Overview

• Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders premiered on Netflix May 26, 2025, using interviews and archive footage to re-examine the cyanide-laced capsule killings.
• The three-part series includes James Lewis’s sole full interview—his last before dying in 2023—where he again denies involvement in the poisonings.
• Filmmakers explore alternate contamination theories, including possible tampering at a Johnson & Johnson production facility and a 1986 Yonkers death.
• The original 1982 attacks killed seven Chicago-area residents and spurred tamper-evident packaging requirements and federal product-tampering laws.
• Directors hope the documentary prompts authorities to unseal records, broaden the suspect pool and uncover any additional victims.