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The Chicago Tylenol Murders

For most people, Tylenol is nothing more than an ol' stand-by, over-the-counter pain reliever. Yet, as Ben, Noel and Max learn in today's episode -- this wasn't always the case. Today's episode takes the boys to 1980s Chicago, when a ghoulish series of still-unsolved murders rocked the pharmaceutical industry, and led to the creation of tamper-proof packaging. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  CLASSIC: Idiomatic For The People, Part I

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  Spontaneous Human Combustion: A Bizarre Controversy

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  IP, Part Three: A Copyright for Everyone!

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  CLASSIC: Was there a real-life Rapunzel?

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  Ridiculous Maps: That Time Everyone Thought California Was An Island

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  CLASSIC: Benjamin Franklin's Advice On "Finding A Mistress"

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  Wait! Can a tree really own itself?

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  Doc Holliday Was, In Fact, A Deadly Dentist

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  CLASSIC: What does "Idaho" actually mean?

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  The Ridiculous History of Dog Food

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  Bir Tawil: The Ridiculous Tale of "Earth's Worst Real Estate"

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  CLASSIC: Uncle Sam Tried to End World War II With Bat Bombs

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  The Ridiculous History of the "Ice Cream Sundae"

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  Zombies, Part Two: The Movies!

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  CLASSIC: The American Soldiers Who Defected to North Korea and Became Movi…