9 episodes
Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders AT WILL MEDIA, The Chicago Tribune
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5.0 • 22 Ratings
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In 1982, the nation was living in fear. One by one people in the Chicago area were dying. No one knew why — or who would be next. Law enforcement mobilized to answer the what, who and why. The what was Tylenol, laced with cyanide, placed randomly on store shelves to kill unsuspecting victims. But the who and the why? That would elude investigators for decades.
If you think you know the story of the Tylenol Murders, think again. Award-winning Chicago Tribune investigative reporters Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair uncover new and critical clues in law enforcement’s latest — and possibly last — attempt at closing one of the nation's most infamous unsolved cases.
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Introducing “Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders”
In January 2022, investigative journalists Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair got a phone call they weren't expecting. Their source had an intriguing tip about an unsolved mass murder.
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Episode 1: Steak, Flowers, Tylenol
In September 1982, people started dying mysteriously in the Chicago area. The victims seemed to have nothing in common. Until a surprising discovery revealed a much bigger mystery. One that wouldn't be so easy to solve.
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Episode 2: Turf War
Investigators raced to find out who committed these random crimes and why. But there was something in their way. And the murder toll climbed. Journalists Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski of the Chicago Tribune find something of their own –– one piece of the puzzle, hiding in plain sight.
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Episode 3: Suspects
A week after the killings, investigators had yet to identify any lead suspects. Until the owner of a bar in Chicago made a phone call.
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Episode 4: Gone to the Lake
During the nationwide manhunt, a Kansas City police sergeant unveiled shocking new details about the suspected extortion letter writer. On a flight to Chicago, he brought two suitcases packed with information to share with the Tylenol Task Force about their suspect. He told investigators the story of a different man. Someone who went missing a few years before the Tylenol murders.
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Episode 5: Breadcrumbs
Back in 1978, the Kansas City police focused on James Lewis as a suspect in a missing person’s case. A serious mistake during an interrogation would come back to haunt them.
Customer Reviews
Odd coincidence
My brother died in 1986 in a plane crash in Shefferville, Quebec, Canada. It was on September 30th. He was the pilot and 6 Americans hunters were on board plus the cook. They all died on that day. Either by cyanid or by the crash accident and the fire that followed afterward. When the inspectors got on site and autopsies started, the rumor mills started wondering if it was not reminiscence from the Chicago Tylenol murders. Meaning, Americans could have had tempered Tylenol bottles on them. Ended up it was hydrogen cyanid from the burned fittings on the plane that killed them. Not all but my brother was one of them. Sad story.
Excellent!
Well researched and well presented.