Disastro Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I think that I might have been both right and wrong. I just read that Corrl was indeed called the Candyman because he would give young boys candy which he got from his family's candy-making business. But I also remember that the guy in Pasadena who poisoned his son with Pixy-Stix candy was called the Candyman by his fellow inmates in prison.I remember the Pixie-Stix dude...seems like after that is when people really started checking their candy and it seems trick or treating was quite the same after that for years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MapMaker Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Ronald Clark O'Bryan (October 19, 1944 – March 31, 1984), nicknamed The Candy Man and The Man Who Killed Halloween, was an American former optician fromDeer Park, Texas convicted of killing his eight-year-old son Timothy on Halloween 1974 with potassium cyanide-laced Pixy Stix in order to claim life insurance money. He also distributed poisoned candy to his daughter and three other children in an attempt to cover up his crime; however neither his daughter nor the other children ate the poisoned candy. (Just read an interesting story in the Chron today about Ronald Clark O'Bryan (link). I consider myself pretty well-schooled in Houston's macabre history and had not heard of him before. I thought Dean Corrl was Houston's only notorious "Candyman" killer in the 1970's, but I guess not. Anyway, I have been working on a map project of sorts for the last year, in which I've been pinpointing the precise locations of various historical events, offbeat attractions, and sites in Houston. I'm trying to find Clark's old address (the house where the poisoning presumably occurred) so I can include it on my map, but have been unsuccessful thus far. Does anyone remember where this happened? Even just a street name would help. Edited October 31, 2014 by MapMaker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 that dude is the reason why the news does their dog and pony show/hysteria about tainted candy every year at Halloween. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torimask Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Parktown Townhomes in Deer Park was the O'Bryan home where Tim ingested the poison. They'd been trick or treating with a group over in a "better" neighborhood, with Ron as the chaperon, in Pasadena. The man Ron fingered for the poison house was Courtney Melvin, 4112 Donerail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooljuice Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I may have that O'bryan address. Found this by freeze frameing off the killer ledgens documentary as they were at O'bryans house/apartment. 746 was the house number. If what people are saying is true about the family living at parktown townhomes this is that address. Parktown Townhomes 500 W Pasadena Blvd Deer Park, TX 77536http://www.parktownapts.comThe Apartments in the link are exactly like the ones in the killer ledgens documentary.That's the best I can narrow down the address so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 On 4/10/2015 at 11:55 AM, Kooljuice said: I may have that O'bryan address. Found this by freeze frameing off the killer ledgens documentary as they were at O'bryans house/apartment. 746 was the house number. If what people are saying is true about the family living at parktown townhomes this is that address. Parktown Townhomes 500 W Pasadena Blvd Deer Park, TX 77536 http://www.parktownapts.com The Apartments in the link are exactly like the ones in the killer ledgens documentary. That's the best I can narrow down the address so far. There are actually two divisions of parktown in deer park, one on Pasadena Blvd and the other off center st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I remember watching a documentary about this crime a while ago; what a heart-wrenching tale. I wasn't aware there were the two divisions of Parktown, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) I'm a retired Houston radio news reporter who has vivid memories of the Mass Murders committed by Dean Corll and two accomplices. I covered and reported that story every day from day one - the day Wayne Henley was arrested for killing Corll and revealing the most sickening story of depravity and cruelty I've ever encountered. My point: The coverage went on for several years, and not once in any of that coverage was Corll ever referred to as the "Candy Man". Yes he worked in his mother's candy business, and he was known for giving free candy to children, and the kids called him the Candy Man, but I don't remember anybody ever referring to him as Candy Man during the long investigation that followed his death. On the other hand, Ronald Clark O'Bryan - the guy who poisoned his children on Halloween in 1974 - WAS called the Candy Man for the rest of his sorry life till he was executed in 1984, proclaiming his innocence to the end. Dean Corll was killed more than a year earlier in August of 73, and the Mass Murder story played out well into 1974 and 1975 as police found bodies of Corll's victims all around the Houston area, on the Gulf Coast, and in east Texas. Trials of Corll's accomplices kept the story going for a long time. The Mass Murders were still front page news when RC O'Bryan poisoned his kids in August of 74, and somehow the two stories got conflated and Corll became the Candy Man in many people's minds, even though he never lured children to their deaths with candy. His victims were teenage hitch-hikers he and his helpers picked up on the freeways, many of whom were runaways. Edited October 30, 2016 by FilioScotia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 You definitely seem to have your facts straight. That must have been a terrifying experience for you having to report on all those gruesome murders and be so close to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) It was gruesome for sure, but reporters have the luxury of being able to cover stories from arm's length distance. In that line of work you learn very early NOT to get too close to the stories you cover. Reporters who get emotionally involved don't last long. Edited October 30, 2016 by FilioScotia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher101 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 You are correct, Parktown townhomes now called Villages at Parktown. 500 w. Pasadena Blvd, apt 746. He did not live off the phase 2 property on center street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWallace Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 4/10/2015 at 11:55 AM, Kooljuice said: I may have that O'bryan address. Found this by freeze frameing off the killer ledgens documentary as they were at O'bryans house/apartment. 746 was the house number. If what people are saying is true about the family living at parktown townhomes this is that address. Parktown Townhomes 500 W Pasadena Blvd Deer Park, TX 77536 http://www.parktownapts.com The Apartments in the link are exactly like the ones in the killer ledgens documentary. That's the best I can narrow down the address so far. You are correct on the address. It was Parktown Town Houses in Deer Park, Tx., off Pasadena Blvd, and the unit was 746. The unit was a 3-2, one story townhouse. Back then, they were next to a horse pasture, and surrounded by an open field. It's built-up since then. Timothy was my friend... he lived across the courtyard from me. We both went to Carpenter Elementary, and played together after school with other kids in the "neighborhood". I'll NEVER forget that horrible night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEddy Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 On 4/3/2022 at 8:26 PM, KWallace said: You are correct on the address. It was Parktown Town Houses in Deer Park, Tx., off Pasadena Blvd, and the unit was 746. The unit was a 3-2, one story townhouse. Back then, they were next to a horse pasture, and surrounded by an open field. It's built-up since then. Timothy was my friend... he lived across the courtyard from me. We both went to Carpenter Elementary, and played together after school with other kids in the "neighborhood". I'll NEVER forget that horrible night. I went there also, he was my friend too. Julee Morrow was my name then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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