Editor’s Note: Learn more about the decades-old cold case of the Tylenol murders in the latest episode of “How It Really Happened,” airing Sunday at 9 p.m.
A string of unsolved murders is the subject of a CNN Original Series documentary, ‘How It Really Happened: Tylenol Murders’ airing Sunday, November 17 at 9 p.m.
When they gathered that afternoon, Adam’s brother Stanley Janus and Stanley’s wife, Theresa, also took Tylenol capsules from the same bottle.
The most compelling suspect was James William Lewis, who investigators determined had sent a threatening letter to Johnson & Johnson, demanding $1 million to stop the Tylenol murders.
As horrific as those deaths remain, the Tylenol murders did lead to safety measures which have very likely saved many lives.
Persons:
Washington CNN —, Mary Kellerman, Mary, Kellerman, Adam Janus, Adam’s, Stanley Janus, Stanley’s, Theresa, Mary McFarland, Paula Prince, Mary “ Lynn ” Reiner, Johnson, Yvonne Hemsey, Tylenol, Helen Jensen, Janus, Sherlock Holmes, James William Lewis, Lewis, could’ve, ” James W, Keith Myers, Roger Arnold, Ted Kaczynski, Arnold, Kaczynski
Organizations:
CNN, Washington CNN, Health, Johnson, Kansas City Star, AP
Locations:
Chicago’s, Elk Grove Village , Illinois, Arlington Heights , Illinois, Chicago, Arlington, Kansas City, Mo, Texas