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On September 29, 1982, the greater Chicago area, experienced a string of deaths, all linked to one single product; Tylenol. Investigators' immediate action, no doubt, saved more lives, but how could this have happened to seven innocent people in the first place? Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast Email: CousinsonCrime@gmail.com Theme Music by AleXZavesa Join our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/CousinsOnCrime Check out our merch store! https://cousinsoncrime-shop.fourthwall.com/? Sources: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1187077380/main-suspect-in-the-1982-chicago-tylenol-murders-dies https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://www.wmtv15news.com/2023/03/17/madison-woman-lost-dad-aunt-uncle-1982-tylenol-murders/ https://abc7chicago.com/the-tylenol-murders-chicago-1982-adam-janus/12470278/ https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/09/us/tylenol-murders-cnnphotos/ https://publish.illinois.edu/redline-collection/chicago-in-the-1980s/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/10/27/the-tylenol-murders-read-the-tribune-investigation/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tylenol-murders-40-years-later-who-have-investigators-identified-as-suspects-or-persons-of-interest/

In 1982, America had come leaps and bounds in medical innovations, including one little capsule that could be taken for just about any ailment: Tylenol. Unfortunately, one very disturbed person would take this magic little pill and wield it against the public as a terrifying biological weapon. This week, Hannah tells Katy about the infamous Chicago Tylenol Murders, in which seven people were killed before authorities were able to take action to stop the random poisonings. The girls talk a little science, and a lot of speculation about the mystery-murderer, including two wild suspects the police investigated. This one is pretty upsetting, with just the tiniest glimmer of hope at the end, so stick with it! And as always, pour those drinks, munch on some Cheddar Bay Biscuits (the girls may or may not have put away 4-5 of them during this episode), and join us for this Unsolved Mystery!Sources:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7636577/mary_ann-kellermanhttps://www.corboydemetrio.com/newsroom-news-tylenol-murder-case-press-releasehttps://abc7chicago.com/the-tylenol-murders-chicago-1982-adam-janus/12470278/https://www.wmtv15news.com/2023/03/17/madison-woman-lost-dad-aunt-uncle-1982-tylenol-murders/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide_poisoning#Diagnosishttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441064/https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2012/chicago-tylenol-murders-an-oral-history/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tylenol-murders-changed-medication_n_64c82be7e4b024f8ebca9a8ahttps://www.npr.org/2023/07/10/1186906874/james-lewis-suspect-tylenol-poisonings-dieshttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2zSXH9Bvu3CeXEZvKkS3WS?si=3mNA9F2wS9-ZiLxnC23CxAhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1XF1cOicPm0vzjKDxpUo94?si=a15b6PEvS52YHfCeT6DaHASupport the Show.Follow us @thetaleswetellpodcast on Facebook and Instagram, or thetaleswetellpodcast.comSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/thetaleswetellpodcast?Click here for merch!

Alright it's time for another mystery! Bryan Jason from the Cleveland Schwill podcast joins me to breakdown the Chicago Tylenol murders! The suspect may be closer to home than you might think.... To check out more from Bryan click the link below! To check out more from the Cleveland Schwill, click the link below: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cleveland-schwill/id1641561463 COSMIC MERCH! ⁠⁠https://cosmic-peach-podcast-shop.fourthwall.com⁠⁠ PATREON (ROOM 237)! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Cosmicpeachpodcast⁠

Welcome back to the Beer Canspiracy Show. This show may be considered offensive by some, and a mature listening audience is advised. In this episode The Boys discuss a handful of mysterious murders that overtook Chicago in the 1980's. Special thanks and music credit to Karl Casey @White Bat Audio (http://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio) Music from @ArgsoundBM --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beercanspiracyshow/message

In 2020, citizens of Schuylkill County found bizarre notes hidden in their groceries and shared them on Reddit. The note's message alluded to government corruption, social issues, and other conspiracy theories. No one has been able to track down where the notes came from or what it really means. Since we started researching this topic in 2021, it has only expanded exponentially, so today we finally discuss the Schuylkill Notes. Sensitive topics: mental illness, ""New World Order"" conspiracies. If you want to listen to past mysteries we discuss, they are: William Shakespeare (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0VVIyL83LhCjSsFhajt029?si=81dea6b9aef2444a), Chicago Tylenol Murders (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6x9Q2WyTwBoMDl3xbyx7K9?si=214d2c9be9544570), and Toynbee Tiles (https://open.spotify.com/episode/43fvLgYDlcWDZgR0zyMh93?si=def750eac0c34073). Schuylkill Notes Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/schuylkillnotes/ Follow us on socials: https://twitter.com/RedWebPod, https://www.instagram.com/redwebpod/ Join FIRST: redwebpod.com/first Sponsored by Rocket Money (go to http://rocketmoney.com/redweb to cancel your unwanted subscriptions), Factor (go to http://factormeals.com/redweb50 and use code redweb50 to get 50% off), and Henson Shaving (go to https://hensonshaving.com and enter REDWEB at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase. (Note: you must add both the 100-blade pack and the razor for the discount to apply)). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine walking into your local pharmacy looking for pain relief but instead someone decided to lace your pain medication with potassium cyanide. Well, that's what happened in the 80's in the Chicago area!  YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@didnotneedtoknow3912Merchandise: https://did-not-need-to-know.creator-spring.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/didnotneedtoknow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DNNTKpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/dnntkpodcastWebsite: https://https://www.didnotneedtoknow.com

In 1982, 7 people suddenly died in Chicago, having taken Extra Strength Tylenol just before, and police learned the pills had been tampered with. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what happened, who was responsible, and how these events changed American permanently. The post 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders appeared first on StarQuest Media.

In 1982, 7 people suddenly died in Chicago, having taken Extra Strength Tylenol just before, and police learned the pills had been tampered with. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what happened, who was responsible, and how these events changed American permanently.

