That’s one name you do not want to repeat into a mirror 5 times.
Hey guys, I'm Court Mcginley and this is the most amazing top 5.
Let's jump right into our list of the Top 5 scary candyman stories that might be real.
And as I mentioned in our previous video make sure you stay tuned until the end as I have
a surprise for you.
Coming in at number 5--Origin story- all legends have an origin story- and this is the Candy
mans- and it's very real.
This story brings us back to October 31st, 1974.
That’s right Halloween.
Timothy and his sister Elizabeth were waiting for their dad to come home so they could go
trick or treating.
When their dad got home he- the 2 kids- and some of their friends headed out.
Their first stop of the night was at 4112 Donerail Drive.
The people at the house were taking too long to answer the door so the kids ran off to
the next house.
A minute or 2 later the dad caught up to the kids and gave them each a giant pixie stick
from the previous house they were too impatient to wait at.
When the kids got home they were allowed to pick one candy to have before bed.
So Timothy picked the 22-inch long pixie stick.
When he went to eat it seemed like the sugar stiffened in the tube so his dad helped him
loosen it up.
Timothy then poured it into his mouth.
After tasting it he was confused as it didn’t have the familiar taste he was used to.
His dad went to get his son a drink to get the taste out of his mouth.
But when he came back Timothy was vomiting and convulsing.
His dad called the ambulance and less then an hour later Timothy was pronounced dead
at the hospital.
The autopsy revealed 8-year-old Timothy died from a fatal dose of cyanide.
Turns out the top 2 inches of the pixie stick was laced with enough cyanide to kill 2 adults.
Timothy's dad told the police he remembered specifically getting the pixie stick from
4112 Donerail drive.
The police found out it was the Melvin family who lived there so they went over to question
them.
When questioned Ms. Melvin said she stopped answering the door at 6:45 as she had run
out of candy- and the candy that she did give out didn’t include pixie sticks.- and Mr.
Melvin said he wasn’t even home until 10:30 on Halloween night.
Then the police started to notice some fishy behavior from Timothies dad Ronald.
They found out he was 100 thousand dollars in debt- 8 months behind on car payments and
struggling to keep his job.
Also, strangely enough, they found out that on October 3rd- so just a few weeks prior-
he strained the families finances further by taking out a 20 thousand dollar life insurance
policy on his kids.
Also just hours after Timothy death, Ronald called in to collect on the policies.
So obviously he went on trial- and within just 46 minutes the jury found him guilty
of capital murder and 4 counts of attempted murder.
Ronald didn’t just kill his son- he also attempted to murder his daughter- and 3 of
the kid's friends.
He also started the sick trend of tampering with kids Halloween candy.
This is why he was referred to as the candy man.
I remember when I was a kid someone found a sewing needle inside a mini chocolate bar
in their child's Halloween candy.
It was all over the news.
Yeah, its just really messed up that someone would tamper or poison candy and then hand
it out to kids on Halloween night.
In at number 4--Origin story #2- that’s right there is another real-life candy man.
And people argue that this one is much worse than the one I just told you about.
Dean Corll was referred to as the candy man because he would give out candy to the kids
in his neighborhood.
He was beloved by all-but he also had a dark secret.
Between December 13th, 1970- and July 25th, 1973 28 boys between the ages of 13 and 20
had disappeared.
It was later revealed they were all tortured and killed by Dean Corll.
At this time he became the most prolific serial killer in American history.
To help with his killings Dean recruited a 17 and 18-year-old to help him.
Ultimately the 2 boys he recruited confessed- and had they, not no one would have ever known
what happened to all these boys that were murdered.
Dean couldn’t be charged for any of this however because one of the recruits couldn’t
take the killing anymore so he grabbed deans gun and shot dean In the head at his rental
home.
This was also the same gun Dean used to kill his victims.
At number 3--Urban legend- There is also an urban legend version of the candy man which
will be the stories we continue to talk about on this list.
The Urban legend says that if you look in a mirror and chant the name Candyman 5 times
he will appear behind you and kill you with his hook.
The Candyman is said to be a vicious killer with a bloody hook for a hand.
So if you say his name 5 times he appears in the mirror- covered in blood and bees and
he will murder you.
This candy man was also said to be a real man.
Back in the days of slavery on a plantation- the candyman was a black slave named Daniel
Robitaille.
Daniel was hired on to paint a picture of the plantation owners daughter- but he fell
in love with the daughter- when the owner discovered this he got a mob together and
they came after Daniel with pitchforks and a pack of dogs.
They chased him across fields and streams.
When they finally caught up to him they cut off his right hand with a rusty saw.
Then they covered him in honey and threw him at a beehive.
Before Daniel died in terrible pain its said he cursed the men who killed him and vowed
to return and exact his revenge.
His spirit is said to never rest- and his ghost is going to walk the world for all eternity.
So yeah I don’t know about you guys but I'm never going to look in the mirror and
say Candyman 5 times.
Definitely, something I'm never going to do.
Would you guys do this let me know below?
Coming in at number 2--Encounters- So just like all urban legends Candyman has people
coming onto the internet to post their real-life encounter stories.
Here is one- Years ago I was walking with my friend to the community swimming pool and
we noticed there was a door slightly open next to the pool so we decided to go check
it out.
It was really dark but had a dim light cast from an upstairs area.
The far back wall in front of me was aligned with glass.
Which was very reflective so I could see myself in it.
I remembered the legend of the candy man so I decided we should try it.
I had gotten to 3 candy men when I had noticed the glass started to show 2 large red eyes
staring at me.
Also saw my reflection and it changed to me running away with a look of terror on my face.
I got out of there as fast as I could- even before I could finish the next 2 candy men.
I don’t want to know what would’ve happened next.
And in at number 1--Sleepover- oh, of course, the classic sleepover where teenagers just
try out all the urban legends.
Yeah, I was never one of those kids.
I wouldn’t even play those games now as an adult.
I don’t want no creepy spirits coming for me.
But anywho I took this story off of a chat site where people were talking about there
experiences with urban legends.
So this one girl lets call her Mary was saying how she and her friends were having a sleepover-
and the girl hosting the party lets call her Lisa wanted to play candy man but none of
the other girls did so time went on and they just ended up going to sleep.
Then Mary woke up to hearing Lisa mumbling something in the bathroom so she went to check
it out.
The door was open a crack and Mary could see a reflection of red eyes in the mirror and
heard her Lisa say candyman – before Lisa could say it again Mary flicked on the light.
Mary asked if Lisa was ok as she had this terrified look on her face.
Lisa said that she felt as though something was possessing her to continue to say the
name candy man.
She was about to say it for what would have been the 5th and final time before Mary interrupted.
Yeah that's pretty spooky And there you have it that’s our list of
the top 5 Scary Scary Candyman Stories that Might be True.
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