#363: The Missing Children of Tuam - Part 1

Real Crime Profile

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

4.2 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

It is the stuff that gothic horror movies are made of, but instead of fiction, the story of the missing children of Tuam, Ireland, is tragically real. Using the framework of the stunning documentary streaming now on the Topic platform, “The Missing Children”, Laura, Jim and Lisa analyze this case that involves multiple layers of treachery, abuse and as Laura says “evil”. If 796 children went missing in your town, there would be an uproar. If year after year, 30 to 40 babies died in the care of those who were responsible for their well being your community would demand answers. So why did no one question this when it happened to these particular children. Your blood will boil when you hear the answers.

We dedicate this podcast series to International Women's Day 2022 to honor all the women and children victims and survivors. We have a long way to go.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:07.0	The Commission's excavations have revealed that human remains are visible in a series of chambers that may have formed part of sewage treatment works at the former Bon Secure mother and baby home.
0:23.0	When the story broke and said that babies were found in a septic tank, it hit home because that's the home I came from.
0:33.0	How dare they treat children like that? How dare they?
0:37.0	The numbers in this story are simply shocking 796 recorded deaths.
0:43.0	I think we have to start with the fact that it's a crime scene.
0:47.0	Why did my sister die of a treatable disease? Why are these babies in this place? What the hell is the story?
1:17.0	This lovely, Catholic, loving, warm, welcoming country now has a mass grave in the west of Ireland and the nuns were involved.
1:27.0	There are 796 death certificates but we absolutely do not know that all of those bodies are in that desuused septic tank.
1:37.0	I'd like to see the paperwork that my birth mother signed me over to my adopted parents.
1:44.0	I want that one sheet of paper with both signatures from both are on and nobody can give it to me.
1:51.0	We're talking about the worst human rights violations imaginable.
1:55.0	Missing children, enforced disappearance, illegal adoptions.
2:02.0	Did they die in huge numbers and are buried in mass graves all around the country or were the records falsified and these children were illegally adopted?
2:11.0	Where did all the children go?
2:20.0	Hey lovely listeners and welcome to Real Crime Profile. I'm Laura Richards, Criminal Behavioral Analyst, Founder of Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service and Host of the Podcast Crime Analyst.
2:30.0	And with me today is Jim Clemente, retired FBI profiler former New York City prosecutor and writer producer of CVS is Criminal Models.
2:39.0	I'm Lisa Tambetti, former casting director of CVS is Criminal Minds.
2:43.0	And you know there's nothing more beautiful in soothing than the musicality of an Irish accent.
2:48.0	But there's nothing so jarring as when that lilt gives voice to dark and terrible things and that's going to lead us right into our next case.
2:59.0	Our next case being the missing children.
3:02.0	And it's a three part series which I highly recommend that everybody watches with the caveat. It's a very difficult watch.
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