Halloween Candy Poisoned? Reality and Urban Legend in Halloween Fears

The entire interview can be found on our YouTube channel:  @criminalbehaviorology The views of our guests do not necessarily reflect those of Criminal Behaviorology, nor our sponsors.  Donate to Criminal Behaviorology Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=81930699 A reading of two articles on the alleged poisoning of candy. The reality our favorite holiday ritual and fear in the community. Another on a dramatic case of poisoning as extortion out of Japan. Finally, a third article reviews the motivations for urban legends. Show Highlights: Fears of poisoned candy The Tylenol poisonings The ‘Mystery Man with 21 Faces’ case out of Japan Motivations for urban tales -  https://www.history.com/news/how-americans-became-convinced-their-halloween-candy-was-poisoned - https://www.history.com/news/extra-strength-tylenol-poisonings-1982 - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1980s-crime-ring-that-poisoned-japans-candy-and-never-got-caught - Donavan, Todd & Mowen, John & Chakraborty, Goutam. (2001). Urban legends: Diffusion processes and the exchange of resources. Journal of Consumer Marketing. 18. 521-533. 10.1108/07363760110404468.  Previous Halloween Specials on Criminal Behaviorology: - Night of the Shaping Dead, October 2019: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qupNR9T4pub - Trick or Treat! Behavior Theory and Crime, Dog Training and Beggars’ Night Becomes Halloween, October 2020: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/0P8qJ7X4pub - Eating at Us: Cannibalism in History, Legend and in the Animal World, October 2021: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/YXBeX734pub - More Horror Movies Equals Less Crime: An Analysis of Movies on Crime Reduction, October 2022: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/More-Horror-Movies-Equals-Less-Crime-An-Analysis-of-Movies-on-Crime-Reduction-e1pt5k4/a-a8p0ki8 Look up CrimBehav on Facebook:  facebook.com/CrimBehav. Criminal Behaviorology on Blogger.  CB Podcast Sites: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episodes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal-behaviorology/id1441879795?mt=2&uo=4 https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MzY4OWFjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNzhttps://open.spotify.com/show/5VM7Sjv762u7nb91YWGczZ https://www.breaker.audio/criminal-behaviorology https://overcast.fm/itunes1441879795/criminal-behaviorology https://pca.st/Q38w https://radiopublic.com/criminal-behaviorology-GEv2AZ https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/criminal-behaviorology On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSVoZOBwCG28xMnuPq_Gtw On Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1826027 On Locals Social Media: https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com/?showPosts=1 https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com On Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrimBehav On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=81930699 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a3604516-0645-4341-a792-75d10754556d/criminal-behaviorology Please write a review on any of our podcast sites listed above.  Questions, comments, and requests for transcripts to: [email protected] Thank you for listening.

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