Monthly Archives for September 2013


September 29: Poisoning People and Pigeons

On 29 September 1982, seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with potassium cyanide. Someone had taken Tylenol out of the capsules and replaced it was cyanide. The person or persons responsible for this then placed the tainted capsules back in the packages and set them on grocery and pharmacy shelves […]