Bed of Lies

Bed of Lies

A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder? The first and second series of Bed of Lies are also available to listen to on this feed: Series 2: 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. Series 1: 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

October 29, 2020 1 min

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 – sometimes, reality is stranger than fiction.

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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?

 

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November 16, 2020 28 mins

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 |

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November 23, 2020 33 mins

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 |

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November 30, 2020 36 mins

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 |

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December 7, 2020 42 mins

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 |

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December 14, 2020 41 mins

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.


Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies |

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December 22, 2020 26 mins

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 apology?


Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies |

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December 22, 2020 40 mins

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. 


Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies |

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October 7, 2021 1 min

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 biggest medical disasters in history.


The second series of the award-winning podcast, Bed of Lies, launches Tuesday 12th October.



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October 11, 2021 40 mins

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 |

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October 18, 2021 42 mins

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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October 25, 2021 43 mins

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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November 2, 2021 46 mins

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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November 8, 2021 46 mins

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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November 16, 2021 35 mins

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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November 17, 2021 49 mins

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 series, they lay bare the shattering impact of this bed of lies.


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June 20, 2022 34 mins

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 the Jehovah's Witnesses.


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September 21, 2023 27 mins

Listen to this extract from the host of Bed of Lies Cara McGoogan's new book: The Poison Line (UK) and Blood Farm (US). 

Developed from the second series of this podcast, Bed of Lies: Blood, The Poison Line gives the full and shocking account of one of the biggest medical disasters in history – and the lengths that big pharma, the NHS and governments worldwide took to cover it up.

If you're in the US you can buy Blood Farm here:...

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October 11, 2023 15 mins

Listen to this extract from the host of Bed of Lies Cara McGoogan's new book: The Poison Line (UK) and Blood Farm (US).

Developed from the second series of this podcast, Bed of Lies: Blood, The Poison Line gives the full and shocking account of one of the biggest medical disasters in history – and the lengths that big pharma, the NHS and governments worldwide took to cover it up.

If you're in the US you can buy Blood Farm here: http...

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