W said:

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HPD had serious issues in the 70's

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W said:

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HPD had serious issues in the 70's

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88jrt06 said:

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Ronald Clark O'Brian. (see wiki)

"The Candy Man", per national news.
I was a kid during this late 60s - mid70s period. O'Brian was better known as "The Candy Man" than Corll in Houston, at least. (He killed with candy, literally). Corll was called numerous things, for sure, including "Candy Man...", mostly, at the time, he was known as "worst mass murderer ever".

But, O'Brian was THE "Candy Man" in the local press. A shocking story about an optician in debt, who loaded up
giant pixie sticks, gve them to kids, including his own on Halloween, and killed for insurance $$$.

So, not incorrect. Guess they both had the name.

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Mr. AGSPRT04 said:

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Most walls have a top plate of 2x horizontal 2"x4"s that would prevent you ending up between walls. Even if no top plate was there, the width between walls is typically 4".

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Wycliffe_03 said:

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Didn't they find a ton of old skeletal remains buried throughout the grounds back when they tore down the Allen Parkway projects?

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Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Was a kid in the late 70s early 80s. I remember hearing the name Elmer Wayne Henley. Probably brought up by my parents / grandparents to scare me into not wandering off and to be careful of strangers.

One of Corl's victims worked at the Long John Silvers on Yale which is now Heights Asian Cafe. If you look at the last known sightings of some of the victims are all over the neighborhood, 13th and Shepherd, White Oak and Studewood, up near the 20th and Heights.

Does anyone have any personal connection to the case or personal accounts of events from that time?

It's unreal that som many kids went missing and were presumed to have run away from home.

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Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Was a kid in the late 70s early 80s. I remember hearing the name Elmer Wayne Henley. Probably brought up by my parents / grandparents to scare me into not wandering off and to be careful of strangers.

One of Corl's victims worked at the Long John Silvers on Yale which is now Heights Asian Cafe. If you look at the last known sightings of some of the victims are all over the neighborhood, 13th and Shepherd, White Oak and Studewood, up near the 20th and Heights.

Does anyone have any personal connection to the case or personal accounts of events from that time?

It's unreal that som many kids went missing and were presumed to have run away from home.

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Ag_07 said:

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Reading up on it a bit the fck up theory sounds about right. From what I gathered he enticed them with drugs, booze, and partying.

And his victims were mostly in the 13-17 range so I'm not sure I buy the whole 'he used candy' theory.

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Ag_07 said:

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Yeah I got that, but some on here were saying it was because he used candy to lure his victims.

That's what I'm chalking up to confusion between the two.

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TXTransplant said:

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CincyAg said:

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I can't believe this is the first I've heard of The Candy Man.

Just finished reading his Wikipedia page...creepy as eff.

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Read the Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth. It's equal parts incredibly riveting and disturbing.

The original plus two follow-ups.

http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-lost-boys/

http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/latest-news-on-the-corll-investigation/

http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/a-closer-look-at-one-of-dean-corlls-victims/

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schmellba99 said:

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TXTransplant said:

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CincyAg said:

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I can't believe this is the first I've heard of The Candy Man.

Just finished reading his Wikipedia page...creepy as eff.

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Read the Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth. It's equal parts incredibly riveting and disturbing.

The original plus two follow-ups.

http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-lost-boys/

http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/latest-news-on-the-corll-investigation/

http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/a-closer-look-at-one-of-dean-corlls-victims/

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Well...there went quite a while of my time reading those articles. Damn. Just...damn.

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Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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This is from wiki article on him citing a couple books on the murders and the Texas Monthly article it may have been the case that David Brooks (an accomplice) was lured by candy. The murders started in 1970, but ive read some theories that he may have killed before that.

In 1965,[16] the Corll Candy Company relocated to 22nd Street, directly across the street from Helms Elementary School. Corll was known to give free candy to local children,[19]:3651 in particular teenage boys: as a result of this behavior, he earned himself the nicknames the Candy Man and the Pied Piper. The company also employed a small work force, and he was seen to behave flirtatiously towards several teenage male employees.[20] Corll is known to have installed a pool table at the rear of the candy factory where employees and local youths would congregate.

In 1967, Corll befriended 12-year-old David Owen Brooks,[11] then a bespectacled sixth grade student and one of the many children to whom he gave free candy. Brooks initially became one of Corll's many youthful close companions; the youth regularly socialized with Corll and various teenage boys who congregated at the rear of the candy company. He also joined Corll on the regular trips he took to south Texas' beaches in the company of various youths, and later harked to the fact that Corll was the first adult male who did not mock his appearance.[22] Whenever Brooks told Corll he needed cash, he was given money, and the youth began to view Corll as a father figure.[21] Upon Corll's urging, a sexual relationship gradually developed between the two: beginning in 1969,[23] Corll paid Brooks in cash or with gifts to allow him to perform fellatio on the youth.[24]

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