The Tylenol Murders: A Conversation with Unsealed's Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair

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True Crime, Murder, Unsolved Case, Killing, Murderer, Cold Case

3.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In 1982, people in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs began dying after taking poisoned Tylenol. Today, the case remains unsolved. But it's far from cold.

Chicago Tribune investigative reporters Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair recently came out with a podcast called Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders, along with a series of in-depth articles. The Murder Sheet sat down with Gutowski and St. Clair to talk about the case, and their intensive reporting process.

Listeners who are interested in learning more about the case can listen to Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders on a variety of podcast platforms.

Our audience members can also read the Chicago Tribune's in-depth coverage of the case here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/tylenolmurders/ct-tylenol-murders-investigation-listicle-20220922-kndriges6zgdpf5pvrxdjatah4-list.html

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0:23.5	You get to solve a baffling murder in the family,
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1:06.9	Content warning, this episode contains discussion of murder,
1:11.8	including the murder of a child.
1:14.4	One of the first two crime stories that really made an impact on me was the 1982 Chicago
1:19.9	Tylenol murders. Seven people in that city died from taking Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide.
1:27.6	It seemed terrifying that innocent people could pass away so horribly
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