This week, Kailey and Brayden take you through the twists and turns of the mysterious Chicago Tylenol Murders of 1982. From medical mystery to deadly poisoning; listen to find out more!Sources:https://interactive.wttw.com/remembering-chicago https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-tylenol-murders/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/tylenolmurders/ct-tylenol-murders-1982-victims-bios-20220922-vvgpstr5rzffrp2mpigsm5aziy-htmlstory.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-tylenol-murders-unsealed-first-24-hours-20220922-2mts4uwyzjgard6cawicu2myvm-htmlstory.html https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/painkiller-1982-tylenol-murders-questions-james-lewis/ https://www.npr.org/2023/07/10/1186906874/james-lewis-suspect-tylenol-poisonings-dies https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-history/milestones-us-food-and-drug-law 

Who decided to add cyanide to a bunch of bottles of Tylenol in the Chicago area in 1982? A couple of real shifty, odd suspects emerged in an investigation that lasted decades. In this episode, we'll not only look at the Chicago crimes, we'll also look at how these crimes led to legal changes to protect the consumers of all kinds of products. Protections all of us benefit from today. And we'll look into some copycat crimes that came later. Get ready to smell your medicine and vitamins for the scent of almonds. CLICK HERE TO WATCH MY NEW SPECIAL ON YOUTUBE! Trying to Get BetterGet tour tickets at dancummins.tv Watch the Suck on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TmdclOqbE8sMerch: https://www.badmagicmerch.comTimesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard?  Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcastSign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog  (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE.  You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch.  And you get the download link for my secret standup  album, Feel the Heat.

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Tonight is the eve of a series of murders that will hold Chicago and its suburbs hostage with fear, and a nation grappling with the loss of innocence. Tomorrow, September 29th is the 41-year anniversary where America's trust in each other will be shatter as people trying to deal with feel unwell will die horrible, needless deaths.Were these murders a case of revenge? Extortion? Or both???

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A rash of deaths attributed to cyanide-laced Tylenol in the greater Chicago area prompts a thorough investigation and triggers massive fallout. Kate dives into the suspects, the investigation, and where we are today.  ……………………………… Intro/outro: New Media, Olive Musique Cover art: Blossom Creative Studio, Jenny Hamilton Instagram: @medcrimespodcast Follow, like, share, subscribe!  Visit us at: Www.medcrimespodcast.com

In Episode 29 of ASMuRder, delve deep into the chilling narrative of the 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders, a harrowing series of poisonings that gripped the nation with fear. Join The Grue by the fire's glow as he transports you back to the 80's, weaving a tale of tragedy set against the vibrant backdrop of big hair, synth music, and Gen X dreams. As the mystery unfolds, discover not only the devastating stories of the victims but also the profound impact this case had on consumer safety and industry regulations. Tune in, huddle close, and let history's shadows come alive. https://www.murderpod.net/ Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/DreadPod Twitter = https://twitter.com/asmurderpod Youtube = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIdvRLFOqjxxkbsDhQuxQA Tiktok = krai.havok --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asmurder/support

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Kate brings us back to the early 80's, when 7 unsuspecting residents of the Chicago area suddenly and unexpectedly die. The one thing they have in common? They all took Tylenol just before they died. 

In 1985, a truck driver in Hiroshima, Japan, drank what he thought was a free beverage from a vending machine. He was quickly hospitalized and passed away two days later, leading to the discovery that the drink had been poisoned. Over the next seven months, many others would fall victim to similar circumstances, leaving behind a case that may forever remain unsolved. Today, we discuss the strange case of the Vending Machine Murders. Content warning: graphic descriptions, murder, suicide. Visit our Twitter page (https://twitter.com/RedWebPod) to see the images we mention. If you'd like to listen to past mysteries we discuss, they are: Chicago Tylenol Murders (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6x9Q2WyTwBoMDl3xbyx7K9?si=b7e39d2b99484d67), Monster With 21 Faces (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YKu62uvzGac2vqbU6Uo8y?si=4f0b763a15674afb), and Teigin Incident (https://open.spotify.com/episode/67J4bDORX5y27wh0IOdtyl?si=fc7724c584694d9f) Sponsored by: Farmers Dog (go to http://thefarmersdog.com/redweb to get 50% off your first box). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In September 1982, the city of Chicago was perplexed when multiple people died under rather mysterious circumstances. It wasn't until later, when it was discovered the victims had all consumed Tylenol that a sinister plot was revealed leading to nationwide panic, copycats and major changes to the pharmaceutical industry.    This is the story of the Chicago Tylenol murders. -- Connect with us! Instagram: @unnaturalthepodcast Facebook: Unnatural: A True Crime Podcast Patreon: www.patreon.com/unnaturalthepod Email: unnaturalthepodcast@gmail.com  

Join us as Samantha covers the insane case of the Chicago Tylenol Murders. In the early 1980's, someone filled multiple bottles of Tylenol capsules with deadly cyanide, and placed them on store shelves for anyone to purchase. This one is unsolved, which makes it that much scarier. Link to mentioned article- https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2012/chicago-tylenol-murders-an-oral-history/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/serialholicsisters/message

Death and panic run rampant in 1982 Chicago. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3Z1L4mY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Murder, My Dude returns with an episode that'll make you think twice before you open your medicine cabinet! Chicago was terrorized in the early 1980s with a wave on inexplicable cyanide poisonings that ultimately caused nationwide hysteria and a mistrust of consumer products that lasts to a certain degree to this day. In our latest episode, we explore the mysterious killings. BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder revisits the heinous Idaho University killings in the wake of the arrest of a suspect. Also, a look at a former UFC fighter arrested for a killing in a Mexican resort town. And, as always, we play Who Died The Worst! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/murdermydude/support

On this week's episode I'm telling Russ the insane case of The Chicago Tylenol Murders. This past September marked the 40th anniversary of this case. This is one that has fascinated me for years because yet again we see people getting caught up in horrible situations while doing something so average. It truly shows that something this terrifying could literally happen to any of us. Moral of the story.... If you currently live in or around Cambridge Massachusetts...protect ya neck!

Hey Spooksters! Today's case is on the Chicago Tylenol Murders in 1982. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/spookedgirls and get on your way to being your best self. Check out the following link for our socials, Patreon,  & more  https://linktr.ee/3spookedgirls Have a personal true crime story or paranormal encounter you'd like to share with us? Send us an email over to 3spookedgirls@gmail.com Thank you to Sarah Hester Ross for our intro music! Thank you to CK for editing! Thank you to Edward October for our content warning!

How many times a week do you take a Tylenol for minor aches and pains? This story might have you thinking twice before you pop that pill! Today we talk about the UNSOLVED 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders and how it effects our lives today!

