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131: Sickening pt.2: Bitter Pill


If you’ve ever been driven to the edge of fury trying to open up a bottle of pills (making your headache worse in the process) this story is for you! Between the sprawling backdrop of the Chicago suburbs Maia takes on a journey that involves more than one unsolved murder and raises serious questions about the safety of America’s pharmaceutical system. The case is infamous, the Tylenol Murders, the resolution less so. Did James Lewis do it? Is Johnson & Johnson complicit? Will Michelle Rosen find the true answer? This week we try to swallow a “Bitter Pill” on Well, I Laughed.


Chapters

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:22:36 Bitter Pill

00:36:13 The Tragedy

00:46:51 What Happened?

01:10:34 The Investigation

01:28:44 The Suspects

0`:38:03 Extortion

01:49:35 James Lewis

02:11:33 Another Victim

02:14:48 The Case Against J&J

02:37:01 After the Fact


Photos Referenced

Paula Prince shown purchasing Tylenol at a Chicago Walgreens on September 29, 1982, Potential suspect shown in the back - courtesy of WikiMedia Commons
Paula Prince shown purchasing Tylenol at a Chicago Walgreens on September 29, 1982, Potential suspect shown in the back - courtesy of WikiMedia Commons

The first page of the extortion letters sent to Johnson & Johnson Credit: National Archives / Public Domain
The first page of the extortion letters sent to Johnson & Johnson Credit: National Archives / Public Domain
James Lewis AKA "Robert Richardson" headshot compared to the suspect shown in the Paula Prince Walgreens photo - LEFT: courtesy of Criminal Minds, RIGHT: courtesy of WikiMedia Commons
James Lewis AKA "Robert Richardson" headshot compared to the suspect shown in the Paula Prince Walgreens photo - LEFT: courtesy of Criminal Minds, RIGHT: courtesy of WikiMedia Commons

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