The Poisoned Plot Ronald Clark O'Bryan's Sinister Scheme

Download this stock image: Death row inmate in Houston, Texas, Ronald Clark O'Bryan is shown in his cell, March 21, 1984. Last Statement. Date of Execution: March 30, 1984. Inmate: Ronald Clark O'Bryan #529. Last Statement: What is about to transpire in a few moments is wrong! A horrific murder that took place on Halloween night in 1974. This story is the cause of many urban legends, parental fears and movie inspirations. On a rainy Halloween night in 1974, the children of Deer Park, Texas were out knocking on doors. Ronald Clark O'Bryan, an optician, ... In 1974, Ronald Clark O'Bryan fatally poisoned his son's Halloween candy, giving rise to the enduring urban legend of tainted treats. Ronald Clark O'Bryan (nicknamed The Candyman) (October 19, 1944 – March 31, 1984) was a murderer from Pasadena in the US state of Texas who killed his son ... On Halloween 1974, a Texas man poisoned his young son with cyanide-laced candy in an attempt to collect the insurance money. Ronald Clark O'Bryan took his son and daughter trick-or-treating through a Pasadena neighborhood on October 31, 1974. The boy later started convulsing and died. Ronald Clark O'Bryan kills his eight-year-old son with Halloween candy laced with potassium cyanide in an effort to collect a $100000 life ... O'Bryan, Timothy Mark: Trial of Ronald Clark O'Bryan for murdering his son Timothy by giving him candy laced with cyanide on Halloween ...