Episode 95: Georgia Tann

In 1926, a woman named Georgia Tann began running the Memphis branch of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society. Soon, Georgia began selling babies and children on the black market, often out of state. And as demand for children grew, she began kidnapping infants and even older children. While she is dubiously credited with normalizing adoption at a time that it was stigmatized, her real legacy is creating closed adoptions. She also left a legacy of horrific abuse of the children in her care. Written, hosted and produced by Erica Kelley Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner Original Music by Rob Harrison of Gamma Radio Researched by Erica Kelley, Haley Gray Edited by Chaes Gray Case Suggestion by: Mallory Kemp Suggested Reading: The Baby Thief by Barbara Raymond Sources at https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.co... https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/   / southernfriedtruecrime     / southernfriedtruecrime   https://whatamaneuver.net/collections... (merch shop) @southfriedtruth and @kericak (Twitter) | @southernfriedtruecrime (Insta)