Razor Blade Found in Halloween Candy

[snopes]

The Lake County Sheriff's Department is investigating after a razor blade was found inside a piece of candy.

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2...een_candy.html

[snopes]

A Halloween treat turned tricky for 11-year-old Tommy de la Cruz of Littleton when, he said, he found a needle hidden inside a fun size Milky Way bar he got while trick or treating.

http://cw2.trb.com/news/kwgn-needle-...,7536522.story

[snopes]

A family had a Halloween scare when they found out a piece of their child's candy had a piece of metal inside.

http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=7298767

[snopes]

Candy sales were halted at a Walgreens store for a few hours on Halloween after a package of one-and-a half inch sewing needles was found on top of a package in the candy aisle. One needle was missing from the package.

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=7295120

[Artemis]

Aww. Now I can't make fun of people who get freaked out at the thought ofrazor blades in candy bars!

[snopes]

Police are reminding parents to check their children's Halloween candy after a small, white pill was discovered in one child's bag of chips.

http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=5666

[snopes]

A woman whose daughter received tainted candy from trick-or-treating is warning parents to check their kids' candy.

The woman said her daughter found a small blue pill with C-5 imprinted on it -- a pill later determined to be the antihistamine Clarinex -- inside a box of Graveyard Goodies candy. The Graveyard Goodies were just one item inside a treat bag obtained from an unknown home.

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articl...8700011583.txt

[snopes]

Police say prescription pills were found in a child’s Halloween bag during a routine candy check.

New Hartford Police say the pills were the allergy medication Zyrtec.

http://www.9wsyr.com/mostpopular/sto...7-dfae04379dd9

[snopes]

Police are warning parents to sift through their children's Halloween candy after one child received Zyban pills as a treat and another was given an apple embedded with a nail.

http://www.thespec.com/article/275756

[MidgardDragon]

There was a news report the night of Halloween stating that a kid picked up an unwrapped (and rewrapped) candy bar on the side of the road and took it home for his parents to check, where they found a razor blade inside it. WHY the kid thought picking up candy on the side of the road was okay, even on Halloween, they did not elaborate on. :x

[Ezri]

Why would people take the time to do this crap? Seriously....

[TuFurg]

My trick: buy a boatload of candy then trash the collected candy and replace it with stuff we bought. Everyone's happy- especially the one who picked the candy

[lyra_silvertongue]

So I was under the impression that all of the hype about razorblades and whatnot in candy was all just an UL. For instance, in "Bowling for Columbine" it's said that there was only one documented instance of poisoned candy and it turned out to be the parents that did it.

Is this rash of incidents this Halloween a new thing? Or was I wrong before to think it was an UL?

[A Turtle Named Mack]

Originally Posted by lyra_silvertongue

So I was under the impression that all of the hype about razorblades and whatnot in candy was all just an UL. For instance, in "Bowling for Columbine" it's said that there was only one documented instance of poisoned candy and it turned out to be the parents that did it.

Is this rash of incidents this Halloween a new thing? Or was I wrong before to think it was an UL?

I had long heard that the only documented instances involved in-family aduleration of the goodies. For the above stories, I would say the cases are still open. I rather wonder how you could put a razor blade in a candy bar without it being really obvious.

[lyra_silvertongue]

Originally Posted by A Turtle Named Mack

I had long heard that the only documented instances involved in-family aduleration of the goodies. For the above stories, I would say the cases are still open. I rather wonder how you could put a razor blade in a candy bar without it being really obvious.

I always wondered that too. Not to mention re-wrapping said candy bar.

After reading the article on the snopes main page, I'm even more confused.

[TuFurg]

Originally Posted by lyra_silvertongue

I always wondered that too. Not to mention re-wrapping said candy bar.

After reading the article on the snopes main page, I'm even more confused.

My guess is that the whole thing isn't inserted. A smaller piece wold be failry easy to slide in IMO.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by lyra_silvertongue

So I was under the impression that all of the hype about razorblades and whatnot in candy was all just an UL. For instance, in "Bowling for Columbine" it's said that there was only one documented instance of poisoned candy and it turned out to be the parents that did it.

Is this rash of incidents this Halloween a new thing? Or was I wrong before to think it was an UL?

I thought it was nothing more than a UL, too, as "Bowling for Columbine" pointed out. I'm confused now.

Still, even if it has happened "a lot" this Halloween, think of all the times that kids just trick or treated and nothing bad happened.

[Daphodil]

And 35 years later, my mother's greatest fear is proved true.

Now I wonder if I will get kidnapped if I'm out in the yard after dark...

[lyra_silvertongue]

Originally Posted by Artemis

I thought it was nothing more than a UL, too, as "Bowling for Columbine" pointed out. I'm confused now.

Still, even if it has happened "a lot" this Halloween, think of all the times that kids just trick or treated and nothing bad happened.

I wonder too if it's happened a lot recently because of the UL. Self-manifesting UL of sorts.

[MidgardDragon]

Originally Posted by lyra_silvertongue

I wonder too if it's happened a lot recently because of the UL. Self-manifesting UL of sorts.

I think this is exactly it. People have heard the UL, and decided to make it come true. Really pathetic if you ask me. I just hope it doesn't do anymore to kill Halloween then is already being done.