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B.B. Saxena
An Indian boy from Bareilly, born with blond hair and fair skin, who in the 1920s said he had been an English soldier named Arthur, shot in the neck on horseback in the First World War; he had a birthmark like a bullet wound on his neck and English habits, but the soldier was never identified.
Behavioural memories
Phobias, skills, habits, attachments and play that match the life a child remembers; often considered stronger evidence than what the child says.
Bishen Chand Kapoor
A boy from Bareilly, India, who from infancy spoke of a life as Laxmi Narain, a rich and hard-living young man of Pilibhit who died in 1918. A lawyer wrote down many of his statements before they were checked, and nearly all proved correct.
Bongkuch Promsin
A Thai boy who before he was two said he was Chamrat, a young man of Laotian descent from a nearby village who was stabbed to death at a fair in 1954; he named the two suspects, used Laotian words and kept Laotian food habits.
Bridey Murphy
The 1950s hypnosis case in which a Colorado housewife, regressed by Morey Bernstein, described life as an Irishwoman who lived from 1798 to 1864; some obscure details checked out but Bridey herself was never traced, and the case was widely declared debunked, though some of the debunking was itself unreliable.