796 Dead Babies Hidden in Septic Tank At Home For Unwed Mothers

796 Dead Babies Hidden in Septic Tank At Home For Unwed Mothers

Imagine a very large, very old, decomissioned sewage tank buried underneath the grounds of a long since demolished home for unwed mothers that may contain the remains of nearly 800 babies and small children. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the story of the "Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home" in Tuam, Ireland....providing shelter for young women from 1925 until it closed in 1961. Nearly 800 children died at the facility run by Nuns but there are only one or two actual burial records, the rest may have been tossed into an old septic tank buried on the property and turned into a mass unmarked grave. Professor Morgan explains how the tank would have been tested, the condition of the remains, and the daunting task to identify and properly bury the children who were tossed away like rubbish.

Transcribe Highlights
00:05.83 Introduction "Bon Secours" means "Safe Harbor"

03:23.12 Homes for "single mothers"

05:00.85 Historian research indicates nearly 800 babies died, only one burial record

09:59.19 Death certificates were found

14:43.31 Bones sticking up from ground

20:12.78 Description of septic type system used at the time

25:09.84 Opening on top referred to as a "Thief Hatch"

30:07.44 The nuns are not the only ones responsible

35:02.15 Using methane probes in very small area

40:04.25 Permission has been give for full excavation

44:36.01 Need help with DNA and identifying the remains. Conclusion

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