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As people would say, they were just... 

"youthful tormentors" and "robbers" demanding "edible plunder." 

It was a language of theft and criminality, but in a playful tone. 

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October 31st of 1936. . . Things started to change. People were still unfamiliar with the begging practice, but it emerged from the darkness...

The boys that played around in the dark alleyways were going to peoples doors and playing all sorts of pranks. The encounter at the door signified something new, Los Angeles Daily editor says.

Trick or treating started to become popular around the streets, as The Great Depression Era invited it. A time when economic breakdown strained normal social relations. cutie wasn't quite sure whether to view it as innocent fun, as begging or as a theft. 

What do you guys think? Has this also been a call for killer purge in the streets?

Little did anyone know that the halloween tradition would change the life of street boys forever. It was seen as an "opportunity" for those who were considered unworthy in the mafia - to find newborn american gangsters.

She looks down at her little brother, Franco and sees the delightful look on his face. cutie chuckles, imagining the small, but significant line he has to say. 

One knock. Two knocks. And three. "Ooh, trick or treat.." the boy says. The front door would open and the boy would look up, seeing the smile on whoever opened the door for him. The person standing in the doorway had on a nice suit, and a cigar between their fingertips.

He would hold out her paper bag. The boys eyes focused on the little caramel pieces the person was holding. He would grab for one, already excited for the next house he would go to...

But then, the person would hold back before the boy could get one. The boy starts to tremble. The boy would put a confused look on his face wondering what was the matter... 

He starts hearing a ruckus in the house, so the boy tries to peek behind the person. There was something more than candy. Something more tasty than dark chocolate...

He thought he saw a man putting white powder up his nose.

The person steps aside.

cutie shook her had, forcing her back into reality. That's enough, she thought to herself.

Franco walks out the house with his other friends and waves cutie farewell. "Have fun." cutie had secretly organised for some of her fellow family members to watch out for them. Just in case. 

cutie is appalled by her spelling and grammar mistakes. She pops another caramel candy in her mouth and shrugs.