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Post by tony on Mar 31, 2020 1:10:38 GMT -6
This book is a quick but interesting read, presenting the alternative theory that the '82 Tylenol tampering took place somewhere in the distribution channels instead of the killer(s) going store to store. It's argued that one of the victims got their tainted Tylenol from a hospital dispensary rather than a retailer, and that there was a curious and targeted investigative fixation on a few lot numbers (essentially batch identifiers) of Extra Strength Tylenol.
There are a couple related books by the same author, one of them being TYMURS NYC about a young woman killed after ingesting cyanide laced Tylenol in 1986. This was after the triple sealed packaging for Tylenol was introduced in the wake of the '82 incident (foil bottle seal, heat shrink film over the cap, and glued box flaps). If I remember correctly, her boyfriend and immediate family weren't considered likely to have done the tampering, and another sealed bottle containing cyanide filled Tylenol capsules turned up at another store.
[I'm not associated with the author, just fascinated by the case.]
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Post by maxnewman on Apr 8, 2020 6:45:38 GMT -6
Very interesting topic! Turns out the Trace Evidence podcast recently released an episode covering it, for those who want more background. www.spreaker.com/episode/24786926 |
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Post by tony on Apr 10, 2020 13:32:38 GMT -6
Just checked out the podcast, thanks for pointing it out. It's a pretty good overview, but spends a lot of time circling back to James Lewis as a suspect which Bartz believes is misguided. Not saying the Scott Bartz narrative is the last word on the matter, but he offers some intriguing theories outside of the standard Wikipedia retelling that I'd like to see explored further.
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Post by james1983 on Jul 14, 2020 22:38:19 GMT -6
Please goggle "G. Gordon Liddy aspirin roulette" he admitted in an interview with Dick Cavet that the CIA has been using that tactic to kill people. That was in 1980 I believe.
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Post by tony on Aug 26, 2020 0:07:45 GMT -6
That's damned interesting! If it was just some rando behind the Chicago poisonings, were they inspired by that information? Or was the responsible affiliated with some alphabet soup organization? In the case you mentioned, it's implied such a tactic would be used to target specific people (though somewhat imprecisely with a high chance of unintended victims). If there was a particular person being targeted in the Chicago incident (which would probably exclude the tampering having taken place in manufacturing or distribution), was it someone close to the targeted person or something deeper?
Undoubtedly, there were family members of the Chicago victims that were scrutinized during the course of the investigation (Bartz suggests there may've been a botched effort to plant evidence to implicate the husband of one of the victims).
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