Georgia Tann was a bad human. We feel safe in saying that because she kidnapped babies from poor families to sell to wealthy ones. Listen in if you can stomach it.
AI Summary
Josh and Chuck dive into the disturbing story of Georgia Tann, a social worker who got rich in the early-to-mid 1900s by kidnapping babies from poor families and selling them to wealthy couples through fraudulent adoptions. The episode explores how Tann exploited the vulnerable adoption system of the time, when formal adoption as we know it today was still a new concept and orphaned children had few protections. Fair warning: this is a heavy episode about crimes against children, so listener discretion is definitely advised.
Movies Discussed
Doctor Death
"It was a podcast. I can't remember. Doctor death, I think. — Josh references the Doctor Death podcast/series about a fake doctor who practiced in multiple states, as an example of someone evading oversight."
— Josh
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Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
"watching unsolved mysteries, as you did in 1990, I can attest"
— Josh
Instant Family
"she did play an adoption caseworker in a movie a few years ago. That movie, which I didn't see, instant family with Rose Byrne and Maki mock. — Josh mentions that Octavia Spencer played an adoption caseworker in the movie Instant Family, which may have sparked her interest in the Georgia Tan story."
— Josh
Mommie Dearest
"if you saw the movie mommy dearest, this was not that girl"
— Chuck
Mommy Dearest
"If you saw the movie mommy dearest, this was not that girl. — Josh clarifies that Joan Crawford's adopted twins were different from the abusive adoption situation depicted in the film Mommy Dearest."
— Josh
Stolen Babies
"there's a tv movie from 93 called Stolen Babies"
— Josh
Unsolved Mysteries
"There was a very famous episode of unsolved mysteries, or a famous case that came out of unsolved mysteries in 1990. — Chuck references a famous 1990 Unsolved Mysteries episode about Georgia Tan that helped a woman reunite with her biological daughter."
— Chuck
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