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Niamh looks into some of the weird and wonderful creatures that have been dreamed up to explain that horrible phenomenon called Sleep Paralysis. Also a Buffy tangent.

Sources:

• Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives By Brian A. Sharpless, Karl Doghramji https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637172/

• Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis by Stefani, A., Högl, B. . Neurotherapeutics 18, 100–106 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13311-020-00966-8
• Description of sleep paralysis in The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky by Stefani A, Iranzo A, Santamaria J, Högl B; SINBAR (Sleep Innsbruck Barcelona) group. . https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28366334/
• Hat Men Phenomena https://austinseance.com/2020/12/31/hat-men-phenomena-ghostly-sightings-across-the-globe/The-Austin-S%C3%A9ance-c48638028
• Sleep Paralysis: A Guide to Hypnagogic Visions & Visitors of the Night by Ryan Hurd https://books.google.ie/books/about/Sleep_Paralysis.html?id=ScAaSKTLwfAC&redir_esc=y
• The Terror That Comes in the Night by David Hufford https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/zk51vj27t

Additional sounds: Pixabay

Piano Music: "Mysterious & Mystic" by Danielyan Ashot Makichevich

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