Mugshot

The Butterbox Babies


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William and Lyla Young were successful in opening their maternity home. Their goal was to provide a safe space for all pregnant mothers, wed or unwed. They'd provide anonymity and place the babies in good homes, and society would never know the difference. But what started out with good intentions became a greedy money making scheme that ripped apart families in multiple countries for years to come.

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Swelling

"Night II"

Meydan

"Insomnia Pt. 1"

SoundCrate

"Squad"

SoundCrate

"Shady Dealings"

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sources:
Ideal Maternity Home Survivors - The Story

'Butterbox babies' maternity home survivors still search for birth families | CBC News

"The Ideal Maternity Home: The Story Of The Ideal Maternity Home" (archive.org)

Six Decades of Hope for a Daughter Who Disappeared - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

GV woman helps ‘Butterbox Baby’ survivors understand past | Local News | gvnews.com

"The Complex Saga of Buried Babies" by Rebecca Wigod - The Vancouver Sun - May 9, 1992

"'Butterbox Babies' remain mystery" by Tom McDougall - Calgary Herald - Nov 12, 1988

"Butterbox Baby Case unearths guilt, fear in N.S. community" by Julian Beltrame - Edmonton Journal - Dec 11, 1988

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