This week, Jill discussed a requested case. She covers the random poisonings completed through Tylenol in Chicago, IL. Unfortunately, this is an ongoing case and the family members of these victims are still searching for answers. This is our final episode of season 1! See you all in 2023! Our sources for this episode include: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114065809/adam-tadeusz-janus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/tylenolmurders/ct-tylenol-murders-investigation-listicle-20220922-kndriges6zgdpf5pvrxdjatah4-list.html https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-tylenol-murders/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/02/tylenol-murders-chicago-illinois-unsolved-1982 https://www.chicagohistory.org/tylenol-murders/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/painkiller-1982-tylenol-murders-questions-james-lewis/ https://www.today.com/news/news/tylenol-murders-new-efforts-solve-40-year-old-case-rcna49126 Link to Merchandise Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MurderandMisery Please give us a like and a follow! Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murderandmisery/ Podcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@murderandmisery?

This is the finale of our Serial Killers and Conspiracy Theories crossover: By 2011, the FBI was ready to reexamine the evidence. A theory emerged: What if the Mad Poisoner was actually the Unabomber? Ted Kaczynski had proven he was a revenge-seeking terrorist, and he had connections to Chicago. Perhaps he traded homemade bombs for poisoned pills. Or maybe the deadly concoctions came straight from the Johnson & Johnson facility itself. In the absence of clear answers, only theories remain… and rumors that someone is still out there, replacing Halloween treats with fatal tricks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Abby brings the nightmare fuel with her story of the terrifying phenomenon that is Spontaneous Human Combustion. Ashlyn dives deep into the panic-inducing Chicago murders caused by cyanide-laced Tylenol. This episode has everything: faucets that work, why we're gonna get cancelled, coronary vs. culinary arts, sparks flying on a hot date, more speculation on energy lasers from the lost city of Atlantis, cilantro and cyanide, a new nickname for people, and a fun fact about Halloween. Follow us on social media: @iscreamsocialpodcastEmail us: iscreamsocialpod@gmail.comAnd please, check out our Patreon! Patreon.com/IScreamSocialPodcast Venture Forth: A D&D PodcastThe #1 NEW D&D podcast! Join in on the adventure as we explore the world of Elbor!Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

If you enjoyed part 1 last week, we're back with part 2: If Roger Arnold wasn't behind the murders, who was? Police turn their focus to a new suspect: a disgruntled accountant named James Lewis. But the more police dig into Lewis's life, the more questions they have. The road ahead is paved with extortion, false identities, and revenge. This is a crossover special between Serial Killers and Conspiracy Theories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By 2011, the FBI was ready to reexamine the evidence. A theory emerged: What if the Mad Poisoner was actually the Unabomber? Ted Kaczynski had proven he was a revenge-seeking terrorist, and he had connections to Chicago. Perhaps he traded homemade bombs for poisoned pills. Or maybe the deadly concoctions came straight from the Johnson & Johnson facility itself. In the absence of clear answers, only theories remain… and rumors that someone is still out there, replacing Halloween treats with fatal tricks. This is a crossover special with Conspiracy Theories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If Roger Arnold wasn't behind the murders, who was? Police turn their focus to a new suspect: a disgruntled accountant named James Lewis. But the more police dig into Lewis's life, the more questions they have. The road ahead is paved with extortion, false identities, and revenge. This is a crossover special with Conspiracy Theories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listeners, we're popping back into your feed this week to share a special crossover episode from Serial Killers and Conspiracy Theories. Forty years ago, cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules led to the deaths of seven people all around the Chicago area. America was gripped by paranoia and fear. Why was this happening? Who would be next? Police grasped for suspects who might be the so-called “Mad Poisoner.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forty years ago, cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules led to the deaths of seven people all around the Chicago area. America was gripped by paranoia and fear. Why was this happening? Who would be next? Police grasped for suspects who might be the so-called “Mad Poisoner.” We're joined by Carter Roy from Conspiracy Theories to tell the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first ever instance of domestic terrorism hit the United States 40 years ago this week. Prior to 1982, there was no tamper-resistant packaging, and every product on store shelves across the country was vulnerable. Our approach to food and drug safety was forever changed when an unknown assailant left cyanide tainted bottles of Tylenol on shelves in several stores around the greater Chicagoland area, killing seven people. Investigators believe there may be murder charges on the horizon, bringing a resolution to this long-time cold case.  Writing and research by Angelina Villeseche.Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque.For inquiries: louis14levesque@gmail.comF O L L O W  U S ! ! !I N S T A G R A M -- @murdermurdernewsT W I T T E R --  @mmurdernewsF A C E B O O K -- https://www.facebook.com/mmntruecrime/T I K T O K -- @murdermurdernewsY O U T U B E -- MurderMurder NewsJoin our Facebook Group | to chat about true crime, and to join our virtual book club!Use code MM15 to get 15% off a single-day or weekend ticket to PNW True Crime Fest!Check out MurderMurder.news for the latest breaking true crime news!For business inquiries: murdermurdernews@gmail.com---LINKS + SOURCES:TV:Big Chicago Stories - Episode 4: The Chicago Tylenol MurdersMedia Coverage on the case of the Tylenol Murders from 1986Podcasts:Unsealed - The Tylenol MurdersStuff You Should Know - The Tylenol Murders, Part 1Stuff You Should Know - The Tylenol Murders, Part 2https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-tylenol-murders-investigation-new-developments-20220922-kviipga5dfedrf65pwkztgbxjy-htmlstory.htmlhttps://abc7chicago.com/chicago-tylenol-murders-james-lewis-1982-murder-case/12257121/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/15/us/it-was-a-typical-night-for-the-tylenol-task-force.htmlhttps://sites.psu.edu/passionknightly2/2021/03/18/89/https://www.chicagotribune.com/visuals/vintage/ct-viz-tylenol-janus-funeral-chicago-photos-20220922-jfpq57yfdvetvobeyxtd4ampji-photogallery.htmlhttps://www.theifod.com/the-tragic-story-of-the-janus-family-and-the-chicago-tylenol-murders/https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2012/chicago-tylenol-murders-an-oral-history/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-tylenol-murders-investigation-new-developments-20220922-kviipga5dfedrf65pwkztgbxjy-htmlstory.htmlhttps://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/big-chicago-stories-e4-the-tylenol-murders/2442609/Support the show

On this week's Courier Pigeon we look back at the Chicago Tylenol Murders through the eyes of a former CBS 2 reporter who worked on the story in 1982 that claimed the lives of 7 people in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago.    Sources Used: CBS Chicago AP News  UIC School of Public Health  PBS News Hour Thank you to John "Bulldog" Drummond and WBBM morning anchor and reporter Mai Martinez (@MaiReports) for her reporting. 

