Separated at Midnight… Dead by 1AM | The Bobby & Betty Mystery

One day in September 1951, a 53-year-old man named Adolph Siller was carrying a big box from his car and entered a house in the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and walked on the road until he reached the room where his two 21-year-old daughters, Bobby and Betty, were sitting. Bobby and Betty were very happy and excited about this step, because they were finally able to leave the house of the family they were raised in, which means their father's house and their mother's house, which was in another city about an hour away.

The two girls decided to come here and live independently and work in a cigar factory. They will live in this shared apartment and start their lives on their own. For them, it was a very big step, the step of entering the world of adults, so of course they were excited.

But for their father, his feelings were like a hero. He was proud of them that they grew up and relied on themselves. But at the same time, his heart was a little painful, because his young daughters grew up, and they will have their own life and be independent from him.

Although they left their parents' house, they are still living in the same apartment, living in the same room, and working in the same factory. This reassured their father a little, because he knew that even if he and his mother were not with them all the time, they would have each other. Bobby and Betty were not just close brothers, they were very similar twins.

The relationship between them was deeply unnatural, and even between the identical twins who are close to each other. Bobby and Betty showed that their relationship was very strong in an exaggerated way. To the extent that it passed through stages that we consider normal in the world of twins.

The two of them are the same length, about 160 cm, their faces are round and their hair is dark. And they always intended to straighten their hair in the same way. Not only are they similar in appearance, but their personalities and interests were also similar in a way that makes one doubt that the subject is intended.

The two are very sociable, open-minded, play music, and sing in the school choir, and their grades are good. But the strange thing is that they participate in things that are difficult to explain. They were sick at the same time, even with non-common diseases.

I mean, once, for example, Bobby had a pimple on one of her teeth, and she was very tired. And after a very short time, Betty had a pimple in the same place as her sister, and at the same time. And without any logical reason.

And every time they disagreed with each other, even if they were forced to. They would deliberately resemble each other again. I mean, when Bobby had to wear glasses because of her poor eyesight, Betty was upset and asked her to wear glasses like her.

Although her eyesight was better than her sister's. But she did this to always look like each other. And even getting them out of the family house had to be consistent.

The same work, the same factory, and the same room in the residence. Adolf and his wife had a little hope that the two girls would be a little independent from each other. Because that would be the right thing for them in their lives.

But when he put the last cardboard on the floor and looked at his daughters who looked like each other in a creepy way. He didn't know that what was coming next would be much further than just a strong relationship. While he was looking at his excited daughters' smiles, he felt at that moment at ease and relaxed.

And he felt that they were taking this step together as usual. That this is logical. He said to himself, maybe this is a step among beautiful transitional steps in his life.

Let them rely on each other a little bit now. So that they enter the world of adults one by one. And then each one will get married and see her life.

And after a few minutes, their father told them, that's it, I'm going now. May God grant you success. I love you, talk to me whenever you need me.

And then he went and got in his car and went home. Two years later, Adolf was arranging the tablecloth. And his wife in the kitchen was finishing the food in their small house in the city of Berliner in the state of North Carolina.

She had just put the last layer on the tablecloth when she heard a knock on the door of the house. At that moment, he was very excited. Because he told himself, of course, this is the weekend.

And my daughters always come to visit us every week. Of course, Bobby and Betty came to have dinner and spend the weekend with us. Adolf and his wife were really enjoying the time they were spending with their daughters since they left home and went to work in the factory.

So Adolf quickly opened the door. But he was surprised by something he didn't expect at all. The one standing in front of him was Bobby alone.

Betty wasn't there with her. He said, no, where is Betty? In the car, Bobby answered him and said no. At that moment, Adolf realized that Bobby was not here with her.

She looked very sad and almost depressed. He asked her with concern, what's wrong with you, my love? She answered him and said, I hated working in this factory. I really hated it.

So I left it, and I'm coming home to live in it. But my daughter doesn't hate her work. She stays there and continues her work and lives there alone.

For her father, this was a big shock. These twins have never done anything like this. They were always doing everything together.

