My wife suggested that as part of this series, I draw a piece of urban mythology. Immediately, I thought back to a conversation we’d had a few days before:
In spite of all the hysteria, all the puff pieces you see on the news about the local hospital X-raying Halloween candy for free and scare pieces about “safe” trick-or-treat events held at the mall…there has never been a single documented case of strangers poisoning trick-or-treat Halloween candy, and the few reported isolated instances of razor blades, pins or needles in Halloween treats over many decades have almost universally been shown to be hoaxes. There have been only a very few minor injuries and no fatalities from a documented case of strangers tampering with Halloween candy.
Halloween is a fine time for scary stories, but there’s a pretty massive difference between ghost stories and media-driven hysteria.