Sorry to say truth. back in the sixtys there were razer blades, and exlax found in some treats. Have not heard of it for a very long time (last in the 80's) so this is why no unwraped or home made treats.

Snopes says it's false? But, if you really want to make sure, hospitals have been known to xray your goodies, if you want/need.

I heard about this many many years ago. I believe it to be true.

I think it's an urban legend. I prefer to have faith in humanity whether it's ill-placed or not.

While I didn't experience razor blades, there was a neighbor who put a rock in my friend's trick or treat bag and put a plastic bag of rotted food in my trick or treat bag. This was around 1965.

We were always careful to only go to houses that had the outdoor light on. If the light was not on, that meant that trick or treaters were not welcome. The neighbor's light was on so she was apparently welcoming trick or treaters. My friend liked to check after each house to see what she'd gotten. She pulled the rock out of her bag and threw it on the ground. I liked to wait until I got home to see what all my goodies were so I didn't discover the rotten food until I got home.

So we knew which house had given my friend the rock and assumed the same neighbor had given me the rotten food. My parents called the police but they apparently couldn't do anything without more proof.

Had to throw out all my Halloween candy that year.

Recently in our local paper there was a police report that "a bunch" of razor blades were found outside by a dumpster at our local Odd Lots store. It when on to say that employees then came forward to say they have found the razor blades in candy and stuffed animals inside the store! Had they reported this to the manager or only just when the pile of blades were found outside?

I think a lot is urban legends (why do we eat this stuff up, these day?). I don't know anyone who gives out anything but store-bought candy. I suppose it depends on the neighborhood in which one lives. If it's the kind where people pull a gun if bumped into at a neighborhood picnic (yes, this really DID happen in my town - no urban legend!), then such houses might best be avoided.

Fake news has been around for a very long time. It's hard to know what to believe. No proof here.

It was going on when I was a kid and that was about 55 yrs ago. People can be very mean!

Well, the stories have been going on for many years. The questionable whether the stories are true.

Truth in parts of Philadelphia for pins and razor blades, also pills wrapped to look like candy.

have no idea of the truth to these stories, but when i start seeing "I HEARD" multiple times... get a bit skeptical. i HEARD, at one time, hospitals were doing x-rays of Halloween candy to check for razor blades??

I have seen that it happened, and also seen xrays taken were I worked of pins in a candy bar. in the 80"s. so sad to say it was a true thing . I am happy that I have not seen or heard of it for many years.

My personal feeling is that it happened a couple times and was exaggerated TREMENDOUSLY.

Calling the police for putting a rock in a bag? Really? OK...

I think it's a good thing that the schools and places are doing halloween parties. I've become a little tired of seeing the laziness of trick-or-treaters. (And granted, it could be overprotectiveness of parents.) When they need to have their parents/others driving them around, dropping them off, driving down the street, sit and wait to pick them up and move to the next spot, then they're too lazy for me to support. You don't have to live on my block to trick-or-treat here but you'd better be on your feet (or in a wheelchair or something).

Over the years I've seen local news reporting pins or needles in apples, but never heard of anyone injured by biting into the apples. Heck, why eat an apple when you're holding a bag full of candy! But to answer the question, I think it has more than likely happened just because someone wanted to see if it would bake the news.

Re: the razor blades at Odd Lots. Only that one small article appeared in the paper, I'm wondering if it was a disgruntled employee or employees coming forward. Or, the store simply did not want that kind of publicity right before Halloween and had it all hushed up quickly. Not very responsible of the police dept., to offer results of the investigation.

This happened very near here....in 1974, a man killed his son and tried to kill his daughter and some other children to help cover up the crime. He put poison in Giant Pixie Stix in Halloween candy. So this is no urban legend, but many may have sprung up following this incident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_Bryan

I corrected the link....it didn't work at first.

This is no legend. It absolutely did happen and our local hospital and others offered xraying of candy. There were children injured and there were foreign objects found in treats.

There are some sick people in the world that prey on children. I wouldn't put it past this kind of stuff to happen. Perhaps not wide spread but just one child being hurt from tainted goodies is too many.

Amiee never went door to door nor has my grandsons. They dress up and go to family and friends only. They also attend the local Halloween Parade sponsored by the Fireman where they receive a huge bag of treats. Than there's a Halloween party at the Church with lots of games and more treats. And we give them each ten dollars to help rot their teeth even more. Haha.

Our Schools stopped the Halloween partys a long time ago. Against somes religious beliefs. I recommended a costume Autumn party but they were set against costumes. So no Party.

Cynic - the police were called, not because of a rock, but because someone had put rotted food in a child's Halloween bag. Think the dregs of leftover food scraps that had been in the bottom of a garbage can for a couple of weeks. Because of reports at the time of dangerous objects being inserted into Halloween treats, my parents thought it prudent to alert authorities. Wouldn't you agree that it's probably a very sick person who would do something like that?

Whether true or not, it ruined the fun of receiving (or now, making) homemade treats like popcorn balls, candied apples or truffles. I'd love to be able to hand those things out for Halloween but know that anything like that would go directly into the trash. Too bad.

Yes, sadly enough, it's truth here, too. And I agree with Mamapinky, if even one child is injured, it is one too many! And I don't think that even just one incident can ever be over exaggerated. The fact is, there really are a lot of mean, crazy, and/or sick people in this world. And they aren't confined to certain types of neighborhoods, they can (and do) live almost anywhere, including some very 'high class' neighborhoods.

Rusty