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Killer Marketing tells the true crime stories behind the products you use every day, from the Tylenol murders that put a seal on every medicine bottle to the poisoned Halloween candy myth that sent kids home with nothing but wrapped treats. Emily Rask of Lies We Bought traces how each crime, scandal, or panic was sold to the public and how it changed the way companies sell to you today.

Lies We Bought is a podcast that traces advertising lies and marketing deception back to where they started. Host Emily Rask spent over a decade building marketing and advertising campaigns, and now she's reading the fine print out loud (think everything from "got milk?" to "clean beauty") to show how the message got made and why we believed it. Part branding history, part consumer psychology, part 1950s wink. If you love smart, myth-busting shows about advertising, branding, and the hidden tricks behind the stuff you buy, you're in the right place. Pulled fresh from the oven every Tuesday at ...