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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

THE TYLENOL MURDERS—Joseph Cibelli

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

Dan Zupansky

News, News Commentary, True Crime, History

4.02.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Chicago, 1982. Seven people swallowed Tylenol capsules meant to heal, then they died within minutes. America changed overnight, then the killer vanished into darkness, and that darkness lived in my home.
I was eleven, and my father was The Tylenol Killer that terrorized a nation.
He created chaos, and confessed with his last breath. I uncovered the truth, and the rot behind his badge. He built lies, and I built a case. I tore the mask from the madness and discovered that each clue led deeper into a labyrinth of deceit.
I stripped his name from mine, and I stripped his power too. He found me, and threatened my life, but I did not run. Instead, I shined a light into his darkness.
From the son who would not stay silent, THE TYLENOL MURDERS: A Father’s Confession to His Son reveals a confession buried under four decades of fear, complicity, and blue-walled denial. The truth is not a eulogy. It is an indictment. And it bears my name. THE TYLENOL MURDERS: A Father's Confession to His Son—Joseph Cibelli

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

0:12.5

and the authors that have written about them.

0:15.8

Gacy, Bundy, Dommer, the Nightstalker, BTK.

0:21.1

Every week, another fascinating author talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

0:27.9

True murder.

0:29.1

With your host, journalist and author, Dan Zupansky.

0:40.3

Good evening. Chicago, 1982, seven people swallowed Tylenol capsules meant to heal.

0:47.3

Then they died within minutes.

0:50.3

America changed overnight.

0:52.3

Then the killer vanished into darkness. And that darkness lived

0:57.7

in my home. I was 11 and my father was the Tylenol killer that terrorized a nation.

1:05.0

He created chaos and confessed with his last breath. I uncovered the truth and the rot behind his badge.

1:14.6

He built lies and I built a case.

1:17.6

I tore the mask from the madness and discovered that each clue led deeper into a labyrinth of deceit.

1:25.6

I stripped his name from mine, and I stripped his power also.

1:31.4

He found me and threatened my life, but I did not run.

1:36.3

Instead, I shined a light into his darkness.

1:41.3

From the son who would not stay silent, the Tylenol murders, a father's confession to his son,

1:48.2

reveals a confession buried under four decades of fear, complicity, and blue-walled denial.

1:56.1

The truth is not a eulogy. It is an indictment, and it bears my name.

2:03.0

The book that we're featuring this evening is the Tylenol murders, a father's confession

2:09.1

to his son, with my special guest, forensic psychologist and author, Joseph Chabelli. Welcome to the program, and thank you very much for

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