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I used to work for a company that made research drugs for cancer treatment. This Tylenol incident changed everything for the pharmaceutical industry. My company had to build gigantic fences around the property, issue different security badges that unlock different doors, hire guards, etc. And every group of new employees had to take a security class. Before this incident, it was way too easy for anyone to slip something deadly into any pill bottle and nobody would know
@@kennykool100 back in those days, people still had faith in humanity. There wasn't a lot of security because nobody believed someone would be so wicked, to put deadly chemicals into drugs that are meant to save lives. At least not here in America. The Tylenol murders were a huge wakeup call.
That I remember when I was a teenager this happened I refused to buy Tylenol forever I still don't to this day yes it was the beginning of childproofing everything and they could still get away with it so sad I'm sorry you guys had to go through all that
my late wife was in the bio pharm ind. yes a lot changed. especially on the consumer end., security labels, security tamper proof bottles and caps. mostly getting away from "2 piece caps" that can be opened, spiked and closed up without much effort. way too easy to tamper with stuff on the consumer end. now its not so easy.
I thought that was a typo or something it’s really hard to believe that they would be that cheap about something that cost their company hundreds of millions in losses.
Something about your face reveal makes me enjoy your channel even more. It's nice to think of you writing, like actual you lol. Still love your narrator but something about knowing real you is more relatable than other true crime voice over channels.
You believe that’s his face reveal was really him? Not saying it isn’t, just skeptical bc he waited so long then did it seemingly without reservation.. this channel is definitely king of the genre on TH-cam
Right! But also remember 1982’s value of $1000 and todays is way different. Hell in 1983 the average price of a house in the USA was $83,000 now it’s $408,800. Just a little comparison. I find it disgusting that J&J put a price that low on finding someone that took the lives of their customers nonetheless.
I remember this being a big thing in my youth. Brought about the tamper seal, and probably that dreadful cotton 😂 (I just reach in with Kelly Clamps to pull it out)! The memory is so vivid along with the new concern about everything being poisoned. Great video!! Thank you!
Yes, I remember it too. They cleared the shelves at are local pharmacy’s, we were all so scared. It was on the news day and night. It took us yrs to use Tylenol again.
It's frightening that this person could still be alive and at large. And it could have been for any reason whatsoever; It could have been for their sadistic pleasure, it could have been some evil person trying to short J&J's stocks, it could have been anything and we'll most probably never know. That frightens me.
@Ms. McCormick: Everyone had that stuff in their house. I was just 13, but I definitely heard fear in my mom’s voice when she made sure no one in our house took any.
100k is bound to be enough of a reward for somebody to talk, especially after this long. But something tells me that J&J doesn’t want to find the killer or increase the reward b/c doing so would bring it back to the public’s attention. … To a business like J&J offering 1000 is the equivalent of requesting vital information in exchange for pocket change sitting between the couch cushions.
I remember these cases and ended up going to my doctor who gave me a prescription instead. To this day if I buy any it is generic and not name brand. Thanks for another great documentary on this.
i know this story very well and leave it to skd to tell it properly. well done once again tudor! i can't tell how much i enjoy all of your videos i just don't have the words. so instead i shall leave you with a standing O and wait on pins and needles for the next. stay safe and take care.
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I wasnt even thought if when this happened but i remember it really affected my grandmother she was always worried about medicines even at home she would keep them all in her purse, she literally thought someone may break into theyre house and put something into them....yea she was always a little paranoid but she told me about this case when i was little
I think I saw this on an episode of H.B.O.'s Autopsy. A lady was trying to collect life insurance on her hubby but the coroner said her hubby had emphasema so the wife was stealing Tylenol and putting in syanide poisoning so if accidental she could collect her hubby's measley $ 50k. Then police found out it was algae eater
Remember being a little kid and being told about this. It was a crazy thing to hear about. As a kid we used to pass this one strange building and it became a rumor for us that the poisoner lived there because well creepy building and creepy thing happened so yea. Really bizzare thing and a crime I don't think they will ever solve. One act and it changed so much.
