Episode 1
The Tylenol Murders: The Crime That Changed Every Medicine Cabinet
September 29, 1982.
A 12-year-old girl takes Tylenol for a cold and dies within hours.
Over the next several days, six more people lose their lives.
The connection? Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide.
In this premiere episode of Aftermath: The Crimes That Changed Us, we examine one of the most shocking crimes in American history, the nationwide panic that followed, the massive investigation that failed to identify a killer, and the lasting impact the murders had on consumer safety.
Every tamper-proof seal, foil barrier, and safety warning on your medicine bottle exists because of what happened in Chicago in 1982.
The story didn’t end with the murders.
That’s where ours begins.