was seriously injured and only one teenager pricked his mouth while eating
the candy bar though Smith was charged with one count of Distributing a substance with intent to
cause death harm or illness then again in 2018 two children in Massachusetts discovered sewing
needles hidden inside Twizzler candies and in 2021 police in Ohio were forced to send out a
city-wide warning after sewing needles were found pressed inside two separate kitkats in other words
sewing needles are by far the easiest type of sharp object to conceal and soft treats like
chocolate or licorice make for especially easy targets it can be super handy to keep tips like
this in mind when checking over your child's candy and remember if something doesn't feel
right make sure to get it out of your mouth right away trick-or-treating Breaking Bad style I am
not in danger Skyler I am the danger sometime after Halloween 2014 an eight-year-old girl in
California reached into her trick-or-treating bag seeking a rock candy and was instead surprised to
find a similar looking illegal substance amongst her stash her parents confessed that they had
no way of knowing who could be responsible or whether or not it had been done intentionally
but they stressed the importance of always at least taking a look at your child's candy before
allowing them to eat it always remember that after all a parent will just always be a little bit more
aware of anything that looks a little off than a child would planting pixie sticks dubbed the
Candyman by his fellow inmates in prison Ronald Clark O'Brien is a real life Halloween Horror
in 1974 an eight-year-old boy died after eating a poisoned pixie stick only for it to later be
discovered that it had been the boy's own father who killed him as a part of a life
insurance scheme what to cover his tracks O'Brien had also distributed The Poisoned pixie stick out
to at least four other children but police were able to recover these candies before anyone else
consumed one Ronald O'Brien received the death penalty and he was executed in 1984. bullets
oh hey I found a bullet an Ohio mother received a bit of a shock in 2014 when she discovered three
22 caliber bullets and her four-year-old son's box of Milk Duds milk dud oh I love Milk Duds
the more disturbing part of this story however is that the boy hadn't gotten the candy from a
stranger but from a trick-or-treating event held at his preschool the candy that was distributed
at this event was not supplied by the school but came from the parents of the other students and
so it is possible that it may have been some sort of targeted attack a lesson in candy testing good
kids this is good candy sometimes it pays to have someone check your food for you in 2013 a mother
in California decided to dip into her daughter's trick-or-treating supply for some chocolate and
shortly thereafter began to notice symptoms of severe anxiety followed by feelings of euphoria
when this began to fade into an awful sick feeling she decided to dig out the candy wrapper to check
its list of ingredients but instead of finding a potential allergen what she saw was a tiny
pinprick shaped hole in the back call an ambulance Gustav at that point she rushed herself into the
hospital only to find that there was evidence of a popular psychedelic in her system while
the mother suffered no long-term side effects it's impossible to predict how devastating the results
may have been had her daughter been the one to eat the chocolate bar and so it just goes to show
you that your parents are actually looking out for you when they steal a bite of your candy laxatives
I've got protein paste carb laxative dentists are known for suggesting that children try to
find alternative treats besides the sugary sweets around Halloween and yet in 1959 one dentist from
California took an unusual approach to this by handing out candy coated laxatives he distributed
roughly 450 of these candies throughout the night and ended up making 30 kids sick as a result
I made a mistake parents tracked the candy back to one William shine but by then he had already
skipped town only to later turned himself into the police to be charged with outrage
of public decency to this day nobody entirely knows why he decided to do it Rusty Nails two
young boys were sharing from their Halloween loot in Washington back in 2014 when one of the boys
felt something sharp poking the inside of his cheek upon investigating further he uncovered
a rusty nail pressed into the chocolate of the candy bar he'd been eating fortunately the boy
was not seriously injured but encouraged his friend to check the rest of the candy in his
bag just in case there was anything else upon turning the loot over to the friend's
mother she discovered several pieces of metal inside multiple candy bars including Staples
and bits that appeared to have been taken from inside a watch an expensive mistake one
million dollars we all understand that mistakes happen but there are some that can cost you more
than others in 2012 23 year old Donald Jr green of northern England was handing out Halloween candy
at his girlfriend's house when he accidentally mistook a handful of plastic bags containing
an illicit party substance for Haribo Gummy Bears and handed them out to three children
ages eight six and five green had apparently purchased the substance earlier that same day
and upon recognizing his mistake he immediately began searching the streets for the children
fortunately for everyone involved the children had not consumed the substance but unfortunately for
