Candyman.......Candyman....... you're supposed to say it five times in a mirror, right?  A myth, an Urban Legend, an iconic Horror film. It may come as a surprise to some to learn that there's more truth to the storyline than one would imagine...dare we say a much more sinister and bizarre truth.

This week on Bizarre Buffet the gang sit's down to discuss the chilling True Crime story of Ruthie Mae Mccoy, a resident of the ABLA Homes (Chicago Public Housing Authority). Ruthie Mae died tragically when she was murdered by an assailant who broke into her home though her bathroom mirror.

To quote a headline written by Steve Bogira for the Chicago Reader:

" Ruthie Mae McCoy was the type who talked to herself and cursed strangers on the street. When she called 911 to report that someone was coming through the bathroom medicine cabinet of her Abbot Homes apartment, she might have been hallucinating. But she wasn't."

Tune in to hear some amazing details about this story, you won't be disappointed!

Click the link below to read the article " They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror: A Murder in the Projects" by Steve Bogira for the Chicago Reader. A truly brilliant and fascinating piece of important journalism that provided us with amazing details for this episode.

They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror

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