‘White Lotus’ star brings the reincarnation story of ‘Creepy Twins’ back to life

The grisly case of twin girls believed to have been reincarnated as their deceased sisters who died in a car accident has been thrust into the spotlight again.

It has also caused one Hollywood star involved in reviving their story to question everything he thought about what happens to us when we die.

Gillian and Jennifer Pollock were born in 1958, just months after their siblings were tragically murdered in a British seaside town known as Hexham. Their story fascinated the nation for years because of their father, John Pollock’s, strong belief that his deceased daughters, Joanna and Jacqueline, were actually their born-again twin sisters.

But after decades of fascination, including intense research by academics and extensive media coverage, the Pollock family’s story has been largely forgotten.

That’s all about to change, thanks to a new one Called Apple podcast Extrasensory, narrated by actor Will Sharpe. Known for being work on The White Lotus and currently starring in the Jesse Eisenberg-directed film, A real pain, Sharpe was drawn to the project because of its unique subject matter.

“It immediately caught my attention because it focuses on the idea of ​​reincarnation and whether or not it could be real, and I just enjoyed the idea of ​​this story making you think about your everyday life in a different way,” shared Sharpe Newsweek.

“It makes you think… about all kinds of transcendental different ways of thinking and how that can change your perception of existence and of life.”

Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical belief that a person’s soul is reborn into a new physical being after biological death, according to the Encyclopedia of Reincarnation and Karma.

Not only was the story fascinating to Sharpe, but it was also how executive producer Rosie Pye and her team put it together to make it a compelling listening experience.

Or as Sharpe puts it, “it’s a kind of twisty, compelling story that makes you think about all those big questions.”

“The script wasn’t too serious and leaves some room to humanize the story, and there are parts of it that are quite funny too,” he said. “It definitely goes to some spiritual places and some dark places along the way, but there’s humanity in there too.”

Pye, a veteran radio producer at the BBCcame across the Pollocks while researching ideas for a new podcast. She knew she wanted it to be about reincarnation and her interest was piqued when she heard about the ‘creepy twins’.

“The story became kind of a myth online because the family disappeared and I tried to find out what the truth was,” she said Newsweek.

When Pye heard that an American named Dr. Ian Stevenson became captivated by the Pollocks and traveled to Britain to study them, the story suddenly gained weight, at least that the family existed and believed that the twins were reincarnations of their dead family. daughters, was true.

“As a journalist you know it’s a gift because you suddenly realize that something that is completely abstract and a myth has become reality,” she said. “And whether or not you agree with what they wrote or whether or not the evidence is true, I want to try to find out what really happened and tell this story for the first time since the ’70s when a TV documentary was made about them.”

Both Sharpe and Pye agree that not only people interested in spirituality would love the eight-episode podcast, but also people who love mystery, great stories and, above all, the importance of family.

“I feel like people who like to think in a spiritual way or people who want to be challenged to think in a spiritual way would enjoy this, and also people who like narrative or real podcasts,” Sharpe explained, adding that the score and the overall atmosphere of the podcast is very Twin peaks.

Sharpe also joked: “And of course people who come from another life.”

But has creating the podcast changed the actor’s thoughts on death, the afterlife or reincarnation?

“The biggest thing it did was make me think about it for a moment, which I hadn’t done in a while,” he said. “I kind of believe that parts of us come back into existence and remain in the world or universe in some form, in a very abstract, holographic sense.”

“I wondered if I could convince myself to believe it… I found myself thinking, ‘I guess I could get there,’” Sharpe concluded.

Extrasensory is available to listen to on Apple podcasts.