Was the person behind the Tylenol poisonings in the 1980s ever caught?
By searching on “Tylenol poisonings 1980s,” “Tylenol cyanide 1982,” and related terms, we learned that, unfortunately, the perpetrator of this crime was never caught. Between September 29 and October 1, 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol that was poisoned with cyanide. The victims ranged from a 12-year-old girl to a 35-year-old flight attendant. The tainted Tylenol capsules each contained 65 milligrams of cyanide — 10,000 times more poison than necessary to kill a person. Two off-duty firemen, Philip Cappitelli and Richard Keyworth, connected the first few deaths within days. They had been listening to information about the cases on their police radios at home. Investigations
