This Unsolved Mystery Made Tylenol Hard to Open

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast This comedy podcast episode covers the tragic 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders, where seven people died after taking cyanide-laced Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules. In September 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman died after taking Tylenol for a cold. That same day, Adam Janus died after taking Tylenol. His family members also took Tylenol and died. In total, seven people across Chicago died after ingesting the tainted capsules. The police warned people over bullhorns not to take Tylenol. Johnson & Johnson recalled over 30 million bottles and stopped production. They introduced new safety packaging to prevent tampering. The FBI investigated suspects like James Lewis, who sent an extortion letter, and Roger Arnold, who bragged about having cyanide. But they never found the perpetrator. It led to significant changes in packaging and safety seals for all consumable products. The case remains unsolved after 40 years. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Episode link: https://tilln.com/tylenolmurders Want to Support TILLN: https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast Listen to Radioactive Boy Scout: https://tilln.com/season-3/the-radioactive-boy-scout/ Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Advertise with us: https://bit.ly/3FdZirY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.7	Hey, welcome to things I learned last night.
1:05.2	This is a comedy podcast where we talk about tragic events.
1:06.8	We really make fun of it the whole time.
1:10.4	No, this is Tim teaches me something new every week.
1:12.0	But this week is a tragic event. This week we learned about the Tylenol murders in Chicago when someone, it's very famous,
1:18.0	somebody replaced capsules in the Tylenol with cyanide. And that's a gross. So, and then the
1:25.0	theories of who did it and, uh, and what the result has been from the FBI's
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