How Tampered Halloween Candy Affected ’90s Trick-or-Treating

Police in Hercules, California, issued a stark warning in October 2000. Multiple families from a single suburban neighborhood came forward with a frightening discovery. They had found small shards of broken glass deliberately inserted into fun-sized Snickers bars their children collected on Halloween. The incidents seemed concentrated in one area, suggesting a local source. Thankfully, no injuries were reported, but the case was like a reminder for parents everywhere to carefully inspect every single piece of candy.