An Ohio boy's family are starting to believe their child was a Chicago woman in a past life, after he started sharing specific details. Courtesy: Fox 8
Luke Ruehlman, pictured as a toddler, told his mother he was a woman named Pam who died in a fire. Picture: Screengrab/Fox 2Source:Supplied
WHEN Luke Ruehlman began talking about a woman named Pam, his mother Erica assumed it was just an imaginary friend.
She had no idea where her toddler son had picked up the name or why he was so obsessed with it.
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The Ohio woman said she initially didn’t think it was strange, other than the fact that the family didn’t know any Pams.
But things became really strange when she quizzed him about where he had got the name from and why he liked it.
The then-two-year-old told his parents he used to be Pam, a girl with black hair, he said.
Erica Ruehlman said her son became obsessed with the name Pam at just two years old. Picture: Screengrab/Fox 2Source:Supplied
“I said, ‘what do you mean you were?’ He was like, ‘Well I used to be, but I died and I went up to heaven and I saw God and eventually God pushed me back down. When I woke up I was a baby and you named me Luke,” Erica Ruehlman told Fox 2, St Louis.
She pressed him further, asking him how Pam died.
“He looked right at me and said, ‘Yea it was fire.’ And at that point he made like a motion like his hand he was jumping off a building,” Ms Ruehlman said.
Luke went on to explain Pam had died in a tall building and travelled on the train in Chicago.
The curious mother was baffled, since the family had never visited the city, nor mentioned it to the youngster.
A quick internet search revealed a fire had killed 19 people in 1993 at the city’s Paxton Hotel, including a woman in her 30s called Pam Robinson.
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By now the family, including Luke’s grandmother Lisa Trump, were convinced there was more to the story than just coincidence.
Chicago woman Pam Robinson died in a fire in Chicago in 1993. Picture: Screengrab/Fox 2.Source:Supplied
They later appeared on a show called Ghost Inside My Child and to test Luke, they spread out a series of photos and asked the now five-year-old to pick out Pam’s picture. He did it on the first go.
“He goes, ‘Well, I don’t recognise anybody. But, I remember when this one was taken. He pointed to the correct one,” his mother said.
The Ruehlmans, who say they haven’t received any money from their story and are not religious, said while Luke no longer connects with Pam, the story is a positive one that transcends race and gender.
It may sound far-fetched to some, but children who say they live past lives are not uncommon, according to Jim Tucker, a medical director of the Child and Family Psychiatry Clinic, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
An internet search revealed a woman called Pam did die in a fire. Picture: Screengrab/Fox 2.Source:Supplied
Professor Tucker, who is renowned for his work with young children who recall their past lives, released a book in 2013 called Return to Life, which reveals the extraordinary stories of children all over the world who believe they have been reincarnated.
Among them is five-year-old Ryan, who remembers life in Hollywood in the 20th century, and his death in a hospital bed in 1963..
Also featured in the book are a three-year-old golfing prodigy who believes he’s the reincarnation of 1930s golf star Bobby Jones and a two-year-old boy whose father-son visit to a flight museum triggered memories of the battle of Iwo Jima.
robinson@jdrllc.comJudge Palmer Robinson was appointed to the King County Superior Court in 1999 by Governor Gary Locke and served until 2017. Judge Robinson presided over a wide range of civil and criminal cases, including commercial, personal injury, medical negligence, employment discrimination, family law and class action lawsuits. Judge Robinson served in many court leadership and policy setting positions, including Assistant Chief Criminal Judge, Chief Criminal Judge, Chief Judge at the Maleng Regional Justice Center and as Assistant Presiding Judge to two Presiding Judges.
Experience & Specialties
Before coming to the bench, Judge Robinson had an extensive civil trial practice for twenty-four years. She tried over fifty cases in King, Snohomish, Whatcom, Kitsap and Pierce Counties, as well as United States District Court. The cases she handled involved product liability, professional negligence, personal injury, class actions, commercial litigation, employment discrimination and insurance coverage. While in private practice, she served as an arbitrator in several cases.
Judicial Experience:
- ABOTA Judge of the Year Award 2015
- Chair, Court Technology Committee 2016
- Co-chair Court Strategic Planning Committee
- Chair Court Security Committee
- Assistant Chief Criminal Judge 2009-2010
- Chief Criminal Judge 2004
- Chief Judge Maleng Regional Justice Center 2007
- Chief Judge, Unified Family Court 2014
- Assistant Presiding Judge 2012, 2014
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Legal Experience:
- President, WDTL 1991-1992
- Board of Trustees, KCBA 1992-1994
- Associate Member ABOTA 1993-1999
Education:
- J.D., University of California Hastings College of the Law 1975
- B.A. Stanford University 1972
