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Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders

Season 1
Using hours of exclusive archival footage, “Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders” is a gripping five-part docuseries transporting you to 1982. It immerses you in the chaos of one of the nation’s most notorious unsolved crimes, where a common pain reliever had been laced with cyanide killing seven people including a child.
20235 episodes
TV-14
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - It's Gotta Be the Tylenol
    October 9, 2023
    35min
    TV-14
    It's 1982 and 7 people including a child are dead after taking Tylenol laced with cyanide. A paramedic and a nurse rush to piece together the truth.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Man in the Photo
    October 9, 2023
    41min
    TV-14
    Suspects emerge. A chilling letter and a leaked surveillance photo of a mystery man offer new clues. Could he be the person who poisoned the pills?
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  3. S1 E3 - Back from the Dead
    October 9, 2023
    34min
    TV-14
    As police ramp up their manhunt for prime suspect James Lewis, the makers of Tylenol execute a multimillion-dollar PR campaign to save the brand.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Ties That Bind
    October 9, 2023
    49min
    TV-14
    Reporter Brad Edwards sets off to find James Lewis, the prime suspect in the Tylenol murders, and traces missed clues and chilling secrets of Lewis' past.
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  5. S1 E5 - In Plain Sight
    October 9, 2023
    37min
    TV-14
    Decades pass. Victims' families remain haunted. Was the killer hiding in plain view all along? Could DNA technology crack this cold case?
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Audio languages
English [Audio Description]English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Studio
CBS
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