In this episode Alyssa tells Ben Panko about the 1992 and 2021 versions of the movie Candyman and the urban legends which surround it.  

Show Notes:

Chicago Tribune: Cabrini-Green and a horror film that captured the fears of public housing

Vox: How a tragic unsolved murder and a public housing crisis led to Candyman

Chicago Reader: How a story about the horrors of housing projects became part of a horror movie

Chicago Reader: They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror

Horror News Network: Cabrini-Green: The True Horror of ‘Candyman’

AIC: Horrorella Talks Tolstoy, Beethoven and Candyman with Writer-Director Bernard Rose!

Chicago Tribune: BLACK SLASHER `CANDYMAN` DRAWS FIRE OVER `RACIST` DEPICTIONS

WTTW: Why ‘Candyman’ Continues to Hook Audiences Nearly 30 Years LaterVulture: Candyman Is a Soulless, Didactic Reimagining

Chicago Magazine: The Return of Candyman

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