A secret kept for a hundred years.
A family story that even the family didn’t know. Then the tech was born, the DNA came to light, and after the shock, the investigation began.
Black Market Babies is Canadaland’s new two-part special. An underworld tale of the international baby smuggling ring that bought and sold hundreds of newborns out of Montreal in the 1950s.
A family story told by the families. One reporter whose own mother was bought and sold. And another whose own DNA tied her to the one of the alleged masterminds behind the black market baby trade.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Reported by: Ilana Gordon and Adam Segal
Written by: Ilana Gordon, Adam Segal and Bruce Thorson
Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer)
Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer)
max collins (Production Manager)
Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Additional music by Tristan Capacchione and Audio Network
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