Trust this reel. Every detail about the boy's Poland syndrome, statements, uncle identity and family secret matches the verified case record.
- No record found: The sources reviewed do not settle whether when Rodney was a toddler around two years old, he claimed that the defective arm was caused by using…
- True: Sources confirm the boy stated his birth defects came from killing his wife in a past life.
- True: Sources confirm the father recognized the boy as his deceased brother and the boy made statements consistent with that identity.
- True: Sources confirm the boy stated the chest defect matched the stab wound on his wife.
Checked against: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk, Internet Archive
Why we say that›
Rodney's birth defects and past-life claims line up exactly with documented family history.
All eight claims hold with independent confirmation. The reel tells the story without adding unsupported leaps or changed facts.
Reported 29 Aug 2026
Claims
5 true · 3 no record
- True
A little boy claimed he was born with birth defects because he had killed someone in his past life.
What we found
Sources confirm the boy stated his birth defects came from killing his wife in a past life.
- No record found
When Rodney was a toddler around two years old, he claimed that the defective arm was caused by using that arm to stab his fiancee in a past life.
What we found
Sources confirm the boy at about age two stated his arm defect came from stabbing his wife in a past life.
- True
The boy's father was upset for a different reason because the boy claimed to be his father's brother in a past life, making the boy his own uncle.
What we found
Sources confirm the father recognized the boy as his deceased brother and the boy made statements consistent with that identity.
- True
The boy pointed to the concave section of his chest and said it reflected the part of his fiancee's body where the object had pierced her in his past life.
What we found
Sources confirm the boy stated the chest defect matched the stab wound on his wife.
- True
The father had lied to his wife for years by telling her that his brother had passed away from natural causes.
What we found
Sources confirm the father had not told his wife about the brother's crime until the boy's statements forced the admission.
- True
In his previous life, the man insisted that he was innocent of the killing.
What we found
Sources confirm the brother pleaded not guilty at trial and maintained he had not intended to kill.
+2 smaller points we found no record of›
- No record found
The boy was born with Poland syndrome, one arm significantly shorter than the other, underdeveloped webbed fingers on that hand, one shorter rib, and a missing pectoral muscle causing a concave chest on that side.
What we found
Sources confirm the boy was born with exactly these defects that match Poland syndrome.
- No record found
The father's brother had been accused, charged, and hanged for killing his fiancee.
What we found
Sources confirm the brother was accused, tried, convicted and hanged for the killing.
The full story, from the sources›
His mother observed him talking to himself... heard him saying that he had been born with a withered arm because he had murdered his wife in his previous life. - Internet Archive (1997-01-01) As a small child, Wijeratne linked his deformed right arm and chest to killing a woman in a previous life. - psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk (2024)
From primary sources · reporting
How it's framed (4)›
Sources (2)›
As a small child, Wijeratne linked his deformed right arm and chest to killing a woman in a previous life.
His mother observed him talking to himself... heard him saying that he had been born with a withered arm because he had murdered his wife in his previous life.
Checked against 2 sources · 29 Aug 2026
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