They Came in Through the Mirror
from Autumn's Oddities Hosted by Autumn Grube
If you say Candyman in the mirror five times, legend has it that he’ll appear and you’ll meet an unfortunate end. You’ve probably heard the urban legend and seen the movie, but you might not know that the movie is loosely based on a 1987 murder in Chicago when a killer came through a mirror. SOURCES https://www.chicagoganghistory.com/housing-project/grace-abbott-homes/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/p6466 https://casetext.com/case/mccoy-v-chicago-housing-authority https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/cause-of-death/ https://theconversation.com/candyman-the-urban-legends-behind-the-movie-and-why-we-find-them-irresistible-167126 https://www.google.com/search?q=hook+hand+urban+legen&rlz=1CAUSZT_enUS974US974&oq=hook+hand+urban+legen&aqs=chrome..69i57.7270j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/autumn-s-oddities--5307439/support.
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