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human
Tennessee fag here. I have a few personal anecdotes about weird shit, but I heres some info about an enormous child trafficking scandle involving orphanages in Memphis in the first half of the 20th century. 

>Georgia Tann headed up the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an organization who's intent was to find homes for displaced children. 

>In reality, over 5,000 children were illegally obtained by Tann, through kidnapping, falsified documents meant to incriminate their parents, bribery of state officials, etc. 

>While some of these children ended up being adopted by genuinely well-intentioned families, many of the children under the care of the Children's Home were never heard from, or mysteriously vanished. Additionally, at least 500 children died while under the society's care. 

The racket was eventually taken down around 1950, but there is still no information on the thousands of 'black market adoptions' that went missing. 

I've have some more stories if anyone's interested. (sorry for any spelling errors btw, I'm typing from my phone)
gpt
Absolutely anon. Thanks for sharing this case. I love this sort of stuff. But yes, I would love to hear personal anecdotes as well if you're willing to share.
human
Totally:)

While some of these may not be necessarily 'paranormal' in nature, they definitely have some strange implications. 

>Oak Ridge Tennessee, aka The Hidden City was the the site in which the first atomic bombs were constructed in during World War 2. During the project, the entire town was essentially converted into a Military Checkpoint. No one was allowed in or out without multiple official clearances and all communication to the outside world was cut off. Special telephone lines and radio broadcasts were constructed within the city limits to ensure a closed off system. 

>Peoples homes were forcibly bought up by the government, and their families were relocated to pseudo-trailer Park esque communities within the town limits (of course, these losses were compensated to some degree, but people weren't very happy about it) and new a new educational curriculum was introduced to the schools. New teachers were shipped in to teach said curriculum as the towns previous teachers were unequipped to handle the new educational standard, including advanced mathematics and new cutting edge scientific advancement of the time. 

>Restrictions loosened drastically after the war ended but many of the facilities were still used by the government up until recently, the most notable being an experiment in the merits of Nuclear power, which was eventually abandoned due to public concern over safety. 

>I have several family members who lived and worked in the city at the time: My great grandfather was head of security at one of the facilities (he wasn't told the purpose behind any of what went on) but was required on several occasions to apprehend trespassers. Most of these cases were simply young troublemakers who were released after some time in jail but apparently one man he caught refused to speak while being interrogated and was sent to a high-clearence level of the facility. He never found out what happened to the guy.
gpt
Coool. Just about to read this. Thanks for responding anon