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New Yorker Samantha Hartsoe posted a four-part series on TikTok detailing her discovery, with many noting its similarities to
Candyman. “Someone has clearly not watched CANDYMAN,” one said after watching Hartsoe climb through the gaping hole behind her mirror to explore the hidden room. Advertisement Hide
But the instance also parallels the circumstances surrounding the 1987 murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy, a 52-year-old woman who was reportedly fatally shot by at least one person who snuck into her unit through her medicine cabinet.
As we previously noted, several people online brought up McCoy’s death following Hartsoe’s video. One tweet, in particular, caught many people’s attention, with over 12,000 shares since being posted on March 4. “A woman named ruthie mae mccoy was murdered in chicago in the 80s by someone who came into her apartment through her bathroom mirror, the candyman movie is allegedly loos
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Candyman story may not have earned that title exactly, but the 1992 film and the upcoming follow-up starring Yayha Abdul-Mateen are very much rooted in a true story about a man who came out of a bathroom mirror in the Chicago housing projects and murdered the 52-year-old woman who lived there. Now a TikToker has just unveiled an aspect of her New York apartment that is eerily similar.
Samantha Hartsoe had the social media platform on edge on Wednesday when she slowly shared a four-part video series that starts with an unexplainable cold draft coming from her bathroom. Check out how the viral TikTok story starts:
Samantha Hartsoe was confused to notice a cool breeze blowing in her bathroom. She soon discovered that her mirror hid a hole in her wall that led to an abandoned apartment.