Linda and Terry Jamison
| Linda and Terry Jamison | |
|---|---|
 Linda and Terry Jamison, 2007 | |
| Born | 1965 |
| Occupation | Psychic twins |
Linda and Terry Jamison (born 1965) are a pair of American identical twins. They have worked as performance artists and as psychics.
Education and background
They grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania, attending East Bradford Elementary School, and later Henderson High School, both in the West Chester Area School District. Their parents, Jane and Philip Jamison, were writers and painters. According to a 2006 documentary on A&E, Philip is a watercolor artist.[1] The girls obtained fine arts degrees from Temple University (Tyler School of Art), and for awhile worked as performance artists. They had their own performing arts company, "Pop Theatrics," which would perform music, comedy, dance, and acrobatics in New York City and Washington D.C..
Career as "the psychic twins"
In their 30s, they moved to Los Angeles and refocused their career as psychics, calling themselves "The Psychic Twins". They charge more than $500 per person for psychic readings.[1] Terry has been married and divorced. The twins presently share a home in Los Angeles.
The Jamisons describes themselves as "twins who share one soul" and believe they have led previous past lives as extraterrestrials.[2]
The Jamisons widely claim to have predicted the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center during a November 2, 1999 interview on the Art Bell radio show.[1] However, according to show transcripts, their actual statement was: "We are seeing terrorist attacks on Federal Government, excuse me, federal buildings, particularly South Carolina or Georgia, by July 2002 and also the New York Trade Center, the World Trade Center in 2002." The September 11 attack occurred in 2001, not 2002, and it was common knowledge that the buildings had been previously attacked by terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, calling into question the Jamison's claims.[3]
Leon Jaroff, in Time (magazine), pointed out that the Jamison twins were also frequently incorrect. He described psychics, in general, as "a motley collection of mystics, charlatans, hoaxers and smooth con artists who have successfully buffaloed a good portion of the public into believing that they have supernatural powers".[4] For example, in December 2003, the Twins predicted that Saddam Hussein would be killed by U.S troops in early 2004, and that Pope John Paul II would die in June 2004 (he actually died in April 2005). They also incorrectly predicted that the Bush/Gore election would be a "crashing bore", and that actress Jennifer Lopez would announce that she was pregnant by June 2005.[5]
Books
- Linda Jamison, Terry Jamison (2007). Separated at Earth: The Story of The Psychic Twins. Booklocker Inc. ISBN 978-1-60145-109-5. (Self published)
- Linda Jamison, Terry Jamison (2011). Psychic Intelligence: Tune in and Discover the Power of Your Intuition. Grand Central Life and Style(Hachette). ISBN 978-0-446-56342-0.
References
- 1 2 3 Chang, Juju; Matthews, Theresa; Brown, Tim. "'Psychic Twins' Say Their Predictions Include Elections, 9/11 Attacks". abcnews.com. ABC News. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ Ganz, Debra; Ganz, Lisa (1998-01-01). The Book of Twins: A Celebration in Words and Pictures. Delacorte Press. ISBN 9780385333146.
- ↑ "How psychic twins predicted 9/11 terrorist attacks". Yahoo7. Seven West Media. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ Jaroff, Leon. "So Far, Psychics Are Batting .000". Time.com. Time Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 January 2005. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "2004 turned out to be a tough year for the predictors". NSkeptics.org. North Texas Skeptics. Retrieved 29 November 2016.