Legend Has It: A Halloween Special with "Killer Legends" Filmmaker Joshua Zeman

It’s spooky season, campers, and what’s a better way to celebrate than to dig into some urban legends? You know the ones we’re talking about—the razor blades in the Halloween candy, the call coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE, Bloody Mary in the mirror. That kinda stuff. We all have our favorites. But what happens when the legend comes true? Do some of these stories have roots in real crimes? Well, we’re gonna find out—and who better to help us than Joshua Zeman, award-winning director of our *favorite* true crime documentaries, "Killer Legends" and "Cropsey?" This is “Legend Has It,” a Halloween Special Event.<br /><br />Legend: Poisoned Halloween Candy<br /><br />True Case: The Man Who Ruined Halloween, Ronald O'Bryan<br /><br />Legend: The Bunny Man<br /><br />True Case: The Murder of Doreen Erbert<br /><br />Legend: A Corpse in the Haunted House<br /><br />True Case: Outlaw Elmer McCurdy<br /><br />Sources:<br />"Killer Legends," 2014 documentary film by Joshua Zeman for Chiller<br /><a href="https://medium.com/" rel="noopener">https://medium.com/</a>@crimewaffles/william-michael-dennis-the-murderer-in-the-wolf-mask-4ec6ebeb8f59<br /><a href="https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman" rel="noopener">https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man</a><br /><a href="https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman" rel="noopener">https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman</a><br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/books/where-s-elmer.html" rel="noopener">https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/books/where-s-elmer.html</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy" rel="noopener">https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy</a><br /><a href="https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/elmer-mccurdy/" rel="noopener">https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/elme