While the Candyman movies involve a mysterious paranormal murderer that can be summoned thought the bathroom mirror stalking the projects of Chicago, they are based on a true story. Today's podcast discusses the bizarre details surrounding the murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy who was killed in her apartment in the ABLA housing project of Chicago's Near-West Side. McCoy's killer/killers entered her apartment though her bathroom medicine cabinet, crawling through from the vacant apartment next door by taking advantage of a hole created to access piping between apartments.

This week's episode tells the story of Elmer McCurdy, a not too successful bandit of the old west who was eventually killed in Oklahoma in 1911. However, McCurdy's story didn't end then. After being embalmed, no one wanted to pay for his burial, and he went on display at the funeral home. Elmer's desiccated eventually toured the United States in various ways until it was forgotten that he was actually a real person and not a wax figure. The truth of his identity wasn't discovered until the 1970's when he was discovered while filming a TV episode in an amusement park dark ride. Take a listen and find out all about Elmer, who's like only got more interesting after he was dead.

We're back after a one week hiatus with stories of the bizarre area where the law and ghosts overlap. We have two stories this week: the first where the testimony of a ghost is officially admitted as evidence in a trial, and the second where a house is declared legally haunted. Take a listen and see just how ghosts and our legal system have intermingled.