Poisoned candy myths
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Poisoned candy myths are mostly urban legends about malevolent strangers intentionally hiding poisons, drugs, inedible items or sharp objects such as razor blades in candy, which they then distribute
Apples and homemade treats were common gifts to trick-or-treating children in the earlier parts of 20th century. Over time, parents preferred individually wrapped, store-bought candy.
Candies such as candy corn were regularly sold in bulk during the 19th century. Later, parents thought that pre-packaged foods were more sanitary.
An automobile trunk at a trunk-or-treat event at a church in Illinois
Trick-or-treating
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Trick-or-treating is a traditional Halloween custom for children and adults in some countries. During the evening of Halloween, on October 31, people in costumes travel from house to house, asking for
A child dressed as a skeleton trick-or-treating in Redford, Michigan, US, on October 31, 1979
Halloween shop in Derry, Northern Ireland. Halloween masks are called ‘false faces’ in Ireland and Scotland.
Girl in a Halloween costume in 1928 in Ontario, Canada, the same province where the Scottish Halloween custom of "guising" is first recorded in North America
Magazine advertisement in 1962