Five-Year-Old Boy Claims to Be Reincarnated?
Over the past couple of days, the internet has been actively reporting a news story stating: "Luke Ruehlman, a 5-year-old boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, has been telling his parents about his past life since he was 2 years old, claiming that in his previous life he was a black-haired woman named Pam who died at the age of 30 after jumping out of a burning house."
Because domestic news media can often be baffling, I looked into the source of the news.
In more detailed domestic reports, the title is: "Boy, five, claims to have the memories of a woman who died 13 years before he was born".
The content is as follows:
Luke is convinced he is the reincarnated spirit of a woman who died in 1993 (Picture: Fox TV)
A five-year-old boy has spooked his mother after claiming he is the reincarnated spirit of a 30-year-old dead woman.
Even more unsettling, Luke Ruehlman, from Ohio, says he can remember the grizzly details of how his past life ended, saying he died leaping from a burning building.
In an amazing twist Luke’s mother Erika found a woman, Pamela Robinson, who died in 1993 when the Paxton Hotel in Chicago caught fire in 1993, matching Luke’s description.
She said: ‘[Luke] used to say: “When I was a girl, I had black hair”‘ or he would say, “I used to have earrings like that when I was a girl.”‘
Pamela Robinson died in a building fire in 1993, just as Luke described (Picture: Fox TV)
When Luke started continually making statements like these and referring to himself as Pam, his mother started to question what he meant.
He reportedly replied that he remembered dying, meeting God, and then being sent back down to earth.
After checking the accurate details he gave of Pam’s life, Luke’s mum finally started to believe him.
She also said her son spoke of his previous life when he was aged just two, and even remembers his parents naming him Luke.
Luke’s story was investigated by the TV show The Ghost Inside My Child, who put Erika in touch with Pamela Robinson’s family.
Upon speaking to the Robinson family about Pam, Erika said much of her personality and music interests are similar to Luke’s.
This news interview comes from FOX TV, and its general meaning is as follows:
Luke believes he is the reincarnation of a woman who died in 1993
A five-year-old boy scared his mother after claiming he was the reincarnation of a 30-year-old deceased person.
Even more disturbing, Luke Ruehlman, from Ohio, said he could remember the details of his past life and said he died in a burning building.
Amazingly, Luke's mother Erika found a woman named Pamela Robinson, who exactly died in 1993 at the Paxton Hotel in Chicago due to a fire, which matched Luke's description very well.
She said:“ Luke once said:“When I was a little girl, I had black hair”, or he would say,“I used to have earrings, when I was a girl.”
Luke initially liked to call himself PAM, so his mother started asking him what he meant. It is reported that he replied that he remembered dying, meeting God, and then being sent back to Earth. After a detailed check, he gave PAM's life.
Luke's mother finally started to believe him. Also, she said her son spoke of his previous life when he was two years old, and even remembers his parents naming him Luke.
Luke's story appeared on the TV Show: “The Ghost Inside My Child”, and Erika was put in touch with Pamela Robinson's family.
And regarding PAM, the Robinson family's statement is that Erika's many personality and music interests are very similar to PAM's.
The above is the source and details of this incident. In short, this is a TV Show on FOX TV (a famous American entertainment channel, familiar to those who know American TV series), which featured this story. A child claimed to be the reincarnation of a woman who died in a fire in 1993 and stated his name. In the TV Show, they contacted the deceased's family and verified some personality traits or musical interests, finding them to be very similar.
According to further data investigation online, Pamela Robinson died on March 23, 1993. She was a Chicagoan who lived in the Paxton Hotel for over three weeks and later died in the hotel fire. Some sources say she was 38 years old at the time of her death, while others say she was 30. This information was added online in 2013 by a user registered as Jess & Denise.
On the other hand, in the Chicago Sun-Times from March 20, 1993, there was a specific article stating: “Pamela Robinson, 38, a mother of four, was "a loving and friendly person" who "really loved her children," including a son who was a star basketball player, said a sister, Lucille Sherman.”
It clearly states she was 38 years old, and there are descriptions from her acquaintances, such as “mother of four,” “loving and friendly person,” “really loved her children,”
etc., and details such as her son being a good basketball player, indicating that the description of her being 38 years old should be beyond doubt.
Looking at the so-called reincarnation details, the age here is incorrect. Therefore, the PAM in the little boy's mind is merely a vague impression, so blurred that it is basically indistinct, inevitably raising suspicions of forced connections. Without new evidence, these alone are not sufficient to prove reincarnation as PAM.
Because mere fantasies can often align with reality.
As studied by psychologist Richard Wiseman from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, he once organized an experiment to verify this. He found several children to fabricate their past lives and then looked for corresponding death records. The best case Wiseman obtained was a three-year-old girl who said her past life ended at age three when she was bitten to death by a monster. Wiseman found a girl who was kidnapped and killed; this girl had the same hair and eye color as the fabricated past life, even wore pink floral clothes, and both lived by the sea.
Therefore, when dealing with such news, one must maintain a cautious attitude to study them, rather than blindly feeling that they support one's own ideas and thus falling into superstition. This is the correct knowledge and view.