Even if one of them didn't like anything, the other had to walk in it for her sister's sake. They were always copying each other and living the same way. The idea that one would go home and leave work, and the other would continue her life alone.

This was considered a radical and very strange change. Despite this, Adolf asked Bobby. Of course, my love, this is my house.

But why isn't your sister coming to visit us this weekend? Even if she stays there, won't she come and sit with us for a while? Bobby said no. Betty decided to stay there and didn't come this weekend. The feeling of strangeness increased with Adolf and his illness.

But quickly, he tried to contain this situation and told her. Come in and have dinner and relax. We'll talk and see what we'll do after that.

The important thing is that you're here and everything will be fine. Bobby entered the house, but after a while she said she wasn't hungry and didn't want to eat. She went out of her room, put her bags in, and closed the door behind her.

She didn't come down again. From that day, and over the course of two years, Bobby stayed almost locked in her room. Very rare when she went out.

She was closed to herself and closed psychologically in a similar way. She never told her family why she left the factory. Nor what bothered her so much.

She didn't say anything at all. She didn't communicate with her old friends. She didn't try to make new friends.

On the contrary, she became very optimistic after she was social and open all her life. Before that, when she and Betty lived in the same house. They were always outside the house, going out and doing activities.

And now Bobby is isolated in her room. Not only that, she wasn't trying to change her situation. She wasn't looking for a job.

She didn't even think of any new opportunities. It was as if she completely surrendered to the idea that she would stay in her room forever. But during those two years, strange moments happened.

Bobby's moments were suddenly returning to her old nature. She was back to being social, happy, and very normal. These moments only happened when her sister Betty came to visit them on the weekend.

As soon as Betty came in through the door, Bobby woke up from this state of isolation. She returned to her old self. They both treated each other as if nothing had happened.

There was no sadness or blame between them. There was no feeling of distance between them. Everything was back to normal again.

As soon as Betty left and returned to the factory, Bobby returned to her room. She closed the door on herself and returned to her twisted state again. Adolphus and his wife always had the hope that the girls would learn to live independently from each other.

And indeed, Betty was still working and living alone. She looked fine and was able to rely on herself. But it was very clear that Bobby was still collapsing without his sister.

And what's coming will make this collapse look even more terrifying. It was very clear that Bobby was completely relying on his sister. This was obvious and exposed to anyone who saw it.

Adolphus didn't know how this story would end. But over time, it was very clear that the situation was getting worse. Especially with Bobby.

At the time, Adolphus and his wife were trying to figure out what to do with Bobby after two years of her return home. Something very strange happened at about the same time. On a Friday, two years after Betty, Betty suddenly returned home and said, I also left the factory and will live here.

The strange thing is that Adolphus and his wife were somehow comfortable with this news. They felt that the girls would probably go back to their old habits and go back to their nature. And for Bobby in particular, it was very clear that he would be a real savior.

Because they saw how much she was collapsing without her sister. And how happy she was when every time Betty came to visit them at home. But at the same time, this was not in her mind.

Betty seemed to like her job and be able to live alone. But Adolphus had no proof. But he felt that what happened was the same that the twins were always doing.

They do the same thing even if one of them doesn't want to do it. As if Betty sacrificed her future life to live with her sister again and be like each other again. And despite this, they saw that this was a positive side.

That their daughters will finally return to their normal and happiness again. But this did not happen. As soon as Betty returned home and left the factory, the two remained under one roof.

They really came back together as before. But the bond between them became more dangerous and stronger than before. Despite the fact that the relationship before it was already very strong.

But what happened after that was out of logic. The two entered the bedroom, which was Bobby's room. And it became their room together.

They closed the door on themselves and stayed inside for almost 24 hours. They did not return social like before. On the contrary, they closed themselves together.

They did not look for any work. They did not have any interest in working. There was no going out, no company, no life.

They were just sitting in the same room all the time. They were sleeping in the same bed. And when they rarely left the room, they walked next to each other.

To the point that their shoulders were stuck together. So wherever they went, they were always stuck together. The two had to be stuck together.