green the children had been trick-or-treating with their father who was an off-duty police officer
and who recognized the substance for what it was and alerted his co-workers oops green was arrested
and forced to pay a fine and court fees for the mistake as well as serving 130 hours of community
service for drug possession shards of glass a woman in New York discovered a short of glass
embedded in her daughter's Tootsie Roll after trick-or-treating with her in 2014. hey there's
glass in my food what kind of restaurant is this fortunately enough the glass was spotted before
anyone could seriously injure themselves but it may be worth mentioning that Tootsie Rolls are one
of the easiest candies to tamper with due to their easily replaceable wrapper and so you may want to
be a little extra watchful around those mysterious blister pack blue Pillow red pill what will it be
bro two Canadian children uncovered something completely foreign and their trick-or-treating
stash on Halloween 2015 a blister Pack full of unknown pills one child then proceeded to take a
bite out of their Snickers bar only to discover that someone had pushed an individual pill
into the chocolate can anyone guess the secret ingredient although the parents of the children
were able to find plenty of evidence of tampering they were unable to identify what exactly the
pills were although they did identify the markings APO on the blister pack suggesting that it may
have been some sort of prescription medication Christmas lights yeah I thought this was made
out of candy a mother in Arkansas was horrified to uncover a pack of Christmas lights while checking
her young son's candy after trick-or-treating how is that even possible I don't know nothing makes
sense anymore fortunately the Christmas lights never even made it into her son's hands because
of his mother's thoroughness but if they had there's a good chance that he may have mistaken
the brightly colored bulbs for candy and taken a bite of glass instead exacto blades that's not
a knife that's a knife as recently as 2021 an eight-year-old girl in Florida cut her mouth on
an exacto knife blade that had been pushed into the chocolate of a 100 Grand Bar wanna know how
how according to the girl's mother she had checked to make sure that the bar
was properly wrapped and sealed but was unable to find anything wrong with it which just goes
to show how sneakily these types of things can be hidden motion sickness medication I'll grab
my motion sickness pills a mother in Arizona discovered an open bottle of over-the-counter
pills and amongst her daughter's trick-or-treating finds there were six pills remaining in the bottle
and although the medication is considered to be perfectly safe for adults to take it
can cause hallucinations and even seizures when ingested by children that sounds bad it is bad
it's just lucky that the girl's mother got to her candy stash before she did and recognized
the pills for what they were otherwise the results may have even been fatal some tax
thumb Jack look that was my thumb check a teenager in Michigan reported finding a thumbtack pressed
into their Tootsie Roll after trick-or-treating on Halloween in 2018. the child's mother Tanya
beninger posted a picture of the Thumbtack concealed in the very center of the candy
along with the caption it was my kid I wish it was Bull it was in a big sealed Tootsie Roll
I've been a mom for 23 years I've never seen anything bad until tonight unacceptable glad
my 17 year old found it and not the 11 year old this is yet another example of the importance of
checking that Halloween candy especially for the younger kids lighters hey you got a lighter fire
is most definitely one thing that children should not be playing with and yet somehow
lighters keep winding up in kids candy sacks around Halloween time again and again and again
while there have yet to be any reports of a child being seriously injured by a lighter that they
found while trick-or-treating that doesn't mean that parents don't have a reason to be concerned
if they find one one in their child's bag wedding ring you can tell my diamond ring oh honey that's
candy well it's always possible that the ring may have served as a choking hazard for some kid this
entry honestly sounds more inconvenient for the one losing it than the one doing the finding in
2014 a Boston woman's gold and diamond wedding ring slipped into the candy bag of some unknown
trick-or-treater apparently the ring had fallen off her finger while she was carving pumpkins
with her daughter and though she turned to ABC News in hopes that someone may be able to help
her find it there's been no word on whether or not the anonymous trick-or-treater returned it or not
fingers crossed so if you're planning on being the one to hand out candy this year just make
sure to check you still have all your valuables with you insects what what for those of you
whose Halloween fears include anything creepy and crawly you may be horrified to hear that some of
your favorite sweets around this time of year are actually made out of bugs for instance candy corn
is often given its waxy texture using a type of resin secreted by Beetles red candies are
often dyed using Carmine which is made through a process of grinding up cochineal insects and
according to the FDA an average of eight insect parts are found within every chocolate bar ew
oh gross right guys that being said insects are more or less safe to consume and so the
only real reason to be concerned is if you have specific dietary needs like an allergy
or if you're vegan I'm a vegan of course slowly working towards full freaking vegan