The Suicide Twins: the incredible case of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson

In a fit of inexplicable madness, the sisters tried to take their own lives. The BBC recorded it.

The case of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson is one of those stories that is difficult to understand. For those of us who know the story ask ourselves: "How is it possible that two twin sisters decide to commit suicide at the same time? How are two family members capable of suffering the same madness together?

The terrible case was recorded by the BBC

But this terrible story not only draws attention to the fact that two sisters wanted to commit suicide together, something unusual, but also to the fact that their suicide attempt was recorded in a program of the British BBC.. But there is more, because a few days later, in the middle of a psychotic break, one of the sisters was able to murder an innocent man.

If you still do not know the story, and before you continue reading this text, we invite you to watch the video below, so you can see with your own eyes this shocking case. We warn you that the images are harsh, so if you are an extremely sensitive person, we recommend you not to watch this recording.

The strange behavior of the two sisters

This incredible story you have just seen, in which the protagonists are Sabina and Úrsula Eriksson, occurred on the M6 freeway in the UK and had an audience of 7 million viewers on the day it was broadcast on television..

Apparently, the officers were called to the area because two women were behaving very strangely on the side of the road. When the policemen tried to talk to them, they behaved very aggressively. They were planning to commit suicide, and no one was going to stop them..

In an oversight by the agents, Ursula managed to throw herself under the wheels of a truck traveling at 60 miles per hour, which seemed to swallow her and then expel her lifeless body. Just after that, Sabina took advantage of a carelessness of the agents to carry out her suicide, and was hit hard by a car. Both lie on the ground and appear unconscious.

The sisters survived the suicide attempt

To the surprise of those present and the spectators, neither Ursula nor Sabina succeeded in their goal.. Although the former ended up with several fractures, Sabina came out of the incident completely unscathed. In fact, she tried to push the agents away shouting: "You want to steal our organs. You're not real." As the minutes passed, Sabina felt better and stood up to confront the police officers, for which she was arrested and handcuffed.

Sabina's murder

But what happened on this fateful day was not enough for Sabina, hours later, when she was released, she became the perpetrator of the tragic death of an innocent man who crossed her path, Glenn Hollinshead. innocent man who crossed her path, Glenn Hollinshead.

The murder occurred because two men helped Sabina when she was prowling the streets looking for the hospital where her sister was. Glenn along with a friend were walking their dog, and alerted by Sabina's strange behavior approached her. Despite everything that had happened, she was friendly and asked them for a place to sleep. They offered her shelter, so she accompanied them.

Once at Glenn's house, her strange behavior continued, and as a result of her delusions she stabbed Glenn Hollinshead to death. Sabina was sentenced to five years in prison.

A case of Folie à Deux or shared psychotic disorder

The twin sisters suffered from a shared psychotic disorder or Folie à Deux, which does not occur very often. It is characterized by two or more people share the symptoms of a psychotic disorder, usually delusions.

Both suffered from symptoms of a paranoid disorder, because they thought that there were people who were against them. For example, in the case of the policemen, when they tried to help the two, they both had the belief that they wanted to steal their organs.

Another case of twins attempting suicide

In 2010, two 29-year-old Australian sisters who were doing target practice in Denver (Colorado, USA) agreed to commit suicide together. To do so, they decided to shoot themselves in the head at the same time. After the shooting, one of the two survived, but the other lost her life.