The murder that inspired the original tale of Candyman.
” He Came Through the Mirror : The Murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy” only on the Bizarre Buffet Podcast. Streaming everywhere!
The True Story behind Candyman is far more real and sinister than even the plot of the frightening film itself. As opposed to the storyline of the film, that takes the approach of a superstition come to life ( much like chanting “Bloody Mary” in a mirror)…One of the primary focuses is on the murder of a Fictional character by the name of ” Ruthie Jean “, a resident living in the Cabrini Green housing projects in Chicago, Illinois.
What some may not realize is that “Ruthie Jean” was inspired by a True Crime story surrounding the unfortunate murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy, a resident of ABLA Homes (Jane Addams Homes, Robert Brooks Homes, Loomis Courts, and Grace Abbott Homes) . Ruthie had called the police on numerous occasions in great distress, explaining how someone was trying to come through her bathroom mirror…no one believed her…and by the time they did, it would prove to be far too late.
-Steve Bogira
From the article written for the Chicago Reader By Steve Bogira “They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror”……
” McCoy, 52, went through much of her life afraid; she was hounded by paranoia. Her fears weren’t soothed by her dwelling place the last four years—a high-rise building in a near-south-side Chicago Housing Authority project known as ABLA, where the van dropped her off this Wednesday afternoon, April 22. She lived in one of the seven 15-story, brown, Y-shaped towers named the Grace Abbott Homes—the most dangerous buildings in ABLA. A claustrophobe in a closet might be more at ease than a paranoid like McCoy in an Abbott high rise; the buildings feature dark, malfunctioning elevators, pitch-black stairwells, and cocaine and PCP addicts on nearly every floor. Fiends really are lurking in the shadows here; in these towers, you’re crazy if you’re not always looking over your shoulder. McCoy lived at the end of a corridor on the 11th floor of the building at 1440 W. 13th St.” -Steve Bogira
The Jordan Peele reboot of the classic film is out in theaters today !
Candyman 2021
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Read the original article about the murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy by following the link listed below.
They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror By Steve Bogira
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