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It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the story they didn't want you to know - and one of the biggest medical disasters in history.
The award-winning first series of Bed of Lies is also available to listen to on this feed: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. This is the untold story of one of Britain's biggest secrets.

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Bed of Lies The Telegraph

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 9 Ratings

It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the story they didn't want you to know - and one of the biggest medical disasters in history.
The award-winning first series of Bed of Lies is also available to listen to on this feed: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. This is the untold story of one of Britain's biggest secrets.

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    1 - Infection

    1 - Infection

    Two young couples, two shock diagnoses. Our story begins with Clair, Bryan, Frankie and Joe - and four young lives turned upside down.
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    • 40 min
    2 - Experimentation

    2 - Experimentation

    Medicine is a game of risk, and few have seen the cost of getting it wrong as clearly as one group of boys. Whispers, a terrifying newspaper headline and then a stark message: a deadly virus is in their school. 
    Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies |
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    • 42 min
    3 - Confrontation

    3 - Confrontation

    Sadness turns to anger; anger to action. The survivors fight back, but for each confrontation, there's a coverup.
    Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook |
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    • 43 min
    4 - Fabrication

    4 - Fabrication

    If you knock on enough doors, eventually one will open. Tireless investigators trace the infected blood from the arms of people with haemophilia back to the room where it all began – in that American prison.
    Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook |
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    • 46 min
    5 - Violation

    5 - Violation

    Plasma is a life saver - and a lucrative industry. One that made fortunes and cost lives. But what was really going on behind closed doors? A whistleblower reveals all.
    Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook |
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    Get in touch: podcasts@telegraph.co.uk and on Twitter @cjmcgoogan |
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    • 46 min
    6 - Retribution, Part 1

    6 - Retribution, Part 1

    A letter leads to a lawsuit – and a big development in our story. After years of feeling silenced, British survivors are making their voices heard. But will those accountable finally listen?
    Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook |
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    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

Malle22 ,

Best podcast i’ve ever heard

Such an important story. As a political activist this made me deeply uncomfortable, angry and even more passionate about my cause.

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