Scientists estimate anywhere from eight to fifteen percent of the public suffers from the condition known as sleep paralysis sometime during their lives. Although scientists believe they can explain this strange sensation of waking up feeling paralyzed with fear. The people who suffer this affliction often insist they are being terrorized by evil forces bent on harming them. In this episode I'll tell you about the long history of sleep paralysis, and about the time during the late 1970s and early 80's when 117 otherwise healthy men died in their sleep. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Terror-That-Comes-Night-Experience-Centered/dp/081221305X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=david+hufford&qid=1634695361&sr=8-1 http://alexandrabittner.com/mara-the-nightmare-legend/ http://www.furorteutonicus.eu/germanic/ashliman/mirror/nightmare.html https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-paralysis https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/09/the-dark-side-of-the-placebo-effect-when-intense-belief-kills/245065/ https://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death https://thehatmanproject.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices