In this fact-based drama, a midwife and her spouse are accused of illegally smuggling babies to Canada for adoption., A dark chapter in history as a couple set up a maternity home that is soon dealing in illegal adoptions and mysterious deaths., Based on a true story. A dark chapter in history as a couple set up a maternity home that is soon dealing in illegal adoptions and mysterious deaths., Fact-based drama about Nova Scotia midwife Lila Young (Susan Clark), who ran a home for unwed mothers during the 1930s and ’40s, and eventually started selling the infants to support her “mission.” William Young: Peter MacNeill. Iris: Catherine Fitch. Russell: Michael Riley. Directed by Don McBrearty.