The Missing Children

The Missing Children

Documentary

Available on MHz Choice, CuriosityStream, Prime Video, Curiosity Stream, Sling TV

This true crime docuseries investigates the harrowing discovery of children’s remains found on the grounds of a home for unwed mothers and their babies in Western Ireland, exposing hypocrisy and corruption within the Catholic Church.

Documentary

TV-14

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Between 1921 and 1998, 60,000 unwed Irish mothers were forced by the Catholic Church to give up their children without knowing what would happen to them. Records show 9,000 of them died without cause. A local historian investigates.

40 min · Nov 9, 2021 TV-14
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Many children born under the care of Bons Secours nuns were adopted abroad, a majority of them in America. Tuam survivors tell their personal adoption stories and their search for the truth.

43 min · Nov 9, 2021 TV-14
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Did the state collude in the abuse and death of mothers and children along with the church? Why has the church been protected? Survivors and the people of Ireland demand records be unsealed as calls for justice for the victims grow louder.

43 min · Nov 9, 2021 TV-14

About

The Missing Children

DOCUMENTARY

This true crime docuseries investigates the harrowing discovery of children’s remains found on the grounds of a home for unwed mothers and their babies in Western Ireland, exposing hypocrisy and corruption within the Catholic Church.

Information

Studio: Crave
Rated: TV-14
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States), English (United Kingdom)
Audio: English (Ireland) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.