December 16, 2024
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#1076 The Great Darkness
“Here's something that not many people know about the baby business.  There are ‘leg-men.’ We call them ‘leg-men’ though some of them are women, who make it their business to find pregnant women who are not married. The leg-men look for them in a million and one places. They meet them in bars and parks and cafes and all over. They hear things.”  - Eugene Moyneur (ex-wrester, ex-bodybuilder, baby-smuggler)
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Bruce Thorson
Senior Producer
Tristan Capacchione
Audio Editor & Technical Producer
Caleb Thompson
Audio Editor
max collins
Director of Audio

This is part two of our mini series: Black Market Babies (part one, here).

It’s a family story that lay hidden for decades. Then the tech was born, the DNA came to light, and after the shock, the investigation began.

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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