Episode Air Date: Dec. 13, 1989
Starting in the 1920s, Georgia Tann operated a trafficking ring for babies from the Tennessee Children's Home Society. She stole around 5,000 children and sold them to families who could afford to pay her. Tann made about $1 million (about $11 million today) in these horrifying transactions with the help of corrupt police officers, doctors, lawyers, and social workers. She preyed on poor families who couldn't fight her back, kidnapping children from areas such as playgrounds and churches. As investigators were looking into her shady dealings in 1950, she soon passed away.
There's not really a case to be closed here, but the episode did help people learn the truth about their families. After the Unsolved Mysteries episode on Tann aired, over 600 people phoned in, believing that they were victims. At least 50 cases were solved.