Presenting "Candyman: The True Story Behind The Bathroom Mirror Murder"

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.1 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Ruthie Mae McCoy's frantic 911 call stated, "They want to come through the bathroom." Nearly three days later, police found her shot to death, her apartment breached through her bathroom medicine cabinet. In the new "48 Hours" podcast, Candyman: The True Story Behind the Bathroom Mirror Murder, Chicago native and journalist Dometi Pongo uncovers the terrifying reality of McCoy's murder, which was one of the inspirations for the "Candyman" horror franchise.

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0:00.0	What's up listeners? I'm Domitie Pungo.
0:02.0	M TV correspondent, Chicago Native, and the host of the new podcast, Candy Man,
0:06.7	The True Story Behind the Bathroom Mirror Murder. This podcast tells the real life story that inspired a popular horror film based in Chicago
0:14.6	Candyman is a villain who terrorizes anyone who summons him through the mirror.
0:18.9	Here's a clip from an episode.
0:21.4	When I was a kid, I was scared of Candyman. He was the killer from this old horror movie from 1992 that became a cult classic.
0:34.0	Candyman had a hook for a hand, and he gut you with it for no other reason than that you said
0:40.0	his name five times into a bathroom mirror.
0:43.2	Candy man.
0:45.2	Candy man.
0:47.2	And there was something about candy man that seemed more real, like more dangerous than any other movie villain. I mean there were no white guys that
0:57.7	looked like the slasher from the Halloween franchise walking around my south
1:01.1	side Chicago neighborhood.
1:03.0	Like I didn't see a lot of dudes with hockey masks either.
1:06.0	So those weren't as scary to me.
1:08.0	But Candyman, he looked like somebody I might actually bump into.
1:13.2	This brother was 6-5 with this eerie baritone deep voice.
1:21.2	What's blood for?
1:23.0	And he wore this creepy black trench coat.
1:29.0	And one of my big cousins knew I was scared of him.
1:33.0	So he used to try to lock me in the bathroom with the lights off to prank me.
1:36.0	So needless to say, I avoided watching this movie for years,
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