When Humanitarians Kill

When Humanitarians Kill is a podcast investigation into the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s criminal coverup of Australia’s deadliest medical scandal HIV & HepC contaminated blood.

When Humanitarians Kill is a true crime podcast hosted by Charles MacKenzie, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Charles MacKenzie hosts When Humanitarians Kill, a true crime show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #8

  The Australian Human Rights Commission say “NO” to investigating the Infected Blood Scandal

  Mar 4, 20261 hourS2

  <p>Send a text</p><p>In this episode Charles & Lyn share their feelings about the decision by the Australian Human Rights Commission’s decision to deny an inquiry into how tens of thousands of Australians impacted by tainted blood transfusions and tainted blood treatments could end up being abandoned.  <br/><br/><b>Show links.</b> <br/><br/>Former Labor Health minister Neal Blewett says evidence that he is bisexual or gay is “scuttlebutt”  https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ddd792_2e7e1e141f4e41549717a2e224bc3544~mv2.jpg<br/><br/>Statement by Charles MacKenzie to Infected Blood Inquiry (final 5...

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  Episode #7

  Inquiry crashers

  Jan 30, 20261h 10mS2

  <p>Send a text</p><p>As When Humanitarians Kill gathers momentum, Charles and Lyn uncover a disturbing truth: two official inquiries into Australia’s tainted blood disaster, the 1991 HIV inquiry and the 2004 hepatitis C inquiry, were quietly derailed. In this episode, they reveal how a small number of well placed gatecrashers intervened, sabotaging accountability and denying victims justice.<br/><br/><b>Show links </b><br/><br/>‘An alliance of bias timeline’<br/>of government funded Hepatitis C groups discriminating against infected blood victims: Before and during the Senate Affairs ReferencesCommittee into hepatitis C and blood supply in Australia 2004 https://ddd792...

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  Episode #6

  Whistleblowers

  Jan 26, 20261h 6mS2

  <p>Send a text</p><p>In this episode Charles & Lyn talk about the incredible whistleblowers who have come forward to help expose the criminal coverup of the Infected Blood Scandal <br/><br/>Show links <br/><br/>Ita Buttrose lies about haemophilia treatments being purified in 1985 <br/> https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ddd792_d2874372777a4ef3a2c9342cce36349b~mv2.jpg<br/><br/>Ita Buttrose in 1986 telling parents of children with Haemophilia in Hawthorn, Victoria, that their kids treatments had been ‘purified’ and made safe when she knew full well they hadn’t been…https://www.facebook.com/100064645061367/posts/pfbid02S1...

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  Episode #5

  Donor D20

  Dec 18, 20251h 7mS2

  <p>Send a text</p><p>In this episode, hosts Charles MacKenzie and Lyn uncover the true story behind a tainted blood donor known only as Code Donor D20 and how decisions made by Australia’s blood bank led to the death of Lyn’s young son, Martin, in 1989.<br/><br/>But this is not just one family’s tragedy.<br/><br/>Was D20 a tragic anomaly, or evidence of a far wider and hidden practice where thousands of high risk donors were knowingly recruited into the blood supply despite the dangers?<br/><br/>This episode challenges the official narrative and as...

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  Episode #4

  The costs of the Infected Blood Scandal

  Dec 1, 202555 minS2

  <p>Send a text</p><p><br/>Imagine your family blindsided by a catastrophe so sudden and devastating that life is split into “before” and “after.”<br/><br/>In this powerful episode, Charles and Lyn break open the hidden human costs of public health failures especially tragedies like tainted blood transfusions and contaminated blood treatments. With honesty and urgency, they explore what survivors and families endure long after the headlines fade: the medical, financial, emotional, and generational toll that reshapes every part of life.<br/><br/>Whether you’ve lived through a public health disaster or want to understand the real impac...

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