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Tylenol Murders

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Posted 06 February 2008 - 11:03 PM

So THAT's what a criminal mastermind looks like. LOL

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 02:42 PM

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 03:03 PM


What I remember most about this is that many people whom I'd always considered completely unflappable were going around and warning everybody, even complete strangers, not to buy ANYTHING in drug stores
"for at least the next several weeks."

And there were no problems at all in my area of the country.

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 08:15 PM

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Posted 16 July 2008 - 05:14 PM

Yes I remember this and I still rarely take any medications. I know it's stupid. Someone could just as well put something in your food or drink but it was scarey. And yes I remember the man finally being arrested but I don't remember what happened to him. Is he still in prison or was he executed? What happened?
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 05:27 PM

I just googled this. You were right. This crime was never solved. And there have been quite a few copycat crimes since then.
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 06:08 PM

WraithGod on Feb 4 2008, 08:23 PM, said:

Ibuprofen is your friend.


So true, its all the military will give you at the doctors, 800mg. Doesn't matter for what. You have cramps, 800mg. You broke your leg, 800mg. Your head's come off, 800mg.
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 06:24 PM

dang I remember that, and still think about it at times.

wouldn't stop me from taking it if I thought I needed it, but still... amazing what we take for granted.

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 12:03 AM

Back then, there wasn't much tamper-proof product packaging in food or medicine.

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 08:14 AM

Fluffybunny on Feb 4 2008, 07:47 PM, said:

I always thought it was cool that the company pulled the entire stock right off the bat no questions asked. It was immediate...instead of trying to figure out what city or region or state, they werent going to take any chances...


Yeah, th at is kinda cool. Now a days, they just tell you the last four numbers of the code for a contaminated product and hope that you think to look. Like that whole peanut butter recall, or the cat food recall. Who really takes the time to look at those numbers? And by time they get the recalls out, the jar is half gone!

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 12:42 PM

Tell me about it. I had one of those jars of peanut butter. I'd had it for about a month and hadn't opened it yet. I brought it back to the store and had a hard time returning it because I didn't have the receipt! Who keeps their grocery receipts?! I finally had to get something else to exchange because I didn't have my receipt. But I don't know if that was the employee who didn't have a clue.
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Posted 21 July 2008 - 06:58 AM


It was the Tylenol Murders which caused shrink wrapping, safety seals, and "don't use if seal broken" to come in big time.

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Posted 22 July 2008 - 03:34 AM

Fluffybunny on Feb 4 2008, 07:47 PM, said:

This is from distant recall, but I thought one of the victims spouses ended up being found guilty of the crimes; he poisoned his wife and then planted the others to throw everyone off his tracks...

I always thought it was cool that the company pulled the entire stock right off the bat no questions asked. It was immediate...instead of trying to figure out what city or region or state, they werent going to take any chances...


The 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders were never solved. As for everyone else they were also not the reason tamper proof bottle legislation was enacted. Not until Stella Nickell who in 1986 murdered her husband by lacing his Excedrin and also went back to lace five other bottles in which someone else died. Only after this was legislation enacted. Two different cases slightly related because of the modus operandi but after the second case enough was enough. There also was a few other incidents but these two are the most infamous.

http://en.wikipedia....Tylenol_murders
http://en.wikipedia..../Stella_Nickell

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 01:26 AM


Pardon, but I wasn't speaking of "legislation." Many responsible drug companies re-designed their packages almost immediately and didn't wait for the laws to demand those changes.

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 09:41 AM

Oh, I remember that!

It was scary, I'm still paranoid about opening bottles of pills! blink.gif

800 mg of ibuprofen if your head comes off, huh? laugh.gif

BTW, there was a show on TV about the Stella Nickell case just the other day, did anyone else see it?

She still insists that she's innocent, but I dunno...I don't think I'd want to eat anything she'd cooked. Just in case, you know. tongue.gif
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