Taken At Birth

Documentary 2019

Available on Prime Video, discovery+

Taken At Birth will share the untold stories of the "Hicks Babies," the name given to more than 200 newborn babies illegally sold or given away from the back steps of a small-town Georgia clinic run by Dr. Thomas J. Hicks during the 1950s and 1960s.

Documentary 2019

PG

Starring Jane Blasio, Lisa Joyner, Christopher Jacobs

EPISODE 1

Black Market Baby Dealer

After Thomas Hicks sold over 200 babies illegally in the 1950s and 1960s, Jane Blasio works to reunite the stolen babies with biological families while trying to unearth secrets about Hicks himself.

44 min · Oct 9, 2019 14+
EPISODE 2

Mausoleum Break-in

Jane and Lisa meet the first Hicks baby, Stephen Dilbeck; Chris and Sallie open the mausoleum in search of birth records rumored to be inside as they work on getting approval of an exhumation.

44 min · Oct 10, 2019 14+
EPISODE 3

Buried Truth

Jane and Lisa share the news about the exhumation with a group of Hicks babies that have questioned whether Dr. Hicks was in fact their biological father; Sallie and the Hicks babies learn the DNA results.

44 min · Oct 11, 2019 14+

Jane Blasio

Actor
Lisa Joyner

Actor
Christopher Jacobs

Actor
Gabriela Tavakoli

Producer

About

Taken At Birth

DOCUMENTARY

Taken At Birth will share the untold stories of the "Hicks Babies," the name given to more than 200 newborn babies illegally sold or given away from the back steps of a small-town Georgia clinic run by Dr. Thomas J. Hicks during the 1950s and 1960s.

Information

Studio: TLC
Released: 2019
Rated: PG

Languages

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

Accessibility

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