Hey, serial killers, listeners. It's Carter Roy. I'm the host of conspiracy theories. And you might

actually recognize my voice from this show. I like to pop in every few years to do a special

crossover episode covering cases with strong conspiracy elements like the Osage murders or the

Tylenol murders. Now, today's episode isn't a

crossover, but I have been invited to share my favorite serial killers Halloween episodes. The

episodes I picked are just good stories, plunding fictional scares with real-life horrors. And I want

to remind everyone that the big host reveal is coming.

Keep an eye on this feed for some special content leading up to the premiere. Now, please

enjoy The Candy Lady. So due to the graphic nature of this story, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes depictions of kidnapping, murder, and gruesome child death.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Don't trust strangers with candy.

We all heard the advice as kids, and then promptly went door-to-door taking candy from strangers.

On Halloween night, that rule hits the garbage bin, piled under candy wrappers and diet plans.

But it's wisdom worth listening to. Candy can conceal danger,

not just under the wrapper, but in the hands giving it away. That's the moral of the urban

legend of the Texas Candy Lady, a mythical serial killer who targets children, but she's not

the only danger out there. Some candy-bearing

killers are all too real. So this Halloween week, our episode's a little different. I'll present

our spin on the Candy Lady, a killer who's probably fictional. After that, we cover three

eerily similar crimes that actually happened.

Each real crime serves the same warning, don't trust strangers with candy.

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