I woke up this morning and my wife wasn’t in the house . I kinda new it was over cause I put my work boots on and there was a very large human poop in one of them. Pretty sure it wasn’t a present cause my birthday is not until next month.
I was young when this was happening. But, I didn't buy any Tylenol for decades after. You really have to be void of empathy. If you can do something like that. You shouldn't Ever see the light of day!!! Everyone stay safe. ✌🏼SKD. 👍🏻
LoL I had to laugh when you said, "and don't get me started on dinosaurs" 😂 I absolutely love Paleo and I'm obsessed with everything extinct and extant, and that goes for serial killers and awesome TH-cam channels that feed me my fix lol P.S. If you really do love dinos, might I suggest a most excellent, intelligent and sometimes hysterical channel here called E.D.G.E. He's a friend of mine and I can honestly say I'd be boasting his channel even if that weren't the case.... Remarkably accurate, balanced, interesting, well researched and educational and his sense of humor brings a real "casual" and "conversational" feel to information most people would find a little dry and rough to process. I hope you check him out! (P.S. - Channel can contain cursing and innuendos, so not for youngins)! Now.... If we could just find a Serial Killer Dinosaur, I could die a complete woman, lol 🤣🤣🤣 Just Kidding, LoL
This was really a messed up shoitt case we got here... In Japan, similar case. Renamen C laced with sumthin'.. idk.. but its a deadly case.. In Malaysia ,we got a Nasi Lemak, laced with cynide.. 50 confirmed dead..
This is just about the laziest, unimaginative and unimpressive way I could ever imagine a person wanting to kill, by way of. I do appreciate the video though, in spite of the killer's half-baked effort.
So the lady who murdered her partner then spread more packets around actually busted herself. If she just kept quiet (coroner already stated was complications of emphezemia) she may have gotten away with it. The very common thread in a lot of these people getting caught is their own fault from blabbing.
This was as scary as it got back then. Family all worked in medical field. My whole family had a nervous breakdown worrying whi would be next. Before they narrowed the area everyone nationwide thought they were next.
You want a case that scared the country? We were all scared shitless when this happened, the whole country. And I guarantee you the fear we all felt was a big part of why the perp did this, perhaps even more than the murders.
There's something fishy going on with that $1000 reward from Johnson and Johnson, you'd think it'd be more like a million, maybe if it were the crime would've been solved years ago!!!
I was 10 years old when this happened & even though I grew up on a different part of the city I remember my mom throwing out all over the counter medication we had Tylenol or not.
I was a toddler in the Chicago burbs and my mom was a hospital nurse. My mother would never give us name brand Tylenol after this and for some reason I just always took acetaminophen as an adult never connecting it.
It seems odd that a pharmaceutical company like the one that makes Tylenol would conclude that publicity about possible tainted products should be avoided. I mean, every other big pharmaceutical is completely honest and forthcoming, …right?
1982?!??? Well no wonder I don’t remember this, I was 2 years old. I was listening wondering how TF this could happen in this day in age given technology & cameras. Yea I’ll be much more hesitant to take ANY meds sold OTC.
The product tampering person could make tamper proof bottles appear not to have been tampered with! Or, take note of who carried out the investigation at the factory & decided the factory wasn't at fault!!!!
I the live chat comment section of this video, I noticed someone mentioning that the have never seen Tylenol Australia 🇦🇺, the reason being is that Tylenol is just a Brand name for Acetaminophen, so the equivalent would be Panadol for Australia.
Is this case why Americans are so freaked out by Tylenol??? We use it all the time in the UK, we call it paracetamol, but Americans act like its literal poison, this would explain why 🤔🤔
I’m surprised Tylenol didn’t go under after this! I never heard of this either. At first listening to this I was thinking it had happened in Europe or somewhere else overseas. I didn’t know it was here in the states.
