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Flashback Friday: Capsule Scare (June 25, 1986)

By KFBB News Team

Story Created: Apr 22, 2010 at 9:49 AM MST

Story Updated: Apr 22, 2010 at 9:49 AM MST

In 1986, a Seattle woman put cyanide into Excedrin capsules, triggering a nationwide panic.

Here in Montana, that meant many drug stores pulled any and all medicine in the capsule form.

NewsChannel 5's Jackie Parks filed this report on June 25, 1986.

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