Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders | Official Docuseries Trailer - Paramount+ - video Dailymotion

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The Tylenol murders are among the nation’s most notorious unsolved crimes. This gripping P+ Original docuseries transports to 1982 amid the chaos and fear, and into the mind of the prime suspect. The killer laced several pills with cyanide across Chicago and watched from afar as seven people died, including a child.   Decades later, grieving families carry the horror of this heinous crime. Can cutting-edge DNA technology of today finally nail down the killer?  Stream the new docuseries on October 10, exclusively on Paramount+.

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00:01 It's the last real big summer weekend Chicagoans

00:04 by the thousands went out and enjoyed it.

00:06 The first recorded death was in Elk Grove Village

00:09 in Arlington Heights.

00:10 Three are now dead.

00:11 This was a stone cold mystery, and it

00:13 went on like this for days and days and days

00:15 without knowing what had happened.

00:17 I ran in, and there was a young man laying on the floor.

00:19 She was screaming Stanley, Stanley,

00:21 and she was grabbing onto my arm.

00:23 And the next thing I knew, she'd grown

00:24 and collapsed right next to me.

00:26 I'll never forget that young girl.

00:29 I said it has to be the Tylenol.

00:30 Seven deaths have been associated

00:32 with the presence of cyanide in two containers

00:34 of extra strength Tylenol.

00:36 It caused a national panic.

00:38 Not take Tylenol until further notice.

00:40 Cyanide contaminated Tylenol.

00:42 This funeral was huge.

00:44 My grandma, she was gasping for air.

00:47 I'll never forget that.

00:49 The poison center has been deluged with telephone calls.

00:54 Authorities who are conducting an intensive investigation

00:56 feel tonight that some progress is being made.

00:59 The search for the killer are killers.

01:01 You are all aware of recent tragic events in limited areas

01:05 after they left our factory.

01:06 Well, how could all these different people

01:08 been poisoned by the same person at the same time?

01:11 One day, everything's going to fall apart.

01:13 As soon as one lead reaches a dead end,

01:15 there is another tip to track.

01:17 We are going to be able to identify what happened.

01:27 I've never speculated on who I believe did it.

01:29 Do you think you know who did it?

01:31 Yes.

01:33 (CLOCK TICKING)

01:35 (dramatic music)

Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders | Official Docuseries Trailer - Paramount+

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