This week we talk about Craig Price, Christopher Bryan Speight, and the Chicago Tylenol Murders. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/MurdermosasPod/support

Chicago Tribune's Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski's new podcast "Unsealed" dives into the Tylenol Murders 40 years later. They and the Steve Cochran Show talk about why no one was formally charged with the murders, how this changed the way medicine is packaged, and how they obtained the evidence for their investigation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're bringing you an encore presentation of the story that inspired this podcast (plus bonus commentary!). Harini talks about the Chicago Tylenol Murders (or Tylenol Murders) of 1982 and how this terrorizing event completely changed the pharmaceutical industry's drug-packaging practices. It also influenced stricter Federal anti-tampering legislation. Although copycat attempts of drug tampering and poisoning threatened the nation immediately following the Chicago murders, the case remains open to this day with no true leads.  If you liked this episode please rate, review and subscribe! Follow us on Instagram: @deadlydosepod TikTok: @tilscience Email us your homegrown poison stories at deadlydosepod@gmail.com In this episode: McMillions documentary on HBO  Avenue Beat (music) @avenuebeat Sources: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-tylenol-murders/ https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/ https://publichealth.uic.edu/news-stories/people-politics-and-poison-the-tylenol-murders-revisited-forty-years-later/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/us/tylenol-acetaminophen-deaths.html https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cyanide-laced-tylenol-kills-seven https://allthatsinteresting.com/chicago-tylenol-murders https://forensicsciencesociety.com/thedrip/the-cold-case-tylenol-murders See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode looks at one of the most fascinating unsolved mass murder incidents in United States history. Seven people lost their lives due to the acts of an unknown actor. This event prompted national change, and of course, famous copycat incidents emerged after this horrific act. Do you have your own personal scandal you want read on the podcast? Send it in! scandal101podcast@gmail.com Show Notes

Happy Monday Spookies! This week, Danyelle takes us to Ireland with the haunting of the Kilbeggan Distillery. Then, Holly covers the unsolved Chicago Tylenol Murders and how it changed the pharmaceutical industry. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Sometimes, cases change society in unprecedented ways. That's exactly what happened in 1982 when 7 people between the ages of 12 and 35 dided suddenly after consuming Tylenol - but, everyone takes Tylenol, right? The only difference is, it's not usually laced with cyanide. Tune in now to hear all about this Creepy Case. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creepycases-spookyspaces/message

In 1982 a madman brought the nation's economy to its knees. By pulling apart Tylenol capsules and placing a substance inside that killed seven people without warning, Johnson & Johnson lost million dollars and began a nationwide recall of a product that nearly every household owned. Learn about the con-man they thought was responsible and the nearly 40-year investigation of seven murders in and around Chicago, Illinois that remains unsolved. Part 2 of the 1980's SeriesSupport the show

Did they ever find the Tylenol killer? In 1982, someone laced Tylenol with cyanide and then left them on pharmacy shelves in the greater Chicago area for innocent people to buy. Seven people died from Tylenol tampering. The case was never officially solved. But this is why you have to peel off a security layer before you can pop a pill. You'll never look at your medicine cabinet the same way again. WATCH on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok @ truecrimerecaps 

I'm your host Kate and today covers two different terrifying murders by medicine. We'll start with the 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders and then get into to the 1986 Excedrin poisonings. I hope by the end of this episode you're checking your tamper proof seals like your life depends on it, because it just might. Thank you to my sources: https://www.wavy.com/news/strange/nasa-give-us-back-our-moon-dust-and-cockroaches/ (https://www.wavy.com/news/strange/nasa-give-us-back-our-moon-dust-and-cockroaches/)  https://allthatsinteresting.com/lemoy-royal (https://allthatsinteresting.com/lemoy-royal)  https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360 (https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360)  https://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/dodjcc/groups/02C2/Johnson%20&%20Johnson.htm (https://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/dodjcc/groups/02C2/Johnson%20&%20Johnson.htm)  https://abcnews.go.com/WN/james-lewis-tylenol-killer-suspect-1982-murders-innocent/story?id=9531812 (https://abcnews.go.com/WN/james-lewis-tylenol-killer-suspect-1982-murders-innocent/story?id=9531812)  https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/cyanide_general.htm (https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/cyanide_general.htm)  https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nickell-stella.htm (https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nickell-stella.htm) https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woman-convicted-for-tampering-with-excedrin#:~:text=Stella%2C%20who%20stood%20to%20lose,these%20capsules%20and%20died%20instantly (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woman-convicted-for-tampering-with-excedrin#:~:text=Stella%2C%20who%20stood%20to%20lose,these%20capsules%20and%20died%20instantly).  https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/stella-nickell-serving-90-years-for-planting-poisoned-pills-killing-2-seeks-release-from-prison/ (https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/stella-nickell-serving-90-years-for-planting-poisoned-pills-killing-2-seeks-release-from-prison/) 