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I'm gonna do this tomorrow
I remember these! Tylenol is BAD for you any ways. Haven't had one of those since 2000. Thank you for your great videos!
I remember all of this as a kid.
Btw this shits not in English. Not worth.
It’s basically all in other languages
I used to work for a company that made research drugs for cancer treatment. This Tylenol incident changed everything for the pharmaceutical industry. My company had to build gigantic fences around the property, issue different security badges that unlock different doors, hire guards, etc. And every group of new employees had to take a security class. Before this incident, it was way too easy for anyone to slip something deadly into any pill bottle and nobody would know
That’s very interesting and insightful! I wouldn’t have imagined. Thanks for your comment!
@@kennykool100 back in those days, people still had faith in humanity. There wasn't a lot of security because nobody believed someone would be so wicked, to put deadly chemicals into drugs that are meant to save lives. At least not here in America. The Tylenol murders were a huge wakeup call.
That I remember when I was a teenager this happened I refused to buy Tylenol forever I still don't to this day yes it was the beginning of childproofing everything and they could still get away with it so sad I'm sorry you guys had to go through all that
my late wife was in the bio pharm ind. yes a lot changed. especially on the consumer end., security labels, security tamper proof bottles and caps. mostly getting away from "2 piece caps" that can be opened, spiked and closed up without much effort. way too easy to tamper with stuff on the consumer end. now its not so easy.
I think it’s funny how ridiculous a $1,000 reward is from a huge corporation like J&J.
RIGHT! I mean if u listen to true crime stories, a family missing a family member pays upwards of 50k for any information
@FE Rebekah just consider that a modern day reward in the same proportion of their revenue would be about 55 million.
I thought that was a typo or something it’s really hard to believe that they would be that cheap about something that cost their company hundreds of millions in losses.
I mean they did spend over $120 million recalling products
Okay! I hope they never live that down! 🙄
I love these documentaries. You've become one of my favorite channels!
Same! 👌👆♥️
Definitely
Something about your face reveal makes me enjoy your channel even more. It's nice to think of you writing, like actual you lol. Still love your narrator but something about knowing real you is more relatable than other true crime voice over channels.
Same
When did he do a face reveal? I need to see, lol!
You believe that’s his face reveal was really him? Not saying it isn’t, just skeptical bc he waited so long then did it seemingly without reservation.. this channel is definitely king of the genre on TH-cam
Commenting to also be updated with where/when this face reveal occurred
@@bradleywillis1654 try "This is monsters" channel as well. Also JCS but I'm sure you know JCS...
This is more a terroristic act than serial killing.
@Jade Ravenwolf no you
I live in chicago
I remember this. Yes you can call it domestic terrorism. It was mass murder.
To this day this is the reason I don't take capsules and I'm 42 years old
“How to kill people by putting poison in capsules” who approved the publishing of a book like that?!?
Lmao
Johnson and Johnson offering 1 thousand dollars? A multi billion dollar pharmsters? OMG.
Right! But also remember 1982’s value of $1000 and todays is way different. Hell in 1983 the average price of a house in the USA was $83,000 now it’s $408,800. Just a little comparison. I find it disgusting that J&J put a price that low on finding someone that took the lives of their customers nonetheless.
@@natelincoln thanks federal reserve
I definitely remember this tragic period. I think this is why I still don't take capsules, especially Tylenol.
Tylenol is not available in capsules. Hasn't been since the 80s when this all happened.
I remember this being a big thing in my youth. Brought about the tamper seal, and probably that dreadful cotton 😂 (I just reach in with Kelly Clamps to pull it out)! The memory is so vivid along with the new concern about everything being poisoned. Great video!! Thank you!
THE CAPLET
What are Kelly Clamps?
I remember it too. Let’s age ourselves! Lol
@@kenkaniff8428 bingo!
Oh I hate that cotton. The feel of it or even thinking about the feel of it gives me shivers. I don't know why but I was always like that.
