This episode is about Zahra, a 75 year old woman from Morroco, admitted to the hospital for abdominal pains. To the surprise of the doctor, the pain was due to a baby, mummified in her womb from a pregnancy 46 years earlier. The second part of this episode is about Jane Ingram...who gave birth to a baby that developed outside of the womb, in her abdomen.
This episode of Extraordinary People is an update on the documentary from two years ago, titled "The Child Who's Older Than Her Mother." This is the tragic story of Hayley Okines, a six year old girl born with a rare ageing condition known as Progeria.
Juliana Wetmore was born with a genetic disease called Treacher Collins syndrome. This is her story of her severe facial disorder.
Extraordinary People looks into "savants" which are geniuses capable of calculating complex mathematics and feats of memory.
Extraordinary People investigates abductions of unborn babies from pregnant women. This episode follows the story of Elijah Evans who was brutally cut from his murdered mother's belly.
In this episode, Alison Lapper stands up for the rights of the disabled. Herself, born without arms or legs, is an artist, mother and spokesperson for the handicapped.
In this episode, Extraordinary People tells the story of three women tormented 24 hours a day by the need for orgasm.