216. The Murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy -- Candyman
The Prosecutors
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🗓️ 9 October 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Ruthie Mae McCoy knew the ABLA apartments in Chicago were a dangerous place. But she never could have imagined what horror could come through the mirror.
Sources:
- https://allthatsinteresting.com/is-candyman-real
- https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/
- https://chicagoreader.com/blogs/how-a-story-about-the-horrors-of-housing-projects-became-part-of-a-horror-movie/
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| 0:00.0 | Two sisters, one a respected TV producer, Jill Blackstone, and the other, Wendy. |
| 0:07.1 | She was disabled, nearly blind in death, and Jill had devoted herself to taking care |
| 0:11.6 | of Wendy. |
| 0:12.6 | Jill was her best friend, her sister, her everything. |
| 0:15.9 | But the sister bond was shattered when Wendy and some of the sisters' rescue dogs were |
| 0:20.9 | found dead in a garage next to a topple over barbecue grill. |
| 0:25.3 | When Jill says accidental carbon monoxide poisoning killed everyone, police do not believe |
| 0:30.0 | her. |
| 0:31.0 | Police arrested Jill Blackstone for the murder of her sister. |
| 0:34.2 | Investigators think it was staged to look like an accident. |
| 0:37.1 | Who will you believe, especially now, that a secret source has come forward with evidence |
| 0:41.6 | never made public before? |
| 0:43.2 | Jill was a good producer. |
| 0:44.4 | There's no doubt about that, but would she produce murder is the question. |
| 0:49.6 | Season two of Bad Bad Thing, the Blackstone Sisters, available now, wherever you get your |
| 0:54.2 | podcasts. |
| 0:55.2 | I always say show me a perfect family, I'll show you a family with secrets. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm Brett. |
| 1:10.3 | And I'm Alice. |
| 1:11.8 | And we are The Prosecutors. |
| 1:24.2 | Today on The Prosecutors, Candyman, Candyman, well, you get the picture. |
| 1:54.2 | Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of The Prosecutors. |
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