Today on the train we figured we'd go back to the land of unsolved true crime as we like to do, on occasion.  So, as with all these unsolved true crime episodes, we like to bring these crimes back into the limelight and bring the stories back into the conversation. Once these stories stop getting talked about any chance of solving them goes by the wayside. This one is a strange one for sure. We're talking a look at what are called the Chicago Tylenol murders.    The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims had all taken Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. To date, no suspect has been charged or convicted of the poisonings.   The incidents led to reforms in the packaging of over-the-counter substances and to federal anti-tampering laws. The actions of Johnson & Johnson to reduce deaths and warn the public of poisoning risks have been widely praised as an exemplary public relations response to such a crisis.   There were 7 victims total from the original incident with even more deaths resulting from copycat incidents after the fact.    Let's first take a look at the victims.   MARY KELLERMAN   September 29, 1982   The first victim was 12-year-old Mary Kellerman, a seventh grader at Addams Junior High School in Schaumburg and living in Chicago's northwest suburbs. She enjoyed horseback riding and earned extra money after school babysitting for neighborhood children. Mary woke up early in the morning hours of September 29, 1982. Feeling ill, she took an Extra Strength Tylenol to help with a runny nose and sore throat. At 7 am, her parents found Mary unconscious on the bathroom floor. Her parents rushed her to the hospital where Mary was pronounced dead by 9:30 am. Her death was first assumed to be a stroke, but the toxicology report and connection to other deaths soon proved it to be a murder.  She left behind her parents Dennis and Jeanna M. Kellerman. Mary Kellerman was laid to rest in the Saint Michael The Archangel Catholic Cemetery.   ADAM, STANLEY AND THERESA JANUS   September 29, 1982   Twenty-seven-year-old Adam Janus was the next person to die after taking Extra Strength Tylenol. He was the father of two young children, and living in Arlington Heights. The day of his death, Adam thought he was coming down with a cold. He stayed home from work that day. On his way home from picking up his children from preschool, he stopped at a Jewel grocery store and purchased a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol.   "After taking several capsules, he walked into his bedroom, collapsed and fell into a coma. He died in the emergency room at Northwest Community Hospital." — SARA OLKON, The Chicago Tribune   After the death of Adam Janus, his family gathered at his home to mourn and begin making funeral arrangements. Stanley, Adam's brother, and his wife Theresa (Adam's sister-in-law), were visiting with family when they complained of headaches and looked for a nearby remedy. In Adam's bathroom cabinet, they found the same bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol. Moments after taking the disguised cyanide capsules, Stanley and then Theresa collapsed.  Fearing carbon monoxide poisoning, the rest of the Janus family was taken to hospital for observation. They were given their last rites, but did not die.  The Januses were survived by Janus parents Tadeusz "Ted" and Alojza Janus, niece Monica Janus, brother Joseph Janus, Theresa's brother Robert Tarasewicz, her mother Helena Tarasewicz, and a host of other bereaved family members and friends. A joint funeral was held for the three Janus family victims on October 5, 1982, with the Archbishop Joseph Bernardun presiding. Adam Janus was laid to rest at Maryhill Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum in Niles, Cook County, Illinois. Stanley and Theresa Janus were laid to rest at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois.   MARY REINER   September 29, 1982   Mary Reiner was happily married to her husband Ed, and the couple had just welcomed their fourth child into the world. She used Tylenol to relieve symptoms of post-birth discomfort.  Like the other victims, Mary Reiner collapsed shortly after taking the fatally disguised dose of cyanide. Mary's daughter, Michelle Rosen, was just eight years old when she witnessed her mother's poisoning, collapse, and death. Mary's husband arrived at the scene shortly after: "I came home right after she had fallen on the floor. An ambulance came [and rushed her to Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield]. I'm not gonna say a whole lot more than that." — Ed Reiner, as quoted by Chicago Magazine "Mary Magdalene Reiner grew up in Villa Park and was "100 percent Irish." Rosen remembers her being a good cook and preparing corned beef and egg noodles for the family. She also loved playing softball, the drums, and bowling." — James Sotonoff, Daily Herald   Her death left husband Ed Reiner to mourn, and four children, including an infant son to grow up without a mother.   MARY MCFARLAND   September 30, 1982   Thirty-year-old Mary McFarland was working at her job at the Illinois Bell in Lombard, when she felt a bad headache coming on. According to her brother Jack Eliason, Mary took Tylenol in the back room of her workplace, and died shortly after. He told the Associated Press:   "...she went in the back room and took I don't know how many Tylenol — at least one, obviously — and within minutes she was on the floor."    She was a single mother, working and raising two young sons at the time of her death. Her two boys Ryan and Bradley McFarland, now grown, survive Mary McFarland. She was also survived by parents John and Jane Eliason, brother Jack Eliason and sister-in-law Nancy Eliason, and siblings. A granddaughter she never had the chance to meet was named Mary in her honor.    PAULA PRINCE   October 1, 1982   Paula Jean Prince, 35, was a flight attendant who worked for United Airlines. On the day of her death, she flew from Las Vegas to O'Hare International Airport. She purchased Tylenol from a Walgreens on her way home. An ATM surveillance camera captured the purchase.  Exhausted from a long flight, Paula took Tylenol to relieve the symptoms of a cold as she got ready for bed. She was found dead in her apartment, and an open bottle of Tylenol was found on her bathroom counter. While other victims of the Tylenol Scare were from the suburbs of Chicago, Paula was the only victim to live in the city. The deaths of Mary Kellerman, Adam Janus, Stanley Janus, Theresa Janus, Mary Reiner, Mary McFarland and Paula Prince shared many similarities. All turned to Tylenol, a trusted, safe and common over-the-counter drug, to relieve minor ailments, and lost their lives. Their stories are almost universally relatable. Who hasn't taken a Tylenol for quick relief from a headache, cold or other aches and pain? The ordinariness of the circumstances coupled with the heinousness of the crime created a wave of panic in the Chicago metropolitan area. Paula's funeral was held in Omaha at the same time as the Janus family victims, on October 5, 1982. She was laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. She was survived by her father Lloyd Prince, mother Margaret Prince, and siblings Carol Lisle, Margaret Conway and Robert Prince.    All of the victim information was taken from an article on beyondthedash.com   Next up let's look at the suspects…what few there actually were!   First up is James William Lewis. Here is what we know about Lewis as it pertains to this case:   Worked as a tax accountant   Also known to be a fraudster   Handwriting was positively matched to that of two letters sent to Johnson & Johnson and the White House, the Johnson & Johnson letter demanding an end to the poisonings, The White House letter threatening to bomb it and continue the Tylenol poisonings   Was at New York City with his wife during the time of the murders, left the Chicago area in the early days of September 1982.   