In 1970, 5-year-old Kevin Tonston from Detroit consumed his parent’s heroin and died. The parents attempted to cover it up by sprinkling bits of the heroin on his Halloween candy. He ate Halloween candy and then suddenly began to sweat and breathe heavily. Most of the illnesses kids would get from Halloween would be from candy going bad or homemade treats not being properly prepared. ♦Kristian Day is a filmmaker and writer based in Des Moines.