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The Chicago Tylenol Murders

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The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. On the morning of September 29th, 1982 twelve year old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Illinois died after taking a capsule of Extra-strength Tylenol. Adam Janus of Arlington Heights, Illinois died in hospital later that day, shortly after Adam's brother Stanley and sister in law Theresa Janus of Lisle, Illinois died after gathering to mourn his death having taken pills from the same bottle. In the coming days Paula Prince of Chicago and Mary Reiner of Winfield also died in similar incidents. Investigators soon discovered the Tylenol link, urgent warnings were broadcast and police drove through Chicago issuing warnings over loudspeakers. As the tampered bottles came from different factories and seven people had died all in the Chicago area, the possibility of sabotage during production was ruled out. Instead the culprit was thought to

Shredded Wheat Nests

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Ingredients: Shredded Wheat Cereal  white chocolate or milk chocolate  Cupcake cases  1. Break the chocolate into small chunks and melt in a small bowl placed over a pan of barely simmering water. 2. Pour the chocolate into a bigger bowl and crush shredded wheat into the bowl and mix into the chocolate fully. (if there is more chocolate than shredded wheat add more shredded wheat to the mixture.) 3.  Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases and press into a nest shape. 4. Decorate if wanted.