With his swarm of Bees and Bloody Hook, the title character of 1992's Candyman fueled nightmares for film audiences.

But the true story that inspires some of the film's grittier elements was a living nightmare for those who endured it, proving that sometimes the scariest threat

is a broken system that fails its most vulnerable. This week's episode is The Murder of Ruthie May McCoy, the true story Behind Candy Man.

Up in the night.

Up in the night your heart fills with dread, probably a murderer who wants you dead.

It could be a ghost, a demon, or worse.

Perhaps you're the victim of a witch's curse.

It's hopeless, you're doomed, you'd call a priest if you could,

you'd rather just listen to who sinister

who.

I'm gonna kill you.

We had a real throwback. I'm going to kill you.

We had a real throwback night last night,

staying up late watching the 1992 Candyman together,

us and the gents of Browntown.

I know I saw it back in the day.

I did not remember it.

Specifically, how grisly it is at times.

I was

Shooketh at a few scenes. I kept saying my sister saw this when it was in theaters and she's born in the early 80s So not a good time. I'm I'm scared and I'm 30 almost fixing to be 38. I was like, oh, this is really graphic for me. And I, we studied true crime for a living. So imagine watching it as a child in the 90s.

Right, yeah, which I remember doing at a sleepover,

but maybe my brain blocked it up because it was so graphic and scary.

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