The Candy Man (2012)

Blood, Lies, And Alibis: Candy Man (2012)

.. Dean Corll, a.k.a ‘The Candy Man’ was a 33-year-old electrician living in Houston, Texas, who with two teen accomplices (Elmer Wayne Henley & David Brooks) were responsible for kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering at least 27 young boys in Houston in the early 1970s… The Houston Mass Murders, as the case was later called, became one of the most horrific series of murders in U.S. history...

“While in police custody, Henley began to tell about his relationship with Corll. He said Corll paid him $200 or more “per head” to lure young boys to his house. Most of the boys were from low-income Houston neighborhoods and were easily persuaded to come to a party where there would be free alcohol and drugs. Many were also childhood friends of Henley and had no reason to distrust his intentions. But once inside Corll’s home, they would soon become victims of his sadistic and murderous obsessions….” – About.com