"Their babies would be taken if they didn't have the money to buy them back, which happened in most of the cases."

Episode 78:

This week we're straight talking Mother & Baby Homes with filmmaker Teresa Levina.  Teresa's film "Untold Secrets" focuses on survivors of the Mother & Baby homes in Ireland, with a particular emphasis on Anne Silke and her treatment in the Tuam Home, site of the Tuam Babies. The Tuam Babies are 800 babies bodies in a mass septic tank grave at the Tuam Mother & Baby home. The unmarried, often raped, mothers in the home were treated as sub human and very often the children from the homes were essentially sold as slave labour by the Bon Secours nuns who ran the homes. Anne Silke was one such child who worked for a prominent political family in the area who physically and sexually abused her. The same family continues to try and censor Teresa's film putting pressure on any film festival that screens the documentary.

Kamron goes DaVinci-esque as he paints a picture of his bad day and his concerns about another lockdown. Allan is smiling with the Irish rugby teams beating the All Blacks but he's riled by the Miami Showband Killings documentary.

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