The text describes a chilling true story that occurred on Halloween in a small Texas town in 1974. The O'Brien family, consisting of father Ronald, mother Dineen, and their children Elizabeth and Timati, were preparing for Halloween when Ronald agreed to pick up some candy from his friend Jimmy's house.
On Halloween, Ronald and the children went to collect candy. Timati, who was eight years old, received a pixie stick that tasted bitter. He started to feel sick and experienced convulsions. By the time they reached the hospital, Timati had died. An autopsy revealed that the pixie stick contained potassium cyanide, a lethal poison.
The story takes a dark turn when it is revealed that the poisoned candy was distributed by Ronald himself, who had insured his children's lives and was planning to collect on the insurance after their deaths. He had also bought additional life insurance policies for his children just before Halloween.
Ronald was arrested and sentenced to death. He was executed in 1982, leaving behind his wife and two other children. The story serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of false assumptions and the tragic consequences of someone's desperate actions.
1. Khila is a holiday that is no longer scary but is used as an excuse to dress up and tell scary stories .
2. The text discusses a scary story that evoked similar emotions to the filming of a video about John Wayne shells .
3. The story revolves around the man who killed Halloween, a small Texas town .
4. The story is about a family tragedy, not a story about maniacs and serial killers .
5. The O'Brien family, consisting of father Ronald, mother Dineen, daughter Elizabeth, and son Timati, lived in an ordinary neighborhood .
6. On Halloween, 1974, Timati, who was eight years old, found a pixie stick filled with cyanide .
7. Timati died on the way to the hospital from the cyanide poisoning .
8. The autopsy showed that someone had added potassium cyanide to Timati's pixie stick .
9. All the candies given to the police or examination were found to contain a large dose of cyanide .
10. The house from which the poisoned candies were distributed was identified as the home of Ronald Clark O'Brien .
11. Ronald Clark O'Brien was arrested and charged with the murder of his son .
12. O'Brien had taken out additional life insurance policies for his children before the murder .
13. O'Brien was also planning to kill two children of his friend Jimmy Bates and his own daughter .
14. O'Brien was executed in 1982 for the murder and attempted murder of his son and the children of his friend .