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If someone gives me an apple with a razor blade in it, I ain’t ever gonna know cuz I ain’t eating an apple from a stranger.
You would definitely notice the cut in skin with a cursory examination. I think sewing needles would be more effective.
https://www.joelbest.net/halloween-sadism
There hasn't been a single proven case of "Halloween Sadism" that resulted in anything other than extremely minor injuries. Every other example given in press or other media are either hoaxes or result in nothing more than a slightly upset stomach.
There's one notable exception which is the case of Ronald Clark O'Brien who was a piece of shit who murdered his own son and attempted to murder 5 other children to claim the life insurance money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O%27Bryan
You're vastly more likely to die at Halloween in a road traffic collision (the worst day of the year for children being hit by cars) than anyone putting poison in your sweets.
It's even more surprising given the common-ness of "copycats" with mass murders and such. Even with all this constant hype and fear around the idea every year, practically marketing it, seemingly nobody has ever bit and done it.
When I was a kid in the 60s, we used to get so many razor blades in our apples, my dad didn't ever have to buy them, and he bought extra houses instead.
Good old days.
Growing up before woke, you just got used to the occasional razor or research chemical in your candy. It toughened us up.
This candy was fucked with! If only I could remember the houses I took my kids to! Oh well, I guess we'll never know who did this.
My dad just sent me a nextdoor post claiming to be from the police saying some kids found sewing needles in gummy bears... How to know if it is a hoax?
Luckily we were safe. No six seven in our candy this year.
Are you sure? Did you try counting the number of pieces of candy? I bet you got at least 6 to 7 pieces somewhere in there...
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Problem I worry is that because both media and all of you create so much attention to this issue, it's likely to happen at some point
They've been saying it on the national news for 40+ years as though it's true, but yeah one of the hundred and fifteen people who read this on Lemmy are definitely going to be the first ones to actually do it.
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this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2025
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