Linda and Terry Jamison
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Linda and Terry Jamison (born 1955) are a pair of American identical twins who claim to be psychics who claim to have predicted the September 11th attacks two years ahead of time.[1]
While being interviewed on the Art Bell radio show on November 2, 1999, they claimed that through an automatic writing process, they were predicting that there would be a major Bin Laden attack on the federal government and the World Trade Center in 2001. Also, according to an article in Woman's Own magazine, and a documentary on A&E, they correctly predicted that John F. Kennedy Jr. would die by plane.[2]
As of 2007, the twins work as psychics on local talkshows, making predictions about celebrities and Academy Awards.[3]
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[edit] Biography
They grew up in the small town of West Chester, Pennsylvania, attending East Bradford Elementary School, and later Henderson High School. Their parents, Jane and Philip Jamison, were writers and painters. According to a 2006 documentary on A&E, Philip is a watercolor artist of worldwide renown.[4][5] The women have an older brother Flip, who has not displayed any psychic abilities.
The women themselves obtained fine arts degrees from Temple University (Tyler School of Art), and for a while worked as performance artists. They had their own performing arts company, "Pop Theatrics," which would perform music, comedy, dance, and acrobatics in New York and Washington D.C..
In their 40s, they began refocusing their career as psychics and convention speakers. Terry has been married and divorced, and the twins presently share a home in Los Angeles.
[edit] Criticism
Critic Leon Jaroff, who generally refers to all psychics as "charlatans", has pointed out that the Jamison twins are frequently incorrect.[6] For example, in December 2003, they incorrectly predicted that Saddam Hussein would be killed by U.S troops in early 2004 (he was actually executed after a trial in 2006), and that Pope John Paul II would die in June 2004 (he actually died in April 2005). They also incorrectly predicted that actress Jennifer Lopez would announce that she was pregnant by 2004,[7] or June 2005[8] (she did not become pregnant until November 2007).
[edit] Upcoming projects
- The Jamisons are working on an autobiographical book entitled Separated at Earth, which is scheduled for release in 2007.
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.psychictwins.com Jamison website
- ^ Psychic Children, August 2006 documentary on A&E
- ^ "Talk Shows", Fresno Bee, May 31, 2007.
- ^ Askart.com profile of Philip Jamison
- ^ Ronald Mallory - New York Times Review
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/columnist/jaroff/article/0,9565,1012261,00.html So Far, Psychics Are Batting .000 by Leon Jaroff, Time.com 12/27/04
- ^ Tom Mashberg. "Predictably, swamis never saw it coming.", Boston Herald, January 2, 2004.
- ^ http://www.psychictwins.com/2005article1.html
[edit] References
- "Inside with Psychic Twins", August 9, 2006, Insider Online
- "2004 turned out to be a tough year for the predictors", December 27, 2004, Skeptical News
- "Double Vision", San Diego Citybeat
- "Double Vision", 2005, Spirit & Destiny magazine, UK
[edit] External links
- "Psychic Parasites", 2001 (html) (See also The REALL News, (pdf) January 2002, newsletter of the Rational Examination Association of Lincoln Land
