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  • Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders (2025–2025)
  • TV-14
    TV Mini-series | 40 min | Documentary, Crime
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders (2025–2025)
TV-14
TV Mini-series | 40 min | Documentary, Crime

It explores 1980s Chicago deaths from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. The case led to tamper-proof packaging and became one of America's largest criminal investigations.
Seasons
Directors
Yotam Guendelman (directed by) | Ari Pines (directed by)
Producers
Tal Baltuch (producer) | Eden Braunstein (producer) | Scott Evans (producer) | Scott Evans (producer) & 8 more
Composers
Tom Meira Armony (music by) | Assa Raviv (music by)
Cinematographer
Jeff Hutchens (director of photography)
Production Designer
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Status
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Updated May 26, 2025

Release date (First episode)
May 26, 2025 (United States)

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Cast

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60 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Dan Rather
Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage) Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)   See fewer
3
Leann Lewis
Self - Wife of James Lewis (archive footage) Self - Wife of James Lewis (archive footage)   See fewer
3
James Burke
Self - Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson (archive footage) Self - Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson (archive footage)   See fewer
3
Jeff Flock
Self - Reporter, CNN Self - Reporter, CNN   See fewer
3
James Lewis
Self - Tylenol Murders Suspect Self - Tylenol Murders Suspect   See fewer
3
Michelle Rosen
Self - Daughter of Victim Self - Daughter of Victim   See fewer
3
Tyrone Fahner
Self - Illinois Attorney General Self - Illinois Attorney General   See fewer
3
Richard Brzeczek
Self - Superintendent, Chicago Police Self - Superintendent, Chicago Police   See fewer
3
Gardiner Harris
Self - Author, No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson Self - Author, No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson   See fewer
3
Roy Lane
Self - Special Agent FBI Self - Special Agent FBI   See fewer
3
Grey Steed
Self - Special Agent FBI Self - Special Agent FBI   See fewer
3
Mary Reiner
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) (as Mary Lynn Reiner) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) (as Mary Lynn Reiner)   See fewer
3
Ronald Reagan
Self - 40th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 40th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Bill Kurtis
Self - Co-Host, The CBS Morning News (archive footage) Self - Co-Host, The CBS Morning News (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Toni Ann Lewis
Self - Daughter of James and Leann Lewis (archive footage) Self - Daughter of James and Leann Lewis (archive footage)   See fewer
2
David Collins
Self - Chairman, McNeil Consumer Products Company (archive footage) Self - Chairman, McNeil Consumer Products Company (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Michael Schaffer
Self - Chief Toxicologist, Cook County, IL (archive footage) (as Dr. Michael Schaffer) Self - Chief Toxicologist, Cook County, IL (archive footage) (as Dr. Michael Schaffer)   See fewer
2
Frederick Miller McCahey
Self - Owner of Lakeside Travel (archive footage) Self - Owner of Lakeside Travel (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Joy Bergmann
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
2
David Barton
Self - Sergeant, Kansas City Police Department Self - Sergeant, Kansas City Police Department   See fewer
2
Nicholas Mennuti
Self - Author, The Tylenol Murders: An Over The Counter American Crisis Self - Author, The Tylenol Murders: An Over The Counter American Crisis   See fewer
2
Pete Siekmann
Self - Deputy Coroner, DuPage County, IL Self - Deputy Coroner, DuPage County, IL   See fewer
2
Adam Janus
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Stanley Janus
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Theresa Janus
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Maury Povich
Self - Host, A Current Affair (archive footage) Self - Host, A Current Affair (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bryant Gumbel
Self - Co-Host, Today (archive footage) Self - Co-Host, Today (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Greta Van Susteren
Self - Guest Host, On the Record w / Self - Brit Hume (archive footage) Self - Guest Host, On the Record w / Self - Brit Hume (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bob Schieffer
Self - Host, CBS Evening News, Saturday Edition (archive footage) Self - Host, CBS Evening News, Saturday Edition (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Robert MacNeil
Self - Co-Host, The MacNeil / Self - Lehrer NewsHour (archive footage) Self - Co-Host, The MacNeil / Self - Lehrer NewsHour (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Robert Stein
Self - Cook County Medical Examiner (archive footage) (as Dr. Robert Stein) Self - Cook County Medical Examiner (archive footage) (as Dr. Robert Stein)   See fewer
1
Jane Byrne
Self - Mayor of Chicago (archive footage) Self - Mayor of Chicago (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Max Robinson
Self - Host, ABC World News Tonight (archive footage) Self - Host, ABC World News Tonight (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Frank Young
Self - FDA Commissioner (archive footage) Self - FDA Commissioner (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Edmund Donoghue
Self - Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Cook County, IL (archive footage) (as Dr. Edmund Donoghue) Self - Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Cook County, IL (archive footage) (as Dr. Edmund Donoghue)   See fewer
1
John Roland
Self - Host, The 10 O'Clock News, WNYW (archive footage) Self - Host, The 10 O'Clock News, WNYW (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Wayne Nelson
Self - Johnson & Johnson (archive footage) Self - Johnson & Johnson (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Roger Arnold
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Suspect (archive footage) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Suspect (archive footage)   See fewer
1
John Stanisha
Self - Murder Victim (archive footage) Self - Murder Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Donald Alexis
Self - Librarian (archive footage) Self - Librarian (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ray West
Self - Murder Victim, Friend of James Lewis (archive footage) Self - Murder Victim, Friend of James Lewis (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Thomas N. Gates
Self - Medical Director, McNeil Consumer Products Co. (archive footage) (as Dr. Thomas N. Gates) Self - Medical Director, McNeil Consumer Products Co. (archive footage) (as Dr. Thomas N. Gates)   See fewer
1
Chuck Kramer
Self - Fire Lieutenant, Arlington Heights Fire Department Self - Fire Lieutenant, Arlington Heights Fire Department   See fewer
1
Joseph Janus
Self - Brother of Victims Self - Brother of Victims   See fewer
1
Monica Janus
Self - Niece of Victims Self - Niece of Victims   See fewer
1
Charlotte Dent
Self - Friend of Ray West Self - Friend of Ray West   See fewer
1
Helen Jensen
Self - Public Health Nurse Self - Public Health Nurse   See fewer
1
Thomas Kim
Self - Chief of Critical Care, Northwest Community Hospital (as Dr. Thomas Kim) Self - Chief of Critical Care, Northwest Community Hospital (as Dr. Thomas Kim)   See fewer
1
Bill Cosgrove
Self - Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Kansas City Police Department Self - Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Kansas City Police Department   See fewer
1
James Bell
Self - Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Jackson County, MO Self - Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Jackson County, MO   See fewer
1
Mike Giacoppo
Self - Superintendent of Police, Cambridge Police Department Self - Superintendent of Police, Cambridge Police Department   See fewer
1
Jeremy Margolis
Self - Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois Self - Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois   See fewer
1
Ann DiMascio
Self - Investigator, Cambridge Police Department Self - Investigator, Cambridge Police Department   See fewer
1
John Butts
Self - Former Inmate, Cambridge Jail Self - Former Inmate, Cambridge Jail   See fewer
1
Jean Regula Leavengood
Self - Friend of Victim Self - Friend of Victim   See fewer
1
Joseph Chavez
Self - Deputy, Kane County Sheriff's Department Self - Deputy, Kane County Sheriff's Department   See fewer
1
Diane Elsroth
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mary Kellerman
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mary McFarland
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Paula Prince
Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage) Self - Tylenol Poisoning Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
1
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