Bad Blood, Part I: The Factor VIII Scandal

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Every day, across the planet, blood and plasma donations save human lives. Yet as with virtually all medical innovations, the story of blood donation has a dark side. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into the disturbing tale of a conspiracy spanning decades -- how an Arkansas prison profited from selling tainted inmate blood across the world, infecting an unknown number of people with insidious diseases. Yet there's a protagonist to this twisted narrative: it's also the story Kelly Duda, the courageous investigative journalist who spoke truth to power and brought this injustice to the public eye.

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0:15.6	Find them, torture them, kill them, BTK.
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1:11.0	I spoke with more actors, musicians,
1:14.3	policy makers, and so many other fascinating people,
1:17.9	like jazz bassist Christian McBride.
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