THE TYLENOL MAFIA: Marketing, Murder, and Johnson & Johnson
On September 29, 1982, seven people in Chicago died after taking Extra Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. Officials have long cited the scarcity of physical evidence and apparent lack of motive to explain why they never solved the Tylenol murders. However, new revelations and information not previously disclosed tell a very different story of a crime that should have been solved.
In a story both fascinating and dramatic in its warnings, The Tylenol Mafia rips away the facade of the investigation that J&J CEO James Burke labeled “A demonstration without parallel of government and business working with the news media to help protect the public.” This gripping, meticulously documented expose’ unearths the troubling details of an investigation corrupted by well-connected corporate executives and politically motivated government officials who simply buried the truth inside a shadow legal system inaccessible to everyday Americans.
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Scott Bartz on FOX News (Video)
Joy Bergmann's Chicago Reader Article and Interview of Scott Bartz, Author of The Tylenol Mafia
In a new self-published book, The Tylenol Mafia, author Scott Bartz says he knows why these crimes continue to confound investigators: authorities were steered toward an erroneous madman-in-the-drug-store theory of the crime. A crime Bartz believes never occurred in retail stores. He says the evidence shows the culprit put the poisoned capsules into bottles somewhere along the repackaging and distribution links in Tylenol’s supply chain. A distribution system the police did not understand and the media did not investigate. A multiparty, multifaceted distribution system closely guarded by the makers of Tylenol and Bartz’s former employer, Johnson & Johnson.
... Bartz is a stickler for details. In the book Tylenol lot numbers, warehouses, repackaging facilities, distribution channels, and manufacturing processes get traced and tracked. Bartz pays close attention to the exact terminology used by J&J, the FDA, and the FBI. Inconsistencies of statements are noted; what is said—and not said—is important. He also describes the personal and professional allegiances between key players. And he reveals allegations about the current reactivation team that—if even partially true—call the entire endeavor into question. Read all...
Tylenol Exposé Hits J&J, Media, PRSA
"The Tylenol Mafia," by Scott Bartz, an exposé of Johnson & Johnson’s manipulation of facts surrounding the murder of seven people in the Chicago area in 1982 via Extra Strength Tylenol, will create a big headache for J&J, the media that went along with this ruse, and authorities such as the FBI, local police and the courts that did flawed and even dishonest work.
There’s no doubt that the public was lied to on a grand scale about the Tylenol murders that drew attention matching that which followed the murder of President Jack Kennedy in 1963.
Also pulled into the wake of this tsunami of spin and lies were the textbooks that invariably praised J&J. A co-conspirator was PR Society of America, which gave J&J a special Silver Anvil in 1983........ Read entire article by Jack O’Dwyer, who has covered the PR industry since 1968 after ten years at two of America's biggest dailies--the Chicago Tribune and New York Journal-American.
Book Pushes New Theory on Tylenol Poisonings - article by Jamie Sotnoff of The Daily Herald
Listen to Scott Bartz's interview on Michael Rivero's "What Really Happened" radio talk show
The Tylenol Mafia is “probably the most threatening book to Johnson & Johnson, the feds, and the media.”
-- Gary Franchi, National Director of Restore the Republic
“This expose’ of the No. 1 phony story in PR is long overdue. It is regrettable that major media such as the New York Times, The Economist, Fortune magazine and the Christian Science Monitor continue to refer to the Tylenol tragedy as some kind of “gold standard” for crisis handling. It is the opposite of that--the gold standard of spin and lying.”
-- Jack O’Dwyer, who has covered the PR industry since 1968 after ten years at two of America's biggest dailies--the Chicago Tribune and New York Journal-American.
“For 29 years now, the FBI and mainstream media have done nothing but make a circus out of this still-unsolved case. We have lost all hope for closure or justice at this point. Finally, Scott Bartz brings to light key evidence that exposes Johnson & Johnson’s handling of the Tylenol crisis, not as the gold standard, but as a heavily-connected empire literally getting away with murder. The extremely well-researched facts in The Tylenol Mafia put all the puzzle pieces together from a case that should have been solved within a week.”
-- Michelle Rosen, the daughter of Tylenol murder victim Mary “Lynn” Reiner.
Book to Blast Tylenol Myth
A book called The Tylenol Mafia written by a former eight year employee of Johnson & Johnson will contend that the murderous Tylenol capsules from the 1980s were prepared from within the company rather than at the retail level as popularly believed.... Read entire article by Jack O'Dwyer...
J&J Critic Bartz Wins Media Coverage
Former Johnson & Johnson employee Scott Bartz, who has been writing a book about J&J’s handling of the Tylenol murders, had his views covered in an 8.5-minute segment May 19 on Gary Franchi’s “The Reality Report” on RTR.org.
Bartz worked for J&J eight years and claims he knows far more about the distribution practices of the company than was ever revealed to the media. Read entire article....
The Daily Herald
Six months after FBI raids, still no arrests in Tylenol murders
...Bartz, a New Jersey resident, has spent years extensively researching the case and believes there's a massive cover-up involved. Not only does Bartz suspect there were more Tylenol poisoning victims, he also believes police overlooked certain suspects. Read entire article...
