Episode 2: “Stranger Danger"
How the Oakland County Child Killer stopped American kids from playing outside.
In this episode of The Clown and The Candyman, when four children were snatched off the street and murdered in Oakland County, police looked for a lone sadistic killer. 47 years later the case is still unsolved but evidence now points to a ring of predators working together.
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