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Morning Cup of Murder

The Man Who Killed Halloween - October 31 2021 - Happy Halloween!

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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NEW HALLOWEEN MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ October 31st: Ronald Clark O’Bryan Kills (1974) If you are like me, you grew up in a time where our parents had to check our Halloween candy before we were allowed to eat it. Mostly, they checked to make sure everything was sealed up still, and there was no evidence of tampering and, if you were bold enough to ask your parents why, they may have given you a tall tale of a rogue poisoner who put god knows what in our candy or razor blades in our apples. For the most part, this was nothing but an urban legend passed down long before we were born but, on October 31st 1974, citizens of Deer Park, Texas got a firsthand look at what happens when legend becomes reality.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, vice.com, Murderpedia, criminalminds.fandom.com, statesman.com, medium.com, texasarchive.org, jclass.umd.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.9

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

If you are like me, you grew up in a time where our parents had to check our Halloween candy before we were allowed to eat it.

0:52.1

Mostly, they checked to make sure everything was sealed up still,

0:55.0

and there was no evidence of tampering, and if you were bold enough to ask your parents why,

1:00.1

they may have given you a tall tale of a rogue poisoner who put God knows what in our candy

1:05.7

or razor blades in our apples. For the most part, this was nothing but an urban legend passed down long before we were

1:13.7

born.

1:14.6

But on October 31, 1974, citizens of Deer Park, Texas got a firsthand look at what happens

1:21.9

when legend becomes a reality.

1:24.9

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day

1:28.9

with a morning cup of murder. Living in Deer Park, Texas in 1974 was the O'Brien family. Father

1:40.1

Ronald Clark O'Brien, an optician who served as a deacon at a local Baptist church,

1:45.0

as well as a singer in their choir, his wife, Deneene, and their two children, eight-year-old

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