"Police found a suspicious book in his house titled "How to kill ppl by stuffing capsules with poison". What's so suspicious about that??? 😂
I remember this, and I wouldn't let anyone in my family take Tylenol. For years! I still won't take meds in a capsule. Thanks for sharing SKD!
I've seen this before, but I'm watching again! This has some additional information. Plus, I love this channel!
I'm old enough to remember this well. It was scary stuff! I didn't use Tylenol for years after it happened.
I remember hearing about this when I was a kid. It made me check the seal of EVERYTHING!
Yes, I remember it too. They cleared the shelves at are local pharmacy’s, we were all so scared. It was on the news day and night. It took us yrs to use Tylenol again.
It's frightening that this person could still be alive and at large. And it could have been for any reason whatsoever; It could have been for their sadistic pleasure, it could have been some evil person trying to short J&J's stocks, it could have been anything and we'll most probably never know. That frightens me.
even scarier, everybody watching this is a potential new copycat 😱😱
Stop living life in fear of it could happen again. When its you're time there is nothing you can do to stop it
@@SICresinwrks 🍻
Loved in Chicago during this. Tylenol was not your friend.
I know, I know… no shit Sherlock!
Even here in Rochester, NY I remembered when my mom used to tell me about this.
@Ms. McCormick: Everyone had that stuff in their house. I was just 13, but I definitely heard fear in my mom’s voice when she made sure no one in our house took any.
100k is bound to be enough of a reward for somebody to talk, especially after this long. But something tells me that J&J doesn’t want to find the killer or increase the reward b/c doing so would bring it back to the public’s attention. …
To a business like J&J offering 1000 is the equivalent of requesting vital information in exchange for pocket change sitting between the couch cushions.
This actually scares the shit out of me because i am on a lot of meds but i get mine at the hospital.For someone to be this twisted...
Excellent content, appreciate your work>
I remember these cases and ended up going to my doctor who gave me a prescription instead. To this day if I buy any it is generic and not name brand. Thanks for another great documentary on this.
i know this story very well and leave it to skd to tell it properly. well done once again tudor! i can't tell how much i enjoy all of your videos i just don't have the words. so instead i shall leave you with a standing O and wait on pins and needles for the next. stay safe and take care.
Another excellent video SKD.
Love it, love it, love it! All I want for x-mas is more SKD! Thanks for the hard work and the quality content you constantly put out. Nobody else can compare!
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US Army RET
I really enjoy listening to your videos. You have a soothing voice yet entertaining. I loved how you revamped this one. I seen on unsolved mysteries
Hahaha, we've all seen bigger rewards to help find people's pets.
I cannot express the excitement of noticing new videos from you. Frickin good work, please don't stop
I wasnt even thought if when this happened but i remember it really affected my grandmother she was always worried about medicines even at home she would keep them all in her purse, she literally thought someone may break into theyre house and put something into them....yea she was always a little paranoid but she told me about this case when i was little
This was a jaw dropped. Great job skd as usual!
The outro to these videos is one of the best things ive ever seen
I think I saw this on an episode of H.B.O.'s Autopsy. A lady was trying to collect life insurance on her hubby but the coroner said her hubby had emphasema so the wife was stealing Tylenol and putting in syanide poisoning so if accidental she could collect her hubby's measley $ 50k. Then police found out it was algae eater
Remember being a little kid and being told about this. It was a crazy thing to hear about. As a kid we used to pass this one strange building and it became a rumor for us that the poisoner lived there because well creepy building and creepy thing happened so yea. Really bizzare thing and a crime I don't think they will ever solve. One act and it changed so much.
I think the ibuprofen manufacturers were involved lol
😱 shockingly interesting story, may the victims rest in peace, 🙏 great video thanks 🖤
Thanks for sharing SKD!
This was EPIC PANIC!!!
That feeling when you finally realize the intro song is pop goes the weasel.
Wait what the... holy shit
You peeps didn't know that? Hahaha. It is why i subbed waaaay back.
