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THE CANDY THAT
KILLED A KID
WHO NEVER DIED

The most effective piece of misinformation in American history never needed the internet. No algorithm. No coordinated campaign. Just a rumor, moving from playground to playground — until it reached every child in the country and destroyed a candy company. And the kid at the center of it was alive the whole time.

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Radio veteran. Pop culture obsessive. Firmly convinced the 80s and 90s were hiding something. Each week JB digs into the myths, legends, and conspiracy theories lurking inside the cartoons, toys, and TV you grew up with — and comes back with evidence.

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