June and Jennifer Gibbons

June Gibbons
Born (1963-04-11) 11 April 1963 (age 61)
NationalityBritish
OccupationFiction author
Parent(s)Gloria and Aubrey Gibbons
Jennifer Gibbons
Born11 April 1963
Died9 March 1993(1993-03-09) (aged 29)
NationalityBritish
OccupationFiction author
Parent(s)Gloria and Aubrey Gibbons

June Gibbons (born 11 April 1963[2]) and Jennifer Gibbons (11 April 1963 – 9 March 1993) were twin sisters who grew up in Wales. They became known as "The Silent Twins", since they only communicated with each other. They wrote works of fiction. In 1981 the girls committed a number of crimes including vandalism, petty theft and arson, which led to them being admitted to Broadmoor Hospital high-security mental health hospital. The twins were sentenced to indefinite detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 and were held for 11 years.

  1. ^ "The Twin Sisters Who Retreated Into Their Own World". The New Yorker. 27 November 2000. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Morgan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).