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Poison Pill: Is the killer behind 1982 Tylenol poisonings still on the loose?
Is the killer behind the 1982 Tylenol poisonings still on the loose? Exclusive revelations by investigators yield the first authoritative account of what happened and who likely did it. James William Lewis, also known as Robert Richardson, left behind a trail of clues while evading prosecution.
When dawn finally arrived, Dr. Robert Stein, the Cook County Medical Examiner, hurriedly called a press conference and announced that cyanide had been detected in Tylenol, and that there was reason to believe the product hadbeen tampered with on a large scale. Dr. Thomas Kim’s little-known role in halting the Tylenol crisis was an act of determined professionalism that saved untold numbers of lives, and his willingness to look “silly” remains an unsung, yet extraordinary deed of medical sleuthing and public service. MICHAEL SOLOMON is a Brooklyn-born author, journalist, and award-winning filmmaker whose work includes the memoir Now It’s Funny: How I Survived Cancer, Divorce, and Other Looming Disasters and the documentary films How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) and Constantine’s Sword, among others.
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