![]() However, people often question whether these children actually died from being beaten with said wooden spoon or if the Muffin Man would kill them some other way. By local folklore, it is said Frederic would tie a muffin to a string, and as a child tried to get it, he pulled the string, eventually luring the child to his house and giving him ample time to knock the child out with a wooden spoon. ![]() His nickname The Muffin Man is actually a reference to how he committed the murders. ![]() When it came to the origins of the children's song, Uncyclopedia mockingly claimed that the Muffin Man title came from the manner in which he killed his victims: The parody website goes on to describe the childhood and adult life of Lynwood, including his supposed death from choking on a dumpling. A quick look at the entry showed a mug shot of the alleged "Muffin Man" - but of course cameras, photography, and mug shots were not available in the 16th century. According to the comedic online encyclopedia, Lynwood also went by the nickname of "Drury Lane Dicer" and was known as England's first documented serial killer. It appears that the account Williamson gave was based on an entry posted to Uncyclopedia, a parody version of Wikipedia. As such, we rate this claim as "Unproven." Williamson did not note his sources, and our own search of the internet returned no legitimate results. But we found no records documenting murders committed by a man of that name, or that he even existed.
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