Malpractice Podcast

#3.22: The Chicago Tylenol Murders, Part II

February 09, 2022 Jessica Oswald & Sydnee Spruiell Eldridge Season 3 Episode 22
Malpractice Podcast
#3.22: The Chicago Tylenol Murders, Part II
Show Notes

This week, Syd wraps up the mysterious, unsolved case of the 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders, medical true crime of the century! After seven people are killed at random when someone fills bottles of Tylenol with cyanide, investigators come up with a list of suspects, including a familiar name - serial killer Ted Kaczynski (aka the Unabomber).

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/your-money/IHT-tylenol-made-a-hero-of-johnson-johnson-the-recall-that-started.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/us/tylenol-acetaminophen-deaths.html
https://allthatsinteresting.com/chicago-tylenol-murders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982
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https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cyanide-laced-tylenol-kills-seven
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/05/19/136463286/fbi-checking-unabomber-in-tylenol-poisoning-murders
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/was-the-unabomber-also-the-zodiac-the-tylenol-killer
Podcast episodes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tylenol-murders-part-i/id278981407?i=1000439940634
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/268-my-favorite-murder-w-27911429/episode/43-in-arrears-28951412/

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