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\u2018Miracle babies\u2019 the Dionne Quintuplets - Yvonne, Annette, C\xe9cile, \xc9milie, and Marie, the first known quintuplets to survive infancy - born on 28th May, 1934 in rural Canada.\nFearing private exploitation, the Ontario government removed them from their parents and placed them in a specially built hospital under the care of Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, who had delivered them. Oliva Dionne fought a nine-year battle to regain them. In the interval, they became the country\u2019s biggest tourist attraction, as three million visitors flocked to \u201cQuintland\u201d to watch the babies at play behind a one-way screen.\nIn this episode, The Retrospectors reveal how news of the quints\u2019 birth spread so very quickly; explain the tragic events of their eventual reunion with their parents; and ask whether a \u2018child zoo\u2019 could ever happen in our more enlightened age\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\n\u2018Dionne Quintuplets: Inside The $500 Million "Freak Show" Of Mid-1900s Canada\u2019 (All That\u2019s Interesting, 2016): https://allthatsinteresting.com/dionne-quintuplets\n\n\n\u2018Whatever Happened to the Dionne Quintuplets? - Canada's First Quintuplets\u2019 (Country Living, 2017): https://www.countryliving.com/life/kids-pets/a42542/dionne-quintuplets/\n\n\n\u2018Miracle Babies - The Story of the Dionne Quintuplets\u2019 (BBC, 1998): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GTAWlfjssY&t=2461s\n\n\n\nThis episode first premiered in 2023, for members of \U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334 - where you can also DITCH THE ADS and get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 100 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast. Join now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\n\xa0\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/retrospectors\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2024.\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices