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CatrinaBallerina t1_irczo2i wrote

Nah. It was quite literally because he was unjustly murdered by police and he typically gave kids candy. There is a scene where he comes out from behind a wall in the projects, but he wasn’t living within the walls.

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Broiledturnip t1_isghqw5 wrote

No, in real life Cabrini green the apartment walls in the bathrooms were not sealed/secure and a woman was murdered when her assailant came in through the mirror hole in her bathroom. It was part of the inspiration for candy man coming out of the mirror.

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