Killer Legends (2014)

Killer Legends (2014)

Terrific documentary by Joshua Zeman,  the writer and director of the unforgettable ‘Cropsey‘,  that follows up on the ‘urban legend‘ phenomenon by delving into 4 popular American urban legends (The Hook Man, The Candy Poisoner, The Babysitter and The Killer Clown) to try understand the connection between the myth of the urban legend and the true details of the crime itself…

” … With the hook, we travel to Texarkana, find a little-known serial killer who was never caught, and explain how fact and fiction were blurred through the film “The Town That Dreaded Sundown”. The fact the city annually shows a film about the killer, who could have been alive and attended a performance, is a bit disturbing. And how these “Texarkana Moonlight Murders” are relatively obscure, even for serial killer buffs, is a mystery in itself.

In the candy poisoner segment, we learn of the legend of candy tampering, which is just that: a legend. Although circulating for one hundred years, instances are so rare as to be virtually non-existent. And then we have Ronald Clark O’Bryan, the man who took these legends and used them to cover up his real crime… and legend becomes reality..”  IMDB