It’s spooky season, campers, and what’s a better way to celebrate than to dig into some urban legends? You know the ones we’re talking about—the razor blades in the Halloween candy, the call coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE, Bloody Mary in the mirror. That kinda stuff. We all have our favorites. But what happens when the legend comes true? Do some of these stories have roots in real crimes? Well, we’re gonna find out—and who better to help us than Joshua Zeman, award-winning director of our *favorite* true crime documentaries, "Killer Legends" and "Cropsey?" This is “Legend Has It,” a Halloween Special Event.

Legend: Poisoned Halloween Candy

True Case: The Man Who Ruined Halloween, Ronald O'Bryan

Legend: The Bunny Man

True Case: The Murder of Doreen Erbert

Legend: A Corpse in the Haunted House

True Case: Outlaw Elmer McCurdy

Sources:
"Killer Legends," 2014 documentary film by Joshua Zeman for Chiller
https://medium.com/@crimewaffles/william-michael-dennis-the-murderer-in-the-wolf-mask-4ec6ebeb8f59
https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man
https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/books/where-s-elmer.html

https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/elmer-mccurdy/
https://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/04/11/the_corpse_of_elmer_mccurdy_and_how_it_ended_up_in_a_long_beach_fun_park.html
Joshua Zeman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954722/

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