Chicago Mysteries with Geoffrey Baer

The Tylenol Murders Remain One of Chicago’s Most Haunting Mysteries

In 1982, seven deaths forever changed Americans’ sense of consumer safety. After someone poisoned Tylenol capsules with lethal doses of cyanide and placed them on store shelves where unsuspecting customers purchased them, Chicago – and the rest of the country – was rattled with a newfound realization that the products in their medicine cabinets may not be as safe as previously thought.