E151 - Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. [SPOOKYPEDIA]

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You know the legend: say his name five times in the mirror and Candyman appears. But before the hook-handed ghost ever terrified you in your nightmares, there was a real woman in Chicago whose screams went unanswered.  In 1987, 52-year-old Ruthie Mae McCoy called 911, terrified that someone was breaking into her apartment through her bathroom mirror. Hours later, Ruthie Mae was dead. What followed was a horrifying chain of neglect, systemic failure, and indifference th...