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I'm Rebecca LaVoy, and this is Crime Writers On.

Crime Writers On is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime,

pop culture, other podcasts.

And on this episode, plot points for a horror film about a boogeyman in the mirror were inspired by real events.

What does the movie tell us and what does it leave out about the conditions in Chicago's housing projects?

We'll review the podcast, Candyman, the true story behind the bathroom mirror murder.

Joining me to get that done and more is true crime author, TV journalist, and host of The Their Stories Podcast, my husband, and love of my life, Kevin Flynn.

Hi, Kevin. Hello, Rebecca.

You know, Kevin, if I say your name five times in a mirror, you're still there behind me.

Also with us.

If I do that, it's like all the little bits from like when you brush your teeth with the election and it just splatters.

Yeah.

Oh, gross.

Oh, that's gross.

No.

Serial killer in the mirror.

Fine, Laura Bricker.

Fine. But no. No, the detritus from your flossing. No, that's, oh, that's too far. A bridge too far. All right.

Also with us is private investigator, certified pet detective resident cat lady and author of the Piper Green series of Cozy Mysteries, Laura Bricker. Hi, Laura. Hey, Rebecca. Don't show me

your flossing. All right. Well, you don't have to watch it because you don't live here.

Who can take a murder? And finally, our resident doubting Thomas, the author of a city trilogy of novels,

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