In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the 1982 Tylenol Murders that took place in chicago! This is such an interesting case and is STILL unsolved after over 40 years! Was it a random mad man or a cover up by one of americas largest corporations?  Let me know what you think of this one! 
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Timestamps: 
00:00 - Intro
1:37 - Victim # 1 - Mary Kellerman
4:34 -  Victim #2 - Adam Janus
6:45 - Mary “Lynn” Reiner
9:23 - Stanley & Theresa Janus
12:42 - Medical team begins investigation 
16:40  - Mary McFarland
17:39 - Searching victims home
20:41 - Cyanid in Tylenol?
25:20 - How long has this been happening? Are there other victims?
26:27 - Damage Control 
32:25 - Criminal investigation?
33:37  - Paula Prince 
35:00 - Tylenol pulled from shelves - FDA response
36:57 - Consumer product packaging - Packaging redesign 
40:15 - Johnson & Johnsons response + How it effected the company
43:52 - Laws changed 
44:27 - Victim families sue J&J
45:14 - Criminal investigation
47:50 - Suspect # 1 - Disgruntled employee 
48:22 - Suspect # 2 - Roger Arnold 
51:06 - Suspect # 3 - Ted Kaczynski - Unibomber
51:58 - Suspect # 4 - James Lewis - Extortion letter 
54:10 - Did James Lewis Murder his neighbor?
1:00:54 - Lewis' Beef with Leann's  boss
1:05:27 - James Lewis investigated for the Tylenol Murders
1:12:28 - James Lewis helps with the investigation 
1:13:46 - Did James Lewis do it? New CBS Series coming soon!
1:14:47 - FINAL THEORY - Was this a Cover up?
1:18:32 - Outro 
Additional resources: https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/
PBS: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 
TIME: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878063,00.html 
Boston News: https://web.archive.org/web/20111030094338/http:/www.thebostonchannel.com/news/18703672/detail.html 
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/24/health/tylenol-murders-cyanide-somethings-killing-me  Remembering the Victims:  https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders 
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/tylenol-murders-poisonings-cyanide-chicago-1982
Finger print links: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/10/17/Fingerprint-links-Lewis-to-1978-murder/8206403675200/ 
People vs Arnold: https://www.leagle.com/decision/1985568139illapp3d4291515 
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/28/us/jurors-convict-suspect-in-1-million-tylenol-extortion-plot.html  * Website claiming there is NO evidence that James lewis killed his neighbor: http://1978witchhunt.50webs.com/ 
Kick starter commercial from Michelle / Page for those trying to solve the case: https://www.tylenolmurders.com 
- https://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/4563/2015-05-08/victims-daughter-seeks-documents-1982-tylenol-murders.html
https://www.arlington-news.com/2013/09/local-police-continue-multi.html 
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110926/news/709269947/ 
*NEW CBS DOCU-SERIES: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/painkiller/ 
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