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A Million-Dollar Baby Race? The Shocking Story of the Great Stork Derby!

April 07, 2025 • Christina • Season 4 • Episode 5

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - Charles Vance Millar
6:25 - Millar's Will
10:32 - 9th Clause of the Will
12:53- Initial Response
15:03 - The Government
17:10 - The Great Stork Derby begins
21:40 - News Coverage
24:08 - Mrs. Lillian Kenny
29:25 - Grace Bagnato
31:54 - Mrs. X / Pauline Mae Clarke
33:17 - Media Headlines
37:37 - More Legal Battles
41:24 - The Contest Ends
44:22 - Court - Mrs Lillian Kenny
48:36 - Mrs. Grace Bagnato - Court
51:28 - Court Mrs. X / Pauline Mae Clarke
54:43 - Final Decision / Winners Announced
59:02 - How much money they got
1:03:06 - What they did with the money

► THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY, Based on actual events.

►SOURCES:
https://canadaehx.com/2023/08/01/the-great-stork-derby/
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/668/transcript
https://allthatsinteresting.com/great-stork-derby
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-a-dead-millionaire-convinced-dozens-of-women-to-have-as-many-babies-as-possible/
https://torontohistory.substack.com/p/the-great-toronto-stork-derby
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-great-stork-derby/
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-great-stork-derby-parshat-shemot/