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Sep 24, 2026
Monroe SnowHOST
They have really good Halloween episodes.
Monroe SnowHOST
Like, once Michael was a what was he, like, he was supposed to have a Siamese twin, so he put a paper mache on his head, or, like, his shoulder, um, which I was like, that feels weird, but, yeah, he was a Siamese twin once, there was one episode, I think it was the same Siamese twin episode, that Angela and Pam were both cats, and Angela was like, I told everybody to try to be scary, this, like, this, um, like Halloween, and only some people got the memo.
Monroe SnowHOST
And Peyton was like a black cat, and she's very, um...
Monroe SnowHOST
She's very superstitious.
Reb MaselHOST
Even with their success, the deep-rooted stigma and misconceptions surrounding conjoined twins followed Cheng and Eng to death, where one of the autopsy examiners referred to them as, quote, monsters.
Reb MaselHOST
The first recorded separation of conjoined twins took place in the Byzantine Empire in the 900s.
Reb MaselHOST
One of the conjoined twins had already died, so the doctors of the town attempted to separate the dead twin from the surviving twin.
Reb MaselHOST
The result was briefly successful as the remaining twin lived for three days after separation.
Reb MaselHOST
The next recorded case of separating conjoined twins was several centuries later in Germany in 1689.
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Reb MaselHOST
The third option was they could wait to separate only in an emergency situation, but Jodi's chances for survival would diminish significantly as time went by, and the closer they got to that emergency, the more likely it
Maurice ShemaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
would be that Jodi would die regardless.
Reb MaselHOST
The only viable medical intervention, therefore, was to separate the conjoined twins in order to ensure that at least one of them could survive, though Mary would be sacrificed in order to save Jodi.
Carolina HidalgoGUEST
And they just can't help it.
Carolina HidalgoGUEST
They're just like, like, seriously, like, freaking out, and it's the, the two women who are conjoined twins-
Henry ZebrowskiHOST
Yes
Carolina HidalgoGUEST
... who have two heads.
Henry ZebrowskiHOST
[laughs] Nobody makes coverings for a little boy like the Greeks.
Henry ZebrowskiHOST
[laughs]
Carolina HidalgoGUEST
So these conjoined twins, I'm sorry, these conjoined twins, they are, um, just so you know, they're teachers.
Henry ZebrowskiHOST
Really?
Chad BensonHOST
That's great.
Chad BensonHOST
Now, people are like, so they're Siamese twins? They're not.
Chad BensonHOST
First of all, the Siamese twin, we'll have a little history here.
Chad BensonHOST
Chang and Eng Bunker were the Siamese twins.
Chad BensonHOST
They were from Siam.
Chad BensonHOST
And they were in freak shows.
Chad BensonHOST
they became the most famous.
Chad BensonHOST
That's why it says Siamese twins.
Kate DelaneyHOST
Here's a good one for you.
Kate DelaneyHOST
You know, you hear about conjoined twins every once in a while.
Kate DelaneyHOST
Well, these twin sisters conjoined at the head underwent successful separation surgery.
Kate DelaneyHOST
Wow.
Tony DokoupilHOST
Thank you very much.
Tony DokoupilHOST
Still ahead on the broadcast tonight, the two-year-old conjoined twins finally seeing each other for the first time.
Tony DokoupilHOST
Their reaction next.
Tony DokoupilHOST
We are back with a reason to celebrate.
Ian LeeCORRESPONDENT
She is the first woman neurosurgeon in the country to perform this surgery.
speaker_15CORRESPONDENT
It was quite wild to see them finally separate, even just a few feet apart in that operating room, and I think all of us kinda, you know, had this moment of pause.
Ian LeeCORRESPONDENT
According to the National Library of Medicine, twins joined at the head occur once out of every 2.5 million live births and account for less than 6% of all conjoined twins cases.
speaker_15CORRESPONDENT
Technology is critical, uh, and that's one of the reasons why separation of these twins over the last 30 years has shown better outcomes.
Hannah BatalCORRESPONDENT
The twins were flown to St. Louis, where surgeons spent nearly a year planning for the procedure.
Hannah BatalCORRESPONDENT
According to the National Library of Medicine, twins joined at the head represent less than 6% of all conjoined twins, and only 62 separation attempts have ever been made.
Hannah BatalCORRESPONDENT
It took 25 hours of operating and months of intensive recovery, but now doctors say the girls are thriving, learning to sit up and enjoying their newfound freedom.
speaker_39SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Almost every day we're seeing just dramatic daily gains in the simplest things that they would never have had a chance to do.
Mike RogersHOST
That's really cool.
Mike RogersHOST
Cranio-Pagus, this condition, extremely rare of all conjoined twins.
Mike RogersHOST
That's rare in and of itself.
Mike RogersHOST
Only 6% of them are joined at the head.
Mike RogersHOST
There's been only 62 times in all of medical history that doctors have even tried to separate twins joined at the head with mixed results.
Mike RogersHOST
This time, though, seems to have worked out well.
Austin YorkHOST
Man, I can tell you, I don't remember this about it, 10 years ago or 11 years ago they did something like that not at the head of course but this was conjoined twins at some other parts of their body were separated in plano and i remember seeing the family when they did this and they were told at the time that they were pregnant that the woman was pregnant you probably should abort these because this is these kids are not it's not going to be good or whatever she decided to go through with the pregnancy they had the twins and And it was so emotional when they got them separated.
Austin YorkHOST
They did well.
Mike RogersHOST
Cranial pegas, this condition, extremely rare.
Mike RogersHOST
Of all conjoined twins, that's rare in and of itself, only 6% of them are joined at the head.
Mike RogersHOST
There's been only 62 times in all of medical history that doctors have even tried to separate twins joined at the head with mixed results.
Mike RogersHOST
This time, though, seems to have worked out well.
Austin YorkHOST
Man, I can tell you, I don't remember, 10 years ago or 11 years ago, they did something like that.
Austin YorkHOST
Not at the head, of course, but this was conjoined twins at some other place.
Austin YorkHOST
Parts of their body were separated in Plano.
Austin YorkHOST
And I remember seeing the family when they did this.
Tonya BabichHOST
The twins were flown to St. Louis, where surgeons spent nearly a year planning for the procedure.
Tonya BabichHOST
According to the National Library of Medicine, twins conjoined at the head represent less than 6% of all conjoined twins, and only 62 separation attempts have ever been made.
Tonya BabichHOST
It took 25 hours of operating and months of intensive recovery.
Tonya BabichHOST
But now doctors say the girls are thriving, learning to sit up and enjoying their newfound freedom.
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