In the 1920’s, Georgia Tann re-invented adoption. At a time when children were often only taken in as hired help, Tann instead found permanent placements for abandoned children. Except most of these children were never willingly surrendered. Listen as Tann manipulates, steals, lies, and neglects innocent lives across generations for the purpose of money and power.
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Theme Music by Brad Frank
Sources:
- Show: Unsolved Mysteries (Season 2, Episode 11)
- Book: Before and After by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate (2017)
- Book: The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption by Barbara Bisantz Raymond (2007)
- https://www.timesdaily.com/ap/state/elwood-to-honor-victims-of-tennessee-childrens-home-society/article_665c0a6c-7d6d-5aa4-bd23-5c87637b97e7.html
- https://www.highgroundnews.com/features/UnmarkedMemphisI.aspx
- https://www.insider.com/georgia-tann-tennessee-children-home-society-survivors-speak-out-2019-12
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-20-vw-882-story.html
Recommend reading: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
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