For decades, lesbian Georgia Tann ran a blackmarket baby kidnapping and adoption racket in Tennessee: "Tennessee Children's Home Society."
A corrupt juvenile court judge, Camille Kelley, helped Tann in the acquisition of babies. It's estimated that more than 5,000 children were trafficked.
Many of the babies ended up in Hollywood.
Actor Richard Powell wrote a thinly-disguised story in 1950 about Georgia Tann "The Adoption Racket":
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Mirror/50/Mirror-50-Aug.pdf
There's a podcast about Georgia Tann here
http://www.southernhollows.com/episodes/routine-papers