June and Jennifer Gibbons made a pact with each other when they were eight: they weren’t going to speak to anyone but each other. Decades later, they found themselves in a high-security psychiatric hospital, putting the final touches on their pact that had turned surreal, all-encompassing, and…deadly.

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June and Jennifer Gibbons made a pact with each other when they were eight: they weren’t going to speak to anyone but each other. Decades later, they found themselves in a high-security psychiatric hospital, putting the final touches on their pact that had turned surreal, all-encompassing, and…deadly.***Support the podcast by supporting its sponsors!Go to dailyharvest.com and enter promo code criminalbroads to get twenty-five dollars off your first box!Go to dipseastories.com/criminalbroads for a free month of sensual stories!Or become a patron at patreon.com/criminalbroads!***Follow on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/criminalbroads">Instagram.com/criminalbroads</a>Find sources here: <a href="https://www.criminalbroads.com/sources/episode55">criminalbroads.com/sources/episode61</a>Music: <a href="http://www.matthewnoble.com/">Matthew Noble</a> and Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson &amp; Peter Manheim). Intro and conclusion: “Sisters” by Irving Berlin, sung by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anna.telfer/">Anna Telfer</a>. Ad break:  “The Great One Step” by Victor Dance Orchestra, via Free Music Archive, licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/">Public Domain Mark 1.0</a>.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Criminal Broads is a true crime + history podcast about wild women who’ve ended up on the wrong side of the law, whether for leading a cult, serially murdering their husbands, swindling billionaires, or faking ectoplasm. The podcast is hosted by Tori Telfer, author of “Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History.”

Criminal Broads

Meet June and Jennifer Gibbons, who didn't speak to anyone but each other.

The Gibbons Twins

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