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In 1974, Ronald O Bryan was found guilty of killing his son Timothy by giving him Halloween candy that had been laced with cyanide in order to collect insurance money. This is the only known case of a person deliberately poisoning Halloween candy.

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In 1974, Ronald O’Bryan was found guilty of killing his son Timothy by giving him Halloween candy that had been laced with cyanide in order to collect insurance money. This is the only known case of a person deliberately poisoning Halloween candy.

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