We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.
This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.
Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-26 · 29 entries checked · 5 flagged · 15 issues confirmed · 5 corrected · 10 still open
The Old Man — The entry states the Old Man is 'Daniel Robitaille, a talented mixed-race painter' whose life was destroyed in '1890s Chicago.' In the 1992 film, Daniel Robitaille is not described as 'mixed-race'; his race is presented as Black, and his death is placed in 189
The Old Man — The entry says 'his body was burned on a pyre.' In the 1992 film, his body is not burned on a pyre; the mob leaves him to die, and his body is later found.
Bill Condon — The claim that Condon won a Razzie for Worst Director for Part 2 is inaccurate; Breaking Dawn – Part 2 did not win that award.
The Hook Hand — The entry states Candyman was formerly known as the 'Sugar Man,' but in the original 1992 film and established canon, Daniel Robitaille was known as the 'Candyman,' not the 'Sugar Man.'
The Hook Hand — The entry states the hook's origin is 'Chicago's South Side (Leiter Gardens),' but in the original 1992 film, the Candyman legend is tied to Cabrini-Green, not Leiter Gardens.
Five Times Chant — The quote attributed to the 1992 film omits the line 'I am the sweet smell of rotting flesh, the rustle of a dead man's hand. I am the Candyman.'
Five Times Chant — The entry states that the grandmother anecdote is a confirmed canonical fact, but it is an unverified anecdote from interviews, not established canon.
The Mirror Ritual — The ritual requires saying the name five times into a mirror, not just any reflective surface.
The Mirror Ritual — The hook hand is a prosthetic attached to his stump, not a replacement for a limb lost during the original violence.
Red Tuxedo — [phantom sweep] meta-commentary published as content; rewrite source-grounded
Cabrini-Green Playground — [phantom sweep] meta-commentary published as content; rewrite source-grounded
Hazelton Projects — [phantom sweep] meta-commentary published as content; rewrite source-grounded
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