From a very early age, identical twins Jennifer and June Gibbons were insular. They created their own secret language and refused to talk to anyone else. Following a conviction for burglary and arson during their late teens, they were both sent to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. This selective muteness would leave them trapped in the secure facility, on a cocktail of antipsychotic medication, for 11 years. But when they heard that they were being released, they both reached an agreement that one twin should lead a normal life. Tragically, their decision would have fatal consequences… (Part 1 of 2).
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This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton.
Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Still Missing (score) by Scott Holmes
Hot Soup On Cold Days by P C III
Towards Death by Xenojam
All music sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org and used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jun/28/fiction.classicalmusicandopera
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http://people.com/archive/a-british-journalist-unravels-the-tale-of-the-twins-who-wouldnt-talk-vol-26-no-17/
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/silent-twins-trapped-by-a-destructive-bond-that-was-broken-only-by-death-1-3880669
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3526486/Sister-Silent-Twins-close-one-DIE-live.html
http://www.npr.org/2015/05/08/405191622/the-silent-twins
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/12/04/we-two-made-one
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/19/books/bound-together-in-fantasy-and-crime.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.storypick.com/silent-twins-june-jennifer-gibbons/
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-12-01/features/8703300267_1_twin-bond-twins-battle-silent-twins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2828945.stm
The Silent Twins by Majorie Wallace - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Twins-Marjorie-Wallace/dp/009958641X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1507531554&sr=8-1&keywords=the+silent+twins
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