After revealing that in his ‘former life' as Pam he lived in Chicago, Erika found an old news story which mentioned a Pamela Robinson, who died when the Paxton Hotel in the city caught light in 1993. An investigation by a paranormal investigations TV show also claimed to prove the veracity of Luke's story. (from the past) this hotel fire was one of the worse that the city has ever had. This was on the citys near north side and was cause by a person smokeing in. 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. 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.
Five-year-old Luke Ruehlman, from Cincinnati, Ohio, apparently claims that he has had a previous life.Reportedly, Luke says he remembers being Pam, aged 30, a black woman from Chicago who died in a fire.
Reportedly, Luke said to his mother Erika: 'When I woke up, I was a baby and you named me Luke'.
In 1993, Pamela Robinson died when the Paxton Hotel caught fire.
Past life proof? Ohio family convinced son lived another life as a woman
Pamela Robinson
According to Luke's mother, Luke started referring to when he 'used to be a girl'
Though the memories have now stopped, Luke's mother says that from the age of two Luke would make references to Pam.
She said: 'He used to say: 'When I was a girl, I had black hair'' or he would say, 'I used to have earrings like that when I was a girl.'
Luke's mother said that internet searches based on information from Luke led her to reports of the 1993 fire.
Luke was shown pictures of black women in their 30s, only one of which was the dead Pamela Robinson.
Luke's mother contacted Pamela's family.
Pamela's family told Luke's mother more about Pamela's personality
Pamela's personality reportedly seemed to match that of Luke.
Both Luke and Pamela are/were fans of Stevie Wonder.
Luke's mother said that internet searches based on information from Luke led her to reports of the 1993 fire.
Luke was shown pictures of black women in their 30s, only one of which was the dead Pamela Robinson.
When asked to pick out Pamela, he reportedly chose the right picture.
Luke's mother contacted Pamela's family.
Pamela's family told Luke's mother more about Pamela's personality
Pamela's personality reportedly seemed to match that of Luke.
Both Luke and Pamela are/were fans of Stevie Wonder.
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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.
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.
Paxton Chicago
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.
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.
Paxton Hotel Fire Chicago 1993 Pamela Anderson
'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.
