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Pixy Stix Killer. The "Man Who Killed Halloween" - On October 31, 1974, 8-year old Timothy O'Bryan died after eating Halloween candy laced with cyanide. Within days, his father, Ronald Clark O'Bryan, was accused of staging the crime as part of an insurance scheme to get out of debt. O'Bryan, a deacon in his church, laced 5 21-inch giant Pixy ...
Apr 11, 2016 · Timothy’s father, Ronald Clark O’Bryan helped his son remove the staple in the candy flap and instructed his son to tilt his head back. Ronald poured a large amount of the sugary sweetness down his son’s throat. Strangely, Timothy reported the flavor sugar to have a bitter taste, so his father fixed him some Kool-Aid to chase it with.
But by March 31, 1984, the execution method had changed to lethal injection. Eight years, nine months, and twenty-eight days after he was sentenced to die, Ronald Clark O’Bryan, the “Houston Candy Man,” and “The Man Who Ruined Halloween,” was pronounced dead at 12:48 in the morning. He maintained his innocence all the way to the end.
Mar 28, 2024 · Death of Timothy O’Bryan. On Halloween night in 1974, Ronald Clark O’Bryan engaged in the time-honored tradition of taking his children, along with a neighbor’s kids, trick-or-treating in ...
Dec 10, 2021 · Ronald Clark O’Bryan lived with his wife Daynene and two children, Timothy and Elizabeth, in Deer Park, Texas, a middle-class suburb of Houston. He worked as an optician and served as a deacon at a Baptist church, where he sang in the choir and oversaw the parochial bus program.
Oct 31, 2019 · FILE--This is a Sept. 30, 1982, file photo of Ronald Clark O'Bryan leaving court in Houston after he was sentenced to die for the poisoning death of his 8-year-old son with a cyanide-laced treat ...
Mar 30, 1984 · HOUSTON -- The ex-wife of Ronald Clark O'Bryan, awaiting execution for poisoning his son, said Friday she believes her former husband is guilty and his death will give her 'a brand new beginning ...