Was able to show the authorities how an offender could, hypothetically, tamper Tylenol pills with Cyanide. Claimed he did it for helping out. This is typical of other offenders, such as Ted Bundy   An unidentified man seen in a CCTV footage of one of the affected drugstores bears a striking resemblance to him. The man appears to have been watching victim Paula Prince, who is also shown in the footage, buying the tainted pills.   Sentenced to 20 years in prison for extortion and letter and credit-card fraud, but served only 13 years of the sentence and was paroled in 1995   In February 2009 his Cambridge, Mass., home was raided by the FBI; agents were seen leaving with boxes of evidence and an Apple computer.   In 2010, Lewis, then 63, and his wife, Leann, appeared at a closed hearing at the Middlesex Superior Court Wednesday to determine whether they have to submit to the grand jury's subpoena, which was a request to submit DNA, according to sources close to the case.   The judge ordered them to comply with the subpoena and both James and Leann Lewis turned over samples, according to investigators.    But Lewis has always maintained his innocence in the actual poisonings of the Tylenol capsules. When asked about the drawings, he has claimed he was only trying to be a "good citizen" by giving authorities detailed sketches depicting how someone might go about injecting cyanide into Tylenol capsules.   "I could tell you how Julius Caesar was killed, but that does not mean I was the killer," Lewis told the Chicago Tribune in a 1992 jailhouse interview.   Pressed as to why he and his wife would have been subpoenaed for DNA if they are innocent, Lewis declined to comment.    According to the Daily Herald in Chicago in in 201⁰0 new scientific technology available to analyze a smudge on one of the original Tylenol bottles could help establish a link between Lewis and the crimes.   The paper, quoting an ex-state official involved in the original investigation whose name was not mentioned because he agreed to speak only with a guarantee of anonymity, said that "advances in DNA and fingerprint technology may make the 'smudge' evidence relevant today."   In receding to whether all of the evidence collected could've bring about a trial:          "The evidence investigators presented to prosecutors so far remains circumstantial, but it could be bolstered by statements from potential witnesses who have declined to sit for interviews, according to sources close to the investigation.   So far, however, no decision has been made on whether to give the grand jury a green light. Sources say both state's attorneys from Cook and DuPage counties have been briefed on the evidence. The investigation, handled by an FBI-led task force of law-enforcement agents, still centers on the same man: James W. Lewis, sources tell the Sun-Times."   In a lengthy chronicle of the case for the Reader, Joy Bergmann paints Lewis as a suspicious character… but not, aside from his extortion, necessarily suspicious as the Tylenol killer:   Lewis maintained he was a "political prisoner," a "scapegoat," and an "all-purpose monster…fathered by the wild-eyed hyperventilated imaginations of two brutal men, Tyrone Fahner and Daniel K. Webb," who simply "blew" the Tylenol investigation thanks to "bureaucratic blundering incompetence."   McGarr had already listened to Dan Webb reiterate Lewis's biography: the violence toward his parents, the mental hospital commitment, the Raymond West murder charge, the Kansas City fraud schemes for which he was convicted in May of 1983 and sentenced to ten years, the fugitive flight, the extortion conviction, the breadboard schematic, the grandiose and quick-to-explode temperament, the innumerable aliases and deceptions.   Years later, some still show skepticism towards Lewis as the killer:   Superintendent Brzeczek It wasn't James Lewis. James Lewis was an asshole, an opportunist. He tried to extort some money from Johnson & Johnson, and he went to jail. He was in the joint a long time. When someone is in the penitentiary, you can go and talk to him, with or without his lawyer present. In all those years, all the work on James Lewis to put it together: nothing.   Attorney General Fahner Do I think James Lewis was involved? I did, and I do. And the head of the FBI office here at the time—I can't speak for him, but I think he felt as I did. But we could never put him in the city, in the places, at the right time.   August Locallo Lieutenant with the Chicago Police Department I was the top man in violent crimes. [Lewis] had lived in Chicago, and that's why they zeroed in on my unit. He was in custody in New York, and I was assigned to go to New York to interview him. Basically, the FBI had him in custody, and by the time we got to New York, he had his attorney and he wouldn't talk to us. That was a futile effort. He's a con man. Strictly a con man. And he'll do anything to get to his goal. I really believed he might have killed somebody, but they couldn't put anything on him.   Interesting to say the least. Why would this guy straight up insert himself in the crime for no reason? Did he really think an extortion letter would work?   Interesting either way!   There were a  couple more suspects besides Lewis.   Roger Arnold:   Roger Arnold was a 48-year-old dock worker. He was overheard saying some “suspicious things” about the Tylenol murders in a bar. While the police were questioning him, they found several connections. He worked at a jewel warehouse with Mary Reiner's father, Adam Janus bought his Tylenol from a Jewel convenience store, Mary Reiner bought her bottle from a store that is right across from the psychiatric ward where Arnold's wife was.   The officers found “How-to” crime books in Arnold's home and there was evidence of “chemistry” as well. The evidence of “chemistry” included beakers and other equipment, along with a bag of powder that turned out to be potassium carbonate.   Arnold refused to take a polygraph and there was never enough evidence to prosecute him.   Arnold went on to have a nervous breakdown from the attention in the media. He blamed everything on a bar owner, Marty Sinclair. In 1983, during the summer, Arnold shot and killed a man named John Stanisha, he thought Stanisha was Sinclair. Roger Arnold received a 30-year sentence for second-degree murder but only served 15 years of it. He died in June of 2008.   Laurie Dann:   Not much evidence to tie her to the murders but an interesting case with this one.   Laurie Dann  shot and killed one boy, Nick Corwin, and wounded two girls and three boys in a Winnetka, Illinois elementary school. She then took a family hostage and shot another man, non-fatally, before killing herself.   Dann was born in Chicago and grew up in Glencoe, a north suburb of Chicago.   She met and married Russell Dann, an executive in an insurance broker firm in September 1982, but the marriage quickly soured as Russell's family noted signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder and strange behavior[2] including leaving trash around the house.[3] She saw a psychiatrist for a short period, who identified her childhood and upbringing as a cause of her problems.[3]   Laurie and Russell Dann separated in October 1985.[2] The divorce negotiations were acrimonious, with Laurie claiming that Russell was abusive. In the following months, the police were called to investigate various incidents, including several harassing phone calls made to Russell and his family.[3] In April 1986, Laurie Dann accused Russell of breaking into and vandalizing her parents' house, where she was then living. Shortly after, she purchased a Smith & Wesson Model 19 .357 Magnum, telling the salesman that she needed it for self-defense. The police were concerned about her gun ownership and unsuccessfully tried to persuade Dann and her family that she should give up the gun.