Always fun seeing people realize it in the comments. He gets at least a half-dozen every video. I love it. 😁
I woke up this morning and my wife wasn’t in the house . I kinda new it was over cause I put my work boots on and there was a very large human poop in one of them. Pretty sure it wasn’t a present cause my birthday is not until next month.
More than trice makes a trend. Cooking 🦃 day dinner 2021. Thanks for the content I crave whilst we wait.
"...because she was bored with the relationship"
Had she thought about divorce instead?
Great story and reading, but that ending still gets me EVERY time. So good..
This reminds me of Bayer's HIV contaminated factor 8 treatments for hemophiliacs. That killed a lot of people too.
As someone who just took a Tylenol extra strength, I'm ready to put myself into a paranoid state
You still alive?
@@RIBZ85 dark 🤣😂🤣🤣
@@RIBZ85 yes, I'm alive! I think my bottle is untainted.. so i think I'm good hahah
@@INSERTNAMExHERE lovely stuff
Pretty sure I come for the theme song; stay for the great stories.
The copy cat killings beg the question if someone related to one of the original victims was to blame. It's often the spouse after all
No matter how safe they made the Tylenol I never took any. I was able to use a pain reliever called 222. This was in Canada.
Love your channel!!!!
Stella would of gotten away with it too if it weren't for that meddling Stella 💀
My favorite channel on YT!
"On the eve of Adam's death" at 3:06 is hilarious.
I was young when this was happening. But, I didn't buy any Tylenol for decades after. You really have to be void of empathy. If you can do something like that. You shouldn't Ever see the light of day!!! Everyone stay safe. ✌🏼SKD. 👍🏻
Could the killer be one of the victims?
LoL I had to laugh when you said, "and don't get me started on dinosaurs" 😂 I absolutely love Paleo and I'm obsessed with everything extinct and extant, and that goes for serial killers and awesome TH-cam channels that feed me my fix lol
P.S. If you really do love dinos, might I suggest a most excellent, intelligent and sometimes hysterical channel here called E.D.G.E. He's a friend of mine and I can honestly say I'd be boasting his channel even if that weren't the case.... Remarkably accurate, balanced, interesting, well researched and educational and his sense of humor brings a real "casual" and "conversational" feel to information most people would find a little dry and rough to process. I hope you check him out! (P.S. - Channel can contain cursing and innuendos, so not for youngins)!
Now.... If we could just find a Serial Killer Dinosaur, I could die a complete woman, lol 🤣🤣🤣 Just Kidding, LoL
I remember the bad feeling about Tylenol. It lasted a while.
Dining with Death 💀 just put this same Tylenol poisoning!
I know. This is her video, for anyone interested in a different version of this case: th-cam.com/video/AGeFX4ikiO0/w-d-xo.html
@@skd Awesome Sauce. Air and Stacy did the same last week I think was last week! 🤔
@@skd I watched DWD video earlier today but I like this channel so much I will support and watch again!
This was really a messed up shoitt case we got here... In Japan, similar case. Renamen C laced with sumthin'.. idk.. but its a deadly case.. In Malaysia ,we got a Nasi Lemak, laced with cynide.. 50 confirmed dead..
POP GOES THE WEASEL
Thank you for this 👍🇸🇪
They keep saying one poor, dum, loner, maybe a group of business men done it too buy up the stock for pennies
It’s so crazy that this happened, my family lives in this area
This is just about the laziest, unimaginative and unimpressive way I could ever imagine a person wanting to kill, by way of. I do appreciate the video though, in spite of the killer's half-baked effort.
this and other cases really bring a question into focus....wouldnt it have been a lot cheeper and easier to just get a fucking divorce?!?!?!? lolol
So the lady who murdered her partner then spread more packets around actually busted herself. If she just kept quiet (coroner already stated was complications of emphezemia) she may have gotten away with it.
The very common thread in a lot of these people getting caught is their own fault from blabbing.
Johnson and Johnson a multi billion dollar corporation only offered a measly $1000?
