Twins' Curse: A true story of Horror and Deviance

The story of these twins is truly one-of-a-kind. Two identical sisters, born and bred in Wales, who communicated exclusively with each other for their entire lives, were inseparable. However, they also harbored an intense fear and hatred towards each other that was difficult for even modern-day psychiatrists to comprehend. Their story is full of unexpected twists and turns that may lead one to question whether they were cursed.

Gloria and Aubrey Gibbons were a Caribbean couple who moved to the UK in the early 1960s with hopes of a better future. Aubrey worked as a technician for the Royal Air Force while Gloria tended to their home. The couple already had three children when Aubrey was sent to Aden, Yemen, for deployment. On the 11th of April 1963, the Gibbons family was overjoyed with the arrival of twin girls, June and Jennifer.

However, as the twin girls grew, their behavior became increasingly unusual. As soon as they were able to speak, they communicated in a language that nobody in their English-speaking household could comprehend. This made-up language was a source of confusion and bewilderment for their family.

The twin's behavior became even more fascinating as they refused to interact with anyone except each other. While it's common for twins to create their own language as children, most move on from this phase as they grow up. However, June and Jennifer remained trapped in their isolated world for more than three decades, avoiding communication with everyone else.

This became an enormous problem as they entered into the real world, especially considering they were the only black students in their primary school, making them targets for bullying.

June and Jennifer carried a sense of guilt for being a burden to those around them, and they seemingly blamed themselves for the curse they had to endure. Together, they created a ritual in which they knelt beside their bed and asked for God's forgiveness.

Opening the Bible, they would chant fervently and pray for the strength to communicate with their family, though it was challenging. Their family and school officials understandably became concerned about their future and, therefore, sought help from a professional speech therapist. Despite the therapist's best efforts, however, she was unable to penetrate the twins' wall of silence.

Nonetheless, the therapist picked up on something mysterious and unsettling about the twins that no one else in their circle seemed to notice. This observation would later be consistent with future reports about the twins' behavior.

In her own words, the therapist stated, "Jennifer sat there with an expressionless gaze, but I felt her power. The thought entered my mind that June was possessed by her twin.

She could sense that June wanted to speak to her, but it was as if Jennifer's presence is keeping her from doing so." As a result, the Gibbons family ran out of options and decided to take matters into their own hands.

Their decision was to enroll the twins in different schools, hoping that this would promote individuality. However, this effort proved to be a complete failure. Instead of becoming more self-sufficient, the twins withdrew further into themselves, almost reaching a state of paralysis. June, in particular, became exceedingly difficult to manage. She would sit, weeping in a motionless state, with bodily fluids hanging from her nose, eyes, and mouth, and staff had to clean her face. She did not speak or use the restroom.

The sight was alarming, and it swiftly became apparent that separating the twins had backfired, making matters worse.

The twins' lives may have appeared to be at a dead end due to their inability to communicate and their erratic behavior that caused worry.

However, their parents gifted them a journal which brought a glimmer of hope. This proved to be a turning point for the girls as they discovered their passion for writing. They enjoyed expressing themselves through writing and were so interested in it that they enrolled in a mail-order writing course. Writing not only provided them with a form of self-expression but also allowed them to experience a slice of normalcy they had been longing for. Their writing abilities even caught the attention of publishers, and one of their novels, "The Pepsi Cola Addict," was published.

However, their writing had a darker tone, centering around young, attractive people committing terrible crimes in Malibu.

Although their writing provided hope for their loved ones that they could overcome their difficulties, it also revealed their troubled minds. Reading their stories, one could see that they had a dark and twisted tone. As the twins grew older, their passion for writing was not enough to keep them from falling into a world of deviant activities.

They began experimenting with drugs and alcohol, which led to a terrifying moment when they went on a series of arson attacks. As a result, they were caught and committed to Broadmoor, a maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane. There, they lived in a world of madness, feeling trapped and hopeless with no companionship.

That is until a journalist by the name of Marjorie Wallace stumbled upon their story.

Marjorie is an essential figure in the lives of the silent twins. Without her intervention, the twins might have been confined to Broadmoor for their entire lives. Marjorie became aware of the twins' notorious arson incident and reached out to their family. She was surprised to find that one of the twins was misunderstood by society and had a vivid imagination. When Wallace first met the twins, she was pleased to learn that they wanted to speak with her.

She filled a void in their lives, enabling them to communicate with the outside world. With her connections and exposure, Marjorie had the power to give the twins a voice and display their writings to the world.

Wallace visited the twins on a regular basis for several years, and gradually, she started unraveling the mystery of their curse.

The twins had deep-seated hate towards each other, which Wallace eventually discovered.

The twins' speech therapist's premonition about them proved to be accurate. June believed that her sister was possessing her and referred to her as a dark shadow looming over her.

In the meantime, Jennifer was the more dominant twin, and in her diary, she portrayed them as mortal enemies. She depicted June as a figure of misery, deceit, and even murder. As Wallace continued to spend time with the twins, she sensed that June wanted to express herself freely, but Jennifer's presence always overpowered her.

It took Marjorie ten years to assist them, but finally, they were granted permission to move to a less intensive institution located in Wales, known as the Caswell Clinic.

The twins had finally started to make progress, but an unsettling development was brewing between them that has confounded Marjorie and the medical professionals to this day. Marjorie recounted in an NPR interview how she took her daughter to visit the twins and had a pleasant conversation with them in the visitors' area.

However, in the middle of their discussion, Jennifer suddenly made a chilling declaration, saying, "Murdering Marjorie, I'm going to have to die."

And I sort of laughed, I sort of said, 'Would that don't be silly or 31 years old, you know you're just about to be freed from Broadway, why are you going to have to die? Um, you're not ill.' And she said, "Because we've decided."

Marjorie immediately alerted the doctors about what she had heard. The doctors assured her that the twins would be under constant supervision. However, on the morning of their departure,

Jennifer began to feel unwell. As they were leaving, she leaned on June's shoulder and whispered, "At long last, we're out."

As they watched the Broadmoor gates close from their transpost, she fell into a kind of coma. Despite the doctor's intervention, she passed away within 12 hours of arriving in Wales. Jennifer Gibbons was declared dead at 6:15 pm.

After Jennifer's death, Wallace visited June and found her in good spirits and willing to talk. June seemed to have become normal again as if the 30 years of their shared experiences had not occurred. She told Marjorie that Jennifer's passing had given her a sense of freedom.

June said, "Now that Jennifer is gone, the one who lives must live for the other."

The story of the Silent Twins is fascinating and defies explanation. It also serves as a reminder of the importance of understanding and compassion in mental health care, as well as the power of individual strength and resilience. This story has inspired books, documentaries, and even a movie, and it continues to captivate and intrigue people to this day.