ABOUT THIS EPISODE
This episode details the 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders, a seminal criminal case sparked by the tragic death of twelve-year-old Mary Kellerman. After consuming a capsule laced with potassium cyanide, Kellerman became the first of seven victims to succumb to what was identified as retail-level product terrorism. The episode explores the subsequent national panic, the massive product recall by Johnson & Johnson, and the birth of modern tamper-resistant packaging standards. Despite decades of investigation into suspects like James W. Lewis, the murders remain an unsolved federal case. Ultimately, the narrative reflects on how a young girl's death fundamentally transformed consumer safety and the legal landscape of the American pharmaceutical industry.
This episode includes AI-generated content.
This episode includes AI-generated content.
English
United States
TRANSCRIPT 🔗
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So every time you peel one of those really stubborn
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foil seals off a bottle of aspirin or you pry
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a plastic neckband off a new jar of peanut butter,
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you are actually participating in a defensive ritual.
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A ritual that was created 40 years ago.
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Right, exactly. And it was created by the tragic death
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00:00:00.130 --> 00:00:03.209
So every time you peel one of those really stubborn
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00:00:03.270 --> 00:00:06.540
foil seals off a bottle of aspirin or you pry
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00:00:06.580 --> 00:00:08.939
a plastic neckband off a new jar of peanut butter,
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you are actually participating in a defensive ritual.
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00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:14.220
A ritual that was created 40 years ago.
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00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:17.120
Right, exactly. And it was created by the tragic death
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