[2]   In August 1986, she contacted her ex-boyfriend, who was by then a resident at a hospital, and claimed to have had his child. When he refused to believe her, Dann called the hospital where he worked and claimed he had raped her in the emergency room.[3][5]   In September 1986, Russell Dann reported he had been stabbed in his sleep with an icepick. He accused Laurie of the crime, although he had not actually seen his attacker. The police decided not to press charges against Laurie based on a medical report which suggested that the injury might have been self-inflicted, as well as Russell's abrasive attitude towards the police and his failed polygraph test.[2][3] Russell and his family continued to receive harassing hang-up phone calls, and Laurie was arrested for calls made to Russell's sister. The charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.[3]   Just before their divorce was finalized in April 1987, Laurie accused Russell of raping her. There were no physical signs supporting Laurie's claim, although she passed two polygraph tests.[3] In May 1987, Laurie accused Russell of placing an incendiary device in her home.[2] No charges were filed against Russell for either alleged event. Laurie's parents believed her claims and supported and defended her throughout. By this time, Laurie Dann was being treated by another psychiatrist for obsessive-compulsive disorder and a "chemical imbalance"; the psychiatrist told police that he did not think Laurie was suicidal or homicidal.   In the summer of 1987, Dann sublet a university apartment in Evanston, Illinois. Once again, her strange behavior was noted, including riding up and down in elevators for hours, wearing rubber gloves to touch metal, and leaving meat to rot in sofa cushions. She took no classes at the university.   In the fall of 1987, Dann claimed she had received threatening letters from Russell and that he had sexually assaulted her in a parking lot, but the police did not believe her. A few weeks later, she purchased a .32-caliber Smith & Wesson Model 30-1 revolver.[2]   With her condition deteriorating, Dann and her family sought specialized help. In November 1987, she moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to live in a student residence while being observed by a psychiatrist who specialized in obsessive-compulsive disorder. She had already begun taking clomipramine, a drug for OCD, and her new psychiatrist increased the dosage, adding lithium carbonate to reduce her mood swings and initiating behavioral therapy to work on her phobias and ritualistic behaviors.[3] Despite the intervention, her strange behavior continued, including riding elevators for long periods, changing television channels repetitively, and an obsession with "good" and "bad" numbers. There were also concerns about whether she was bulimic.   Dann purchased a .22-caliber Beretta 21A Bobcat at the end of December 1987. In March 1988, she stopped attending her appointments with the psychiatrist and behavior therapist.[3] At about the same time, she began to make preparations for the attacks. She stole books from the library on poisons, and she diluted arsenic and other chemicals from a lab. She also shoplifted clothes and wigs to disguise herself and was arrested for theft on one occasion. Both her psychiatrist and her father tried to persuade her to enter the hospital as an inpatient, but she refused.[3]   Dann continued to make numerous hang-up phone calls to her former in-laws and babysitting clients. Eventually, the calls escalated to death threats. An ex-boyfriend and his wife also received dozens of threatening calls. In May 1988, a letter, later confirmed to have been sent by Laurie Dann, was sent to the hospital administration where her ex-boyfriend then worked, again accusing him of sexual assault. Since the phone calls were across state lines, the FBI became involved, and a federal indictment against Dann was prepared. However, the ex-boyfriend, fearful of publicity,[2] and concerned about Dann getting bail and then attempting to fulfill her threats against him, decided to wait until other charges were filed in Illinois.[3][5][6] In May 1988, a janitor found her lying in the fetal position inside a garbage bag in a trash room. This precipitated a search of her room and her departure back to Glencoe.   During the days before May 20, 1988, Laurie Dann prepared rice cereal snacks and juice boxes poisoned with the diluted arsenic she had stolen in Madison. She mailed them to a former acquaintance, ex-babysitting clients, her psychiatrist, Russell Dann, and others. In the early morning of May 20, she personally delivered snacks and juice "samples" to acquaintances, and families for whom she had babysat, some of whom had not seen her for years.[2][3] Other snacks were delivered to Alpha Tau Omega, Psi Upsilon, and Kappa Sigma fraternity houses and Leverone Hall at Northwestern University in Evanston.[2][3] Notes were attached to some of the deliveries.[7][8][9] The drinks were often leaking and the squares unpleasant-tasting, so few were actually consumed. In addition, the arsenic was highly diluted so nobody became seriously ill.[2]   At about 9:00 a.m. on the 20th, Dann arrived at the home of the Rushe family, former babysitting clients in Winnetka, Illinois, to pick up their two youngest children. The family had just told Dann they were moving away.[3] Instead of taking the children on the promised outing, she took them to Ravinia Elementary School in Highland Park, Illinois, where she erroneously believed that both of her former sister-in-law's two sons were enrolled (in fact, one of Dann's intended targets was not even a student at the school). She left the two children in the car while she entered the school and tried to detonate a fire bomb in one of the school's hallways. After Dann's departure, the small fire she set was subsequently discovered by students, and quickly extinguished by a teacher. She drove to a local daycare attended by her ex-sister-in-law's daughter and tried to enter the building with a plastic can of gasoline, but was stopped by staff.   Next Dann drove the children back to their home and offered them some arsenic-poisoned milk, but the boys spat it out because it tasted strange to them. Once at their home, she lured them downstairs and used gasoline to set fire to the house, trapping their mother and the two children in the basement (they managed to escape).[2][3][10] She drove three and a half blocks to the Hubbard Woods Elementary School with three handguns in her possession. She wandered into a second grade classroom for a short while, then left. Finding a boy in the corridor, Dann pushed him into the boys' washroom and shot him with a .22 semi-automatic Beretta pistol. Her Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver jammed when she tried to fire it at two other boys, and she threw it into the trash along with the spare ammunition. The boys ran out of the washroom and raised the alarm.[2] Dann then reentered the second grade classroom where students were working in groups on a bicycle safety test. She ordered all the children into the corner of the room. The teacher refused and attempted to disarm Dann, managing to unload the Beretta in the struggle. Dann drew a .32 Smith & Wesson from the waistband of her shorts and aimed it at several groups of the students. She shot five children, killing eight-year-old Nick Corwin and wounding two girls and two boys before fleeing in her car.[3]   Dann was prevented from leaving the area by car because the roads were closed for a funeral cortege. She decided to drive her car backwards down the nearby street, but the road dead-ended into a private drive. Abandoning her car, she removed her bloodstained shorts and tied a blue garbage bag around her waist. With her two remaining guns she made her way through the woods and came upon the house of the Andrew family. Dann entered the house and met a mother and her twenty-year-old son, who were in the kitchen. She claimed she was raped and had shot the rapist in the struggle.