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Based on a True Story: 4 by CBS News

Based on a True Story: 4

from Candyman: The True Story Behind The Bathroom Mirror Murder

by CBS News

Published: Thu Oct 24 2024

Show Notes

While the suspects for Ruthie Mae McCoy's murder wait in jail, a British director is on the hunt for his next film. Host Dometi Pongo finds out how a murder similar to McCoy's ended up in Bernard Rose's 1992 Candyman and discovers just how many details stem from a fateful trip the director took to the Chicago projects.

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