The Tylenol Murders (Part 1)

Please join us this week as we discuss how a simple backache, sore throat, or headache could’ve possibly ended your life just moments after taking this common over the counter medication back in 1982 in the greater Chicago area. Tune in to know more about this medication and why it was once deemed as dangerous.
  
 
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References:
Gutowski, Christy, et al. “The Tylenol Murders: Timeline of Key Events before and after the 1982 Poisonings – Chicago Tribune.” Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022, https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/10/27/the-tylenol-murders-timeline-of-key-events-before-and-after-the-1982-poisonings/ (https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/10/27/the-tylenol-murders-timeline-of-key-events-before-and-after-the-1982-poisonings/).

Gutowski, Christy, and Stacy St. Clair. “Autopsy Finds Tylenol Suspect James Lewis Died of an Embolism.” Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023, https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/08/03/james-lewis-long-eyed-as-suspect-in-1982-tylenol-murders-died-of-pulmonary-embolism/ (https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/08/03/james-lewis-long-eyed-as-suspect-in-1982-tylenol-murders-died-of-pulmonary-embolism/).

Markel, Howard. “How the Tylenol Murders of 1982 Changed the Way We Consume Medication | PBS News.” PBS News, https://www.facebook.com/newshour/, 29 Sept. 2014, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982#:~:text=Early%20on%20the%20morning%20of,and%20father%20about%20her%20symptoms (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982#:~:text=Early%20on%20the%20morning%20of,and%20father%20about%20her%20symptoms)
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Savini, Dave. “Chicago Tylenol Murders: 3 Members of Janus Family Died in 1982, and Pain Has Passed on to Generations - CBS Chicago.” 
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Winegar, Robert. “The Mad Poisoner: The Chicago Tylenol Murder”, 31 July 2024.