Even their movements were strange. It felt like they were continuous robots. I mean, they do the same movement at the same time.

I mean, for example, if they were sitting on a table and drinking soup. The two raised their spoons at the same time. And they put them in their mouths almost at the same time.

As if each one was a mirror to the other. And wherever they were at home, they were not separated from each other. They entered the bathroom together.

They left the bathroom together. They sat together. Everything together.

This level of attachment between them was very scary for their family. They have never seen anything like this in their lives. Of course, Adolphus and his wife were very worried.

But they didn't even know what to call what they saw. He seemed to depend on this disease as much as possible. And yet they still had hope that over time the girls would calm down a bit.

And their lives would return to normal. Even if this strong bond remained between them. But over time, the situation got worse.

Not only were they locking themselves in the room and not leaving each other at all. No, they stopped eating. At first, it seemed as if they were not hungry.

Adolphus would go out and knock on the door of his room. The door would open a small opening. And the face of my father and my mother would appear at the same moment as the door opened.

Their father would tell them that dinner is ready. You will not come down to eat. And without the two of them looking at each other.

Responding in the same voice and at the same moment. Not hungry. And they would close the door again.

At first, their parents said that they were really not hungry. But as the days passed and it became a week. And the girls refused to go out to eat.

Their weight began to come down in a scary and dangerous way. And with every attempt from the family, the girls were completely rejected. And after a few days, Adolphus and his wife realized that logic did not work with them.

Words do not affect them. They have a problem more than that. It was more and more obvious that the issue was psychological.

And that the girls were suffering from a mental illness. And that was the opinion of the family. So they decided to take them to a psychiatrist.

The doctor did not take a long time with them. He quickly clarified the situation. And he said that my father and my mother, both of whom have a split.

And it is a chronic and dangerous mental illness. It affects the way of thinking, behavior, and the way of interacting with the whole world. But what came after this diagnosis was stranger and more dangerous than anything else.

A split can completely destroy the way humans deal with the world. And the psychiatrist had seen all the strange behaviors that my father and my mother were doing. Especially those who refused to eat.

And those who relied on each other. It can be explained under the diagnosis of a split. And based on it, he wrote them anti-smoking drugs.

Adolf reassured him that if the girls committed to treatment, their case would be improved. Adolf and his wife were very careful that my father and my mother took the medicine regularly. Every day and without any hesitation.

But unfortunately, there was no improvement. On the contrary, their case worsened. They spent the longest time locked up in their room.

Their bodies became weaker and their food remained seemingly inedible. And a new obsession and doubt began to emerge against anyone but each other. Even their own family began to doubt them.

As if the only person each of them could bear was the other. They were hiding all the time in their room and isolated from the whole world. Adolf then realized that this medicine was not enough.

Or maybe it was not even working. But at the same time, he was not convinced that the diagnosis was wrong. The symptoms were really similar to the split.

But the treatment was what failed. And from here he decided that the only solution was a stronger and more powerful psychological treatment. In the early 1960s, when my father and my mother were 30 years old.

Adolf had to admit them to a psychiatric hospital by force. At first, it seemed successful. The girls began to gain weight because the food was forced.

They were under observation for 24 hours. They took the right medicine and were interested in all aspects. Their case improved rapidly.

What was very important in the treatment was that the hospital did not separate between them. They stayed in the same room together. This helped them psychologically.

After weeks, the doctors said that they were stable and left the hospital. But as soon as they returned home, everything was back to normal. They locked themselves in the room and stopped eating.

They were isolated and returned to a very bad psychological state. So they had to go back to the hospital again and get better inside. And as soon as they go out and return home, they get depressed again.

This scenario was repeated many times over more than a year. Entering the hospital, improvement, exit, collapse without any real progress. In the end, Adolf and his wife, along with many doctors and nurses, followed the girls' case and reached a serious conclusion.

Either the breakup is the main reason for everything that happens. Or the real problem is the dependence on the severe disease that built them. The link that seemed to be a strong brotherly relationship, turned out to be an unhealthy relationship.

