A series of mysterious sudden deaths swept across the Chicagoland area in the fall of 1982, leaving the nation in a panic. We’d come to learn that a batch of Extra Strength Tylenol containing well above the lethal dose of potassium cyanide was to blame, forever changing the way consumers purchased over-the-counter medicine. 

One of the most infamous police task forces in American history would set out to investigate the heartbreaking loss of 8 innocent victims, running into one obstacle after the other the entire way.

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✨Helpful links:

• Chicago Tribune 6-Part Investigative series
• NBC interview with Adam Janus’s daughter, Kasia Novak-Janus

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