The Untold Story of Jesse Garon Presley – Elvis's Forgotten Twin Brother

At four o'clock in the morning on the 8th of January 1935, a country doctor in Tupelo, Mississippi, wrote entry number 919 in his birth book: a boy, stillborn. Thirty-five minutes later he wrote entry 920: a second boy, alive. The second boy was Elvis Presley. The first was his twin brother, Jesse Garon. Jesse was buried the next day in an unmarked grave at Priceville Cemetery, about a mile from the two-room house where the twins were born. In time no one in the family could find the exact spot. His mother Gladys believed that when one twin died, the one who lived got the strength of both. Elvis grew up with that belief, visited the cemetery as a boy, and spoke about his brother for the rest of his life. This is the untold story of Jesse Garon Presley, Elvis's forgotten twin brother. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:32 Two pages 4:29 Priceville 6:56 The strength of both 9:05 Parchman 11:43 The walk to school 12:30 The boy at the grave 14:20 What nobody could know 16:15 The voice 18:43 August 1958 20:59 The long silence 22:07 The stone with no grave 25:50 Zero, then one Narration is based on published biographies of Elvis Presley (Peter Guralnick, Elaine Dundy, Peter Whitmer), recollections of family and friends, the Graceland archives and contemporary press reports. Where sources disagree, the narration says so. Archival images are in the public domain or used for commentary and historical documentation. #ElvisPresley #JesseGaronPresley #ElvisTwin