MYSTICAL: The Reincarnated Twins

On May 5, 1957, Joanna (age 11) and Jacqueline (age 6) Pollock were on their way to church when a driver accidentally struck and killed them. Three years later, their mother Florence gave birth to a set of twins whom she named Gillian and Jennifer. It wasn’t long after that where Gillian and Jennifer began to demonstrate their uncanny knowledge of things they shouldn’t necessarily know— past playgrounds where Jacqueline and Joanna used to play and landmarks from the family’s first hometown. Questions arose — had the twins been reincarnated? Were they given a second chance at life? Was it merely coincidence? Or is this story nothing more than urban legend?

Credit: Diane Arbus. (This photo is often used online to portray the Pollock twins yet it was taken by photographer Arbus in New Jersey in 1966 and is of identical twins “Cathleen” and “Colleen.”)