Bed of Lies

By The Telegraph

Society & Culture Medicine

What's Bed of Lies about?

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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Introducing: Call Bethel

06.20.2022

Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Bed of Lies' Cara McGoogan introduces a new podcast from the Telegraph, Call Bethel. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their year-long hunt into ...

Bed of Lies episodes:

06.20.2022 Introducing: Call Bethel Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Bed of Lies' Cara McGoogan introduces a new podcast from the Telegraph, Call Bethel. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their year-long hunt into ...
11.17.2021 6 - Retribution, Part 2 Every month, more names are added to the list of survivors. But with every year, more names on that list succumb to their illnesses. Will the Inquiry bring them justice before it’s too late? In this final instalment of the ...
11.17.2021 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 \| For 30 days’ ...
11.09.2021 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 \| For 30 days’ free access ...
11.02.2021 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 ...
10.25.2021 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 \| For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/liespodcast \| Get in touch: [email protected] and on Twitter ...
10.18.2021 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. ...
10.11.2021 1 - Infection Two young couples, two shock diagnoses. Our story begins with Clair, Bryan, Frankie and Joe - and four young lives turned upside down. Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook \| For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/liespodcast \| Get in ...
10.07.2021 Introducing Bed of Lies: Blood It begins in a maximum security prison in Louisiana – and it ends in thousands of deaths. This is the story of people poisoned, families torn apart by grief and a mass cover up. Cara McGoogan investigates one of the ...
12.22.2020 7 - Inquiry, Part 2 The spycops' relationships were built on a bed of lies – including their marriages. In this final episode of the series, we hear about the shattering impact of the undercover policing scandal. And the truth catches up with the men. ...
12.22.2020 7 - Inquiry, Part 1 Police spies have infiltrated homes – and hearts. Now, they face a public inquiry. But why did they dupe women into relationships in the first place? Who sanctioned it? And will all the women and children involved finally receive an ...
12.15.2020 6 - Fightback Each woman has a fragment of the truth. When they put the pieces together, the true scale of the deception starts to emerge. But as they edge closer to the full story, there's an obstacle in the way: the police. ...
12.08.2020 5 - Tradecraft It’s a thin line between spying and meddling. And it’s one that's only faintly drawn in the manual once given to new undercover police officers - written by a familiar name. Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies \| For 30 days’ free ...
12.01.2020 4 - Uncovered The mask slips, the relationships unravel, and as lies are uncovered, so too are the men behind them. Plus, for the very first time, our stories collide. Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies \| For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: ...
11.24.2020 3 - Breakdown One by one, the men vanish. As the search begins, the girlfriends start to question what they’re really looking for - and who they’re actually in love with. Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies \| For 30 days’ free access to The ...
11.17.2020 2 - Secrecy The perfect relationships are free of secrets. But these aren’t the perfect relationships. As the years go by, things begin to unravel - starting with the men themselves. Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies \| For 30 days’ free access to The ...
11.09.2020 1 - Infatuation It’s one of Britain’s biggest secrets, and it begins with a love story. Young activists united in their fight for justice. But then, cracks start to form. What’s real, what isn’t and where do the lies begin? Read Cara’s notebook: ...
10.29.2020 Introducing Bed of Lies: Love They thought they had found their soulmates – but they were all in love with a lie. Cara McGoogan tells the story of one of Britain's biggest secrets, with the women who unearthed the truth. Stolen identity, spies and heartbreak ...

Bed of Lies

What's Bed of Lies about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Bed of Lies episodes:

Introducing: Call Bethel

6 - Retribution, Part 2

6 - Retribution, Part 1

5 - Violation

4 - Fabrication

3 - Confrontation

2 - Experimentation

1 - Infection

Introducing Bed of Lies: Blood

7 - Inquiry, Part 2

7 - Inquiry, Part 1

6 - Fightback

5 - Tradecraft

4 - Uncovered

3 - Breakdown

2 - Secrecy

1 - Infatuation

Introducing Bed of Lies: Love