Sasquatch: "Now you know why I avoid you fuckers!"
Great video❤️🤟
Excellent video
This was as scary as it got back then. Family all worked in medical field. My whole family had a nervous breakdown worrying whi would be next. Before they narrowed the area everyone nationwide thought they were next.
Lmfaooo then they shouldn’t have even thought about taking It! Fucking dorks!
You want a case that scared the country? We were all scared shitless when this happened, the whole country. And I guarantee you the fear we all felt was a big part of why the perp did this, perhaps even more than the murders.
I remember this well, I was a kid at the time.
Maybe if one of the richest companies on the planet offered more than a 1000 dollar reward. They make 1000 in profit like, every 5 minutes
There's something fishy going on with that $1000 reward from Johnson and Johnson, you'd think it'd be more like a million, maybe if it were the crime would've been solved years ago!!!
I was 10 years old when this happened & even though I grew up on a different part of the city I remember my mom throwing out all over the counter medication we had Tylenol or not.
$1,000 reward? So generous of them.
okay okay okay.........why is there a book being sold called '' How to stuff poison into a pill" lol
I was a toddler in the Chicago burbs and my mom was a hospital nurse. My mother would never give us name brand Tylenol after this and for some reason I just always took acetaminophen as an adult never connecting it.
I'm glad that at least the copycat killers had been caught
12:01 The chemist with the book on "HOW to KILL people with Poisoning Capsules" didn't do it! It was the Tax Accountant! 🙄
I remember when this happened. Jeez. Feels like 2 lifetimes ago.
1:59 Start documentary now.
Watch this topic of the poison pill murders on Buzzfeed Unsolved it’s pretty good
Wow - Very Interesting..
Know about Stellar Nickell.. Case..
So this Case ' Inspired ' Her..
Is there a reward still out
Yep.
He must be related to Richard Kuklinski 😂 iceman 2.0
And this is why old ladies can't open ketchup bottles today.
SDK I just watch this lol but your the man 🤟 you rock so I will watch it again
I think you maybe dyslexic 😉
It seems odd that a pharmaceutical company like the one that makes Tylenol would conclude that publicity about possible tainted products should be avoided. I mean, every other big pharmaceutical is completely honest and forthcoming, …right?
1982?!??? Well no wonder I don’t remember this, I was 2 years old. I was listening wondering how TF this could happen in this day in age given technology & cameras. Yea I’ll be much more hesitant to take ANY meds sold OTC.
All this because they didn't want to be in a relationship? Lord.
It's $100,000. Every other story about this says $100,000.
Ha! J&J probably did this themselves
The product tampering person could make tamper proof bottles appear not to have been tampered with! Or, take note of who carried out the investigation at the factory & decided the factory wasn't at fault!!!!
I the live chat comment section of this video, I noticed someone mentioning that the have never seen Tylenol Australia 🇦🇺, the reason being is that Tylenol is just a Brand name for Acetaminophen, so the equivalent would be Panadol for Australia.
You can buy Tylenol in Australia. My local supermarket Foodworks has them
@@melindarm1975 well there you go..they must not be aware Tylenol is available at your local supermarket 😉
Love you DOC
Did I hear “woolworths” in New York???
Is this case why Americans are so freaked out by Tylenol??? We use it all the time in the UK, we call it paracetamol, but Americans act like its literal poison, this would explain why 🤔🤔
Not just country even Canada was warned I remember as a kid about this
14:38 How would anyone be able to swallow that?
I’m surprised Tylenol didn’t go under after this! I never heard of this either. At first listening to this I was thinking it had happened in Europe or somewhere else overseas. I didn’t know it was here in the states.
Happened in Japan too with someone poisoning vending machine drinks, but they were deliberately targeting the company that made the drinks
Must live under a rock or just young af
Tylenol is just a branded under the conglomerate Johnson and Johnson. They make everything. Ur baby’s shampoo. Everything
POP! Goes the weasel