This episode discusses Georiga Tann, who profited from the black market adoptions of an estimated 5000 children from the early 1920s up until her death in 1950. Many of the children she adopted out were stolen from unwed or single mothers, or families with limited financial means.

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Sources:
The Baby Thief: The True Story of the Woman Who Sold Over Five Thousand Neglected, Abused and Stolen Babies in the 1950s., Barbara Bisantz Raymond

https://youtu.be/LEPS470x5S4

https://youtu.be/YaiRYfhvj0k

https://youtu.be/tSQw5laNR3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVfIHZS5e5A

https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/article/13016300/she-terrified-people

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/10/22/lisa-wingate-before-and-after-orphans-tennessee-children

http://www.criminalelement.com/georgia-tann-the-matron-of-evil/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/The_Children_of_Georgia_Tann

https://www.ranker.com/list/life-of-georgia-tann/nicky-benson

https://www.nchgs.org/html/a_story_of_stolen_babies.html

https://ideapod.com/georgia-tann-the-baby-thief-kidnapped-5000-babies-and-sold-them-all/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/georgia-tann

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2018/06/11/victims-tennessee-childrens-home-society-adoption-scandal-involving-georgia-tann-share-their-stor-4/682152002/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tann

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-20-vw-882-story.html

https://adoptionland.org/1075/the-hollywood-baby-snatcher-the-sinister-story-of-the-woman-who-stole-children-sold-them-to-the-stars/

https://medium.com/@sydney.branch/georgia-tann-tenne

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