The children taken to the notorious Smyllum Park orphanage in Lanarkshire, Scotland, came from poor, working-class families and broken homes. The religious organization that ran the home, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent DePaul, confirmed that Smyllum residents were indeed buried there, according to the BBC and Scottish newspapers. But the two former residents who found the unmarked graves believed the number of children buried was much higher. According to a lengthy joint investigation by the BBC and Scotland’s Sunday Post published Sunday, up to 400 children are believed to be buried in the mass grave. Most of the children died of natural causes, including diseases such as TB, pneumonia and pleurisy.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2017 09:37 UTC