Diabolical Deception Ronald Clark O'Bryan's Poisonous Intentions

Ever since he convinced a jury that O'Bryan deliberately murdered 8-year-old Timothy by placing cyanide-laced Pixy Stix into his trick-or-treat candy, Note: This is an archived episode with a previous co-host* Halloween is a great time for kids to dress up as their favorite characters and trick-or-treating ... 591 S.W.2d 464 (1979). Ronald Clark O'BRYAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. No. 59731. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc. I remember hearing about this case vaguely years ago, and I always thought it mind-boggling that a man would resort to killing his child for ... Ronald Clark O'Bryan (October 19, 1944 – March 31, 1984), nicknamed The Candy Man, The Man Who Killed Halloween and The Pixy Stix Killer, was an American ... A poison that is consider really rare. Cyanide can be found in patients that have smoke inhalators because of residential or industrial fires. Ronald Clark O'Bryan, who killed his 8-year-old son with cyanide-laced Halloween candy to collect insurance money, was executed by lethal ... Ronald Clark O'Bryan is today remembered as the “Man Who Killed Halloween.” He earned the nickname — as well as another, “The Candy Man” — by murdering his own ... Ronald Clark O'Bryan added cyanide to multiple tubes of "Pixy Stix" candy and took his two children and two of their friends out trick-or-treating. Ronald Clark O'bryan, Petitioner-appellant, v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department Ofcorrections, Respondent-appellee, 691 F.2d 706 (5th Cir.