[3][11] The Andrews were sympathetic[11] and tried to convince her that she need not fear the police because she had acted in self-defense. Mrs. Andrew gave Dann a pair of her daughter's pants to wear. While she was putting them on, Philip Andrew was able to pick up and pocket the Beretta. He suggested that she call her family. Dann agreed and called her mother, telling her she had done something terrible and that the police were involved. Philip took the phone and explained Dann's story about the rape and shooting, suggesting that Mrs. Wasserman come to get Dann; Mrs. Wasserman said she could not come because she did not have a car.   Mr. Andrew arrived home, and they continued to argue with Dann, insisting she give up the second gun. Dann called her mother again and this time Mr. Andrew spoke with Mrs. Wasserman, asking her to persuade Dann to give up the gun. While Dann spoke with her mother, Mrs. Andrew left the house and alerted the police. Mr. Andrew told Dann that he would not remain in the house if she did not put down the gun, and also left the house. Dann ordered Philip to stay. Just before noon, seeing the police advancing on the house she shot Philip in the chest, but he managed to escape out the back door before collapsing and being rescued by the police and ambulance personnel.   With the house surrounded, Dann went upstairs to a bedroom. The Wassermans and Russell Dann were brought to the house. At about 7:00 p.m., an assault team entered the house while Mr. Wasserman attempted to get Dann's attention with a bullhorn. The police found her body in the bedroom; she had shot herself in the mouth.   Soooooo yea…there's that…she did try and poison people and she was definitely crazy…   So there's pretty much everything known in this case .. Which is to say… Not a ton. It's an interesting case that remains open to this day. And while it seems Lewis is a strong suspect as they kept after him  as late as 2012…still no one has been charged.   The aftermath literally changed the way medication is sold.    McNeil Consumer Products, a subsidiary of the health care giant, Johnson & Johnson, manufactured Tylenol. To its credit, the company took an active role with the media in issuing mass warning communications and immediately called for a massive recall of the more than 31 million bottles of Tylenol in circulation. Tainted capsules were discovered in early October in a few other grocery stores and drug stores in the Chicago area, but, fortunately, they had not yet been sold or consumed. McNeill and Johnson & Johnson offered replacement capsules to those who turned in pills already purchased and a reward for anyone with information leading to the apprehension of the individual or people involved in these random murders.   The case continued to be confusing to the police, the drug maker and the public at large. For example, Johnson & Johnson quickly established that the cyanide lacing occurred after cases of Tylenol left the factory. Someone, police hypothesized, must have taken bottles off the shelves of local grocers and drug stores inJohnson & Johnson developed new product protection methods and ironclad pledges to do better in protecting their consumers in the future. Working with FDA officials, they introduced a new tamper-proof packaging, which included foil seals and other features that made it obvious to a consumer if foul play had transpired. These packaging protections soon became the industry standard for all over-the-counter medications. The company also introduced price reductions and a new version of their pills — called the “caplet” — a tablet coated with slick, easy-to-swallow gelatin but far harder to tamper with than the older capsules which could be easily opened, laced with a contaminant, and then placed back in the older non-tamper-proof bottle.   Within a year, and after an investment of more than $100 million, Tylenol's sales rebounded to its healthy past and it became, once again, the nation's favorite over-the-counter pain reliever. Critics who had prematurely announced the death of the brand Tylenol were now praising the company's handling of the matter. Indeed, the Johnson & Johnson recall became a classic case study in business schools across the nation. the Chicago area, laced the capsules with poison, and then returned the restored packages to the shelves to be purchased by the unknowing victims.   In 1983, the U.S. Congress passed what was called “the Tylenol bill,” making it a federal offense to tamper with consumer products. In 1989, the FDA established federal guidelines for manufacturers to make all such products tamper-proof.   Copycats:   Hundreds of copycat attacks involving Tylenol, other over-the-counter medications, and other products also took place around the United States immediately following the Chicago deaths.[1][25]   Three more deaths occurred in 1986 from tampered gelatin capsules.[26] A woman died in Yonkers, New York, after ingesting "Extra-Strength Tylenol" capsules laced with cyanide.[27] Excedrin capsules in Washington state were tampered with, resulting in the deaths of Susan Snow and Bruce Nickell from cyanide poisoning and the eventual arrest and conviction of Bruce Nickell's wife, Stella Nickell, for her intentional actions in the crimes connected to both murders.[28] That same year, Procter & Gamble's Encaprin was recalled after a spiking hoax in Chicago and Detroit that resulted in a precipitous sales drop and a withdrawal of the pain reliever from the market.[29] In 1991 in Washington state, Kathleen Daneker and Stanley McWhorter were killed from two cyanide-tainted boxes of Sudafed, and Jennifer Meling went into a coma from a similar poisoning but recovered shortly thereafter. Jennifer's husband, Joseph Meling, was convicted on numerous charges in a federal Seattle court regarding the deaths of Daneker and McWhorter and the attempted murder of his wife, who was abused during the Melings' marriage. Meling was sentenced to life imprisonment and lost an appeal for a retrial.[30][31]   In 1986 a University of Texas student, Kenneth Faries, was found dead in his apartment after succumbing to cyanide poisoning.[32] Tampered Anacin capsules were determined to be the source of the cyanide found in his body. His death was ruled as a homicide on May 30, 1986.[33] On June 19, 1986 the AP reported that the Travis County Medical Examiner ruled his death a likely suicide. The FDA determined he obtained the poison from a lab in which he worked.   There you have it…the Tylenol murders! Crazy shit for sure!   Top ten medical horror movies   https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/17726/1/top-ten-medical-horror-films

In the early 1980's, consumer products were not regulated nearly as well as they are today. This resulted in several deaths in the Chicago area within a few days of one another. The one commonality among the murders: Tylenol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the early 1980's, consumer products were not regulated nearly as well as they are today. This resulted in several deaths in the Chicago area within a few days of one another. The one commonality among the murders: Tylenol.

The United States was taken by storm in the mid 1980's as a string of bizarre deaths occurred in connection to Tylenol. A handful of individuals, all within a few days, ingested Tylenol, citing routine headaches and nausea, and died within a couple of hours of doing so. Following investigation, it was determined that cyanide had been found during their respective autopsies. What makes this case evil and eerie is that it's never been solved. Michelle and Lorenzo try to tackle the case with the help of Google Home, almond cake, and of course, the queen of the vampires, Marilyn Monroe.   Release Date: Thursday, May 5th Platforms: YouTube, Apple Podcast, Podbean, Spotify