Thread:YingHe/@comment-36159587-20190820012144/@comment-33229352-20191021162306

There actually hasn’t been any recorded incident of people poisoning/otherwise tampering with candy. No death has ever been proven to be caused by a stranger giving a child tampered candy, even though it’s often used as a cover-up by families to cover up murders or negligence when their child suddenly dies after Halloween.

Kids will actually tamper their own candy to garner attention from their parents and pretend they found it in their bag then present it to them. It’s called the copycat effect.