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Alma was new to Memphis. She was a single mother. She had two small children, but one was particularly young.

She was ten months old. Very pretty child, blonde hair, green eyes, and Alma took her for a walk.

When she got back from the walk, there was a knock on her door, and the person knocking was Georgia Tan.

And Georgia Tan said, I'm a social worker, and I noticed that your little baby is sick.

And I'm a said, well, she has a cold. And Georgia Tan said, I know a lot about children.

So she went over and she examined the baby. And she kept shaking her head. And she said, she's sick. She needs to see a doctor.

Alma Sippled told Georgia Tan that she didn't have any money to take her baby to the doctor, especially for a little cold.

This was 1946. We're hearing the story from Barbara Raymond.

Georgia Tan said it was more serious than a cold, but told Alma Sipple not to worry.

She explained the child connections. She worked with the Tennessee Children's Home Society and could get the baby seen at the hospital for free.

Alma Sipple agreed that the two of them could take the baby to the hospital to be checked out by a doctor. But Georgia Tan said that Alma couldn't come.

They need to pretend that the baby was an orphan in order to get the free care.

So reluctantly, Alma let Georgia Tan walk off with her 10 month old baby.

A day later, Alma snuck into the hospital. She looked in the room where Georgia Tan's wards were. She saw her baby bouncing in her bed, looking extremely healthy.

She asked the nurse if she could hold her baby. And the nurse replied, you don't have a baby in there.

And the next day she got a call from Georgia Tan and she said, I'm so sorry, but your baby died. And Alma started screaming. And she said, I know she's not dead. She only had a cold.

And she went to Georgia Tan's orphanage. But she was not allowed in. A big man kept her out. She ran to the police station and no one would listen to her.

She haunted graveyards. She tried to find death certificates. Nothing. Now, Alma spent 45 years looking for her child.

Barbara Raymond interviewed Alma Sippel in 1990.

I realized there was a much bigger story behind Alma because Alma was not the only person who had lost a child to Georgia Tan.

As one of Georgia Tan's colleagues once said, she wanted to get her hands on every child she could. I'm Phoebe Judge. This is criminal.

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