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** SORRY FOR THE MESSED UP AUDIO IN THIS ONE!
In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the 1982 Tylenol Murders that took place in chicago! This is such an interesting case and is STILL unsolved after over 40 years! Was it a random mad man or a cover up by one of americas largest corporations?
Let me know what you think of this one!
~Christina
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
1:37 - Victim # 1 - Mary Kellerman
4:34 - Victim #2 - Adam Janus
6:45 - Mary “Lynn” Reiner
9:23 - Stanley & Theresa Janus
12:42 - Medical team begins investigation
16:40 - Mary McFarland
17:39 - Searching victims home
20:41 - Cyanid in Tylenol?
25:20 - How long has this been happening? Are there other victims?
26:27 - Damage Control
32:25 - Criminal investigation?
33:37 - Paula Prince
35:00 - Tylenol pulled from shelves - FDA response
36:57 - Consumer product packaging - Packaging redesign
40:15 - Johnson & Johnsons response + How it effected the company
43:52 - Laws changed
44:27 - Victim families sue J&J
45:14 - Criminal investigation
47:50 - Suspect # 1 - Disgruntled employee
48:22 - Suspect # 2 - Roger Arnold
51:06 - Suspect # 3 - Ted Kaczynski - Unibomber
51:58 - Suspect # 4 - James Lewis - Extortion letter
54:10 - Did James Lewis Murder his neighbor?
1:00:54 - Lewis' Beef with Leann's boss
1:05:27 - James Lewis investigated for the Tylenol Murders
1:12:28 - James Lewis helps with the investigation
1:13:46 - Did James Lewis do it? New CBS Series coming soon!
1:14:47 - FINAL THEORY - Was this a Cover up?
1:18:32 - Outro

Additional resources:
https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/
PBS: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982
TIME: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878063,00.html
Boston News: https://web.archive.org/web/20111030094338/http:/www.thebostonchannel.com/news/18703672/detail.html
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/24/health/tylenol-murders-cyanide-somethings-killing-me
Remembering the Victims: https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/tylenol-murders-poisonings-cyanide-chicago-1982

Finger print links: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/10/17/Fingerprint-links-Lewis-to-1978-murder/8206403675200/
People vs Arnold: https://www.leagle.com/decision/1985568139illapp3d4291515
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/28/us/jurors-convict-suspect-in-1-million-tylenol-extortion-plot.html

** Website claiming there is NO evidence that James lewis killed his neighbor: http://1978witchhunt.50webs.com/

Kick starter commercial from Michelle / Page for those trying to solve the case: https://www.tylenolmurders.com

- https://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/4563/2015-05-08/victims-daughter-seeks-documents-1982-tylenol-murders.html
https://www.arlington-news.com/2013/09/local-police-continue-multi.html
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110926/news/709269947/

Michelle Rosen - Victims Daughter and others made a video for kickstarter trying to get A DOCUMENTARY made : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tylenolmurders/the-tylenol-murders

**NEW CBS DOCU-SERIES: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/painkiller/

**THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY, always do your own research when searching for the truth =) **

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