It made them cling to each other to the point that they could not grow up or be independent people. It was clear that they were standing in their place. And if there was no radical intervention, their case would continue to deteriorate.

And then it is very difficult to make a decision. A decision without the girls having an opinion on it. A decision to break up.

On April 11, 1962, Bobby and Betty entered the hospital again. But this time, the situation was completely different. For the first time in their lives, they were separated from each other.

They were placed on two completely different wings. On both sides and back to each other in the hospital. And what happened after that was a complete collapse.

The girls screamed and cried and asked the doctors to stay together. But the hospital management told them, no, this is your interest. And after a few hours of separation between them, It was about one and a half after midnight on April 12.

Adolphus was sleeping in his house when the phone rang. He was very surprised who could call him at that time. When he answered, he heard the doctor's voice from the hospital and his voice was distorted.

The doctor tried to explain what happened after separating the girls. But the words were not in Adolphus's mind. He had heard illogical details.

So he kept asking him, what are you saying? And suddenly the doctor was silent for a moment. And with a clear and direct voice, he told him what had happened. The doctor told Adolphus that what happened after separating the girls was something they had never expected or planned for.

And even he, as a doctor, did not understand how to explain it. When Adolphus heard this, he remained silent as if he were paralyzed. And he did not know what to say or do.

In the days that followed, the doctors of the same hospital tried in every possible way to give him a scientific and rational explanation for what happened that night when Bobby and Betty were separated from each other. So they sought help from the FBI in North Carolina. And again, there was no explanation.

Then they put the FBI on the line, which is the Federal Intelligence Office. And again, no one among them knew anything. No one had any idea how this happened, how it happened, and why.

And with time, the story began to spread to the media, and it began to spread in many newspapers throughout America that it was a myth without any explanation. And there is no reason to believe it. Many people, when they read the story, began to ask themselves, maybe what happened has nothing to do with science at all.

Maybe there are things that we as humans are not able to understand. But this does not prevent it from being true and it really happened. What was known after that was shocking.

What happened was that at 12.55 a.m. after midnight, which is the night in which Bobby and Betty were separated in the hospital. A nurse was wrapping her arms around Bobby's wing. When she reached her room, she found Bobby sleeping next to her in bed and dead.

About five minutes later, one hour after midnight, a doctor went to check on Betty on the other wing, which is on the other side of the hospital. And when he entered her room, he found her dead as well. And she was sleeping in bed in the exact same condition that Bobby was in.

The strange thing is that there is no sign to explain what happened. There is no disease, there is no psychological harm, there is no violence, there is no suspicion of crime. As if the two of them died suddenly.

Even after they did more than explain to the two bodies, they did not find any reason. No medical reason, no clear explanation. They do not know how or why they died.

In the end, the only conclusion they came to was that the twins died at about the same time. And without any known reason. And the official cause of death was not specified and unknown.

The only theory that someone was able to propose was from a doctor who was treating Bobby and Betty. This doctor saw that the girls were very psychologically affected by the short break. To the extent that they tried to meet again, but in a very strange way.

That they die on their will. In his opinion, the need for the soul, the soul and the body that was between them was very strong. To the extent that when he took from them, they forced themselves to stop living.

Hoping that their souls would return and meet again. Words that feel crazy and illogical. But what comes later in the investigations makes the words more scary.

When they found Bobby and Betty's bodies, they were not only sleeping in the same position. No, they were sleeping in a strange way. The bed is known to have a rectangular nature.

And a person sleeps on it vertically. But the girls were lying on the bed in a very sharp angle. Their position was unnatural.

It was almost as if their body was leaning towards the bed. Or as if they were sleeping on the bed more than the length. At first, he said, maybe this is just a strange coincidence.

But then someone noticed something terrifying. Imagine if you removed all the walls in the hospital between the two rooms. The position they were sleeping in means one thing.

Bobby and Betty were facing their bodies so that they would be looking at each other exactly when they died. As if even at the last moment of their lives, they refused to be away from each other. This made many people believe that what happened here was not just a psychological illness or a coincidence.

This is something bigger than science. Something very mysterious. And something so far without any explanation.