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If you say Candyman in the mirror five times, legend has it that he’ll appear and you’ll meet an unfortunate end. You’ve probably heard the urban legend and seen the movie, but you might not know that the movie is loosely based on a 1987 murder in Chicago when a killer came through a mirror.
SOURCES
https://www.chicagoganghistory.com/housing-project/grace-abbott-homes/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/p6466
https://casetext.com/case/mccoy-v-chicago-housing-authority
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/cause-of-death/
https://theconversation.com/candyman-the-urban-legends-behind-the-movie-and-why-we-find-them-irresistible-167126
https://www.google.com/search?q=hook+hand+urban+legen&rlz=1CAUSZT_enUS974US974&oq=hook+hand+urban+legen&aqs=chrome..69i57.7270j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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SOURCES
https://www.chicagoganghistory.com/housing-project/grace-abbott-homes/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/p6466
https://casetext.com/case/mccoy-v-chicago-housing-authority
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/cause-of-death/
https://theconversation.com/candyman-the-urban-legends-behind-the-movie-and-why-we-find-them-irresistible-167126
https://www.google.com/search?q=hook+hand+urban+legen&rlz=1CAUSZT_enUS974US974&oq=hook+hand+urban+legen&aqs=chrome..69i57.7270j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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