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Ordinary Poison: Seven Deaths and the Unsolved 1982 Chicago Cyanide Poisonings

Ordinary Poison: Seven Deaths and the Unsolved 1982 Chicago Cyanide Poisonings

Paperback

True Crime

ISBN13: 9798187973712
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 19 2026
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Seven people died after taking medicine they trusted. More than four decades later, the case remains unsolved.

In September 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength pain-relief capsules contaminated with cyanide. The deaths triggered a nationwide warning, an unprecedented product recall, and a transformation in American consumer-safety packaging. But the central question was never answered:

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