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Oct 31, 2016 · Ronald Clark O'Bryan, an optician, was out too, watching over his kids—eight-year-old Timothy and five-year-old Elizabeth—as they trick-or-treated in a suburban neighborhood near their home....
- Michael Segalov
- A Wolf in Sheep’S Clothing
- An Evil Far Scarier Than Ghosts and Goblins
- Ronald Clark O’ Bryan’s Conviction and Appeals
- Ronald Clark O’Bryan’s Haunting Legacy
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. Those who knew O’Bryan considered him a model citizen. One pastor desc...
October 31, 1974 began like any other Halloween night. Although O’Bryan had never shown a real interest in Halloween before, this year he was eager to take his children trick-or-treating. Jim Bates, a family friend, and his two children joined the O’Bryan family for the evening excursion. At one house, the children went to the door but received no ...
According to Joni Johnston, a forensic psychologist and private investigator, poisoners as a group typically lack empathy, evidenced by the premeditated nature in which they kill, and the cold, calculating strategy they often use. “[Poisoning] is also an instrument for someone who is kind of cunning and sneaky, not somebody who is going to be physi...
O’Bryan, now known by the nicknames “The Man Who Killed Halloween” and “The Candy Man,” never confessed to his crimes, but there are theoriesas to why he chose Halloween and poisoned candy to carry out his murder. “It’s thought that he was aware of the urban legends about Halloween poisoners, and cynically assumed that his use of cyanide-laced cand...
Oct 14, 2016 · After a dinner with friends, Ronald O'Bryan, still dressed in the white optician's lab coat he wore at work, and neighbor Jim Bates headed out for an early evening of trick-or-treating.
- Eric Dexheimer
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Jan 18, 2024 · On October 31, 1974, Ronald Clark O’Bryan took his children trick-or-treating in their Deer Park, Texas, neighborhood, alongside family friend Jim Bates and his children. The night took a sinister turn when O’Bryan distributed Pixy Stix laced with a lethal dose of potassium cyanide to his son, Timothy, and four other children, including his ...
Oct 12, 2020 · Jim Bates testified at trial that O’Bryan had leaped over the coffee table in his living room to prevent his 8-year-old son from eating from the pixy stix he had given him. Detectives also discovered that on Halloween, O’Bryan was seen by a customer he would work with later that day.
Oct 25, 2018 · On October 31, 1974, O’Bryan and his family — wife Daynene; son Timothy, 8; and daughter Elizabeth, 5 — had dinner with Jim Bates, his wife, and their children. When they finished up, O’Bryan and his two kids joined Bates and his little boy on a hunt for candy.
Mar 26, 1984 · By OLIVE TALLEY. DEER PARK, Texas -- Jimmy Bates, who accompanied condemned killer Ronald Clark O'Bryan on a fateful Halloween outing, said his former neighbor deserves to die Saturday for giving...
