Medical Mysteries

Fatal Familial Insomnia Pt. 1: The Sleepless Family

09.10.2019 - By Spotify StudiosPlay

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Inability to sleep. Loss of coordination. Slow, painful loss of mental faculties. These are the symptoms of a mysterious disease, passed on through generations of one family. For centuries, they believed they were cursed, until the modern era brought them a diagnosis.

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