Crime & Justice

Who Laced Tylenol With Cyanide? Nearly 40 Years On, It’s Still a Mystery.

GREAT AMERICAN SCANDALS

In 1982, panic swept the country as news spread that seven people had died in Illinois after taking Tylenol laced with cyanide. The culprit has never been found.

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