The Pollock Twins: A Second Life?

In a quiet English town, two young sisters died tragically. A year later, their parents welcomed twin girls who began to speak of places they’d never been and toys they’d never seen. Tonight, we explore one of the most mysterious and softly chilling cases of possible reincarnation ever recorded. Get comfortable, breathe deeply, and let your thoughts drift through lifetimes. This is the story of the Pollock Twins.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Appogie Production. Welcome back to Silent Secrets, your gentle guide
into the mysteries of our world. Tonight's story is one
that's fascinated psychologists, spiritualists and skeptics alike. It's about two

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little girls in England who might just might have lived
once before. This is the strange case of the Polyck twins.
So as the day falls away, get comfortable, and if
you drift off while we explore this mystery, that's perfectly fine. Hexham, Northumberland,

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is a quiet market town in northern England. In the
nineteen fifties, this was the kind of place where nothing
much happened, just green hills, cobbled streets and tight knit families.
Florence and John Pollock lived here with their two daughters, Joanna,

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aged eleven and Jacqueline aged six. The girls were full
of energy and love. Joanna was thoughtful and protective and
Jacqueline was silly, affectionate and full of imagination. They played
together constantly and were deeply bonded. Then tragedy. On May five,

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nineteen fifty seven, the girls were walking to church when
they were struck by a car. Both died instantly. The
town mourned their parents were devastated. Nothing could ever replace
the daughters they had lost, or so they thought. About

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A year later, Florence discovered she was pregnant again. John,
who had developed an interest in reincarnation, became convinced that
Joanna and Jacqueline would return somehow through this new child.
Florence was skeptical, and when the doctors said she was

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carrying just one baby, John was quietly disappointed. But on
October fourth, nineteen fifty eight, a surprise, Florence gave birth
to identical twin girls, Jillian and Jennifer. Identical in looks, yes,

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but from the start the girls were noticeably different in personality.
Jennifer had a strange birthmark across her forehead in the
same spot that his deceased daughter Jacqueline had a scar.
She also had a similar birthmark on her waist, exactly

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like the one Jacqueline had. Even as babies, John insisted
that these were the same souls reborn. Florence was uncomfortable
with the idea, but soon things got even stranger. As toddlers,

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the twins began asking for toys that had belonged to
Joanna and Jacqueline, toys they had never seen or been
told about. They knew the names of their deceased sisters dolls.
They asked to play in the park they'd never visited,
but described it in detail. They showed a fear of cars,

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especially Jennifer, who would cry out when one came close,
clinging to Florence and saying the car was coming to
get her. Even more bizarre, the girls would sometimes role
play in which Gillian acted like Joanna and Jennifer acted

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like Jacqueline, with all the correct age dynamics, preferences and behaviors.
When the family returned to Hexham after years away, the
twins recognized landmarks they shouldn't have known. They pointed out
their old school. They asked about the swing set in

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the previous backyard, even though it had been taken down
before they were born. The case caught the attention of

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doctor Ian Stevenson, a psychiatrist at the University of Virginia
who had spent years studying reincarnation cases. He interviewed the
Pollock family multiple times and documented dozens of matching behaviors
and memories. Stevenson was careful he wasn't out to prove reincarnation,

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but he believed the case deserved serious attention. His conclusion,
while there was no way to prove reincarnation, the Polyck
Twins offered some of the most compelling evidence he'd ever seen.
By the time the girls were about seven, their strange

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memories began to fade. They no longer referred to their
past lives. The unusual knowledge and behaviors slowly disappeared. They
grew into ordinary, happy teenagers, with no further signs of
anything unusual. Some skeptics believe the parents, especially John, must

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have unintentionally influenced the girls. Maybe they overheard stories picked
up on cues, but many of the memories and details
were never spoken aloud, not in the house, and not
in front of the twins. The Polyck Twins story remains

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a mystery. It doesn't prove reincarnation, but it makes us pause.
If consciousness can continue, if memory can pass through lifetimes,
what else might be possible. Maybe it's all coincidence, Maybe

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it's the mind making patterns, or maybe just maybe love
finds a way to return. As you drift off to sleep,
let that thought linger gently in your mind. Some things

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in this world and maybe the next, remain unexplained. Good Night,

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