Dead Asleep

Something Scary

Snarled and Underscore Talent Management

Fiction, Arts, True Crime

4.8 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week’s episode explores sleep paralysis, a temporary loss of muscle control just after falling asleep or before waking up. It can turn into a kind of nocturnal nightmare that traps our soul in an unknown realm. Paralyzed bodies, shackled by unseen forces, make us witness to grotesque apparitions lurking in the dark. The silent screams echo within our heads as the line between dreams and reality blur into waking nightmares. If you have experienced sleep paralysis, please let us know. First, endless night of terror Then, a final goodbye Finally in our last story, it’s always watching you Thank you to this episode's sponsor! • Füm - Start the Good Habit at tryfum.com/SCARY to save 10% off the Journey Pack today. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/subSNARLED Watch the latest: https://youtube.com/watch?playlist&list=PLlt49G0M7dfhhFe79kdPucjYzWv4CK8H1&index=1 Follow us EVERYWHERE: https://facebook.com/watchsomethingscary/ https://facebook.com/getsnarled/ https://instagram.com/wearesnarled/ https://twitter.com/wearesnarled Follow Steffany: TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@steffany_strange YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/SteffanyStrange Instagram: https://instagram.com/steffany_strange/ Follow Blair: TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@blairbathory Instagram: https://instagram.com/blairbathory/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/blairbathory1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/blairbathory Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/BlairBathory About SNARLED: Your home for scary stories, from urban legends to true tales of murder, mystery and the unknown. If you have Something Scary to tell us, send it to SomethingScary@snarled.com. More about the show! • Go to SomethingScary.com to check out the awesome Something Scary Merch. We’ve got something for everyone, from hoodies to hats to writer’s notebooks. • Do you want to connect with other people who love horror and all things Something Scary? Join our new Discord. Join our Patreon and get members only access to our Discord. Go to Patreon.com/snarled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Blair Bathory, and this is the Something Scary podcast 2024.
0:10.8	Thank you so much for being here once again, in the new year.
0:15.1	Whether this is your first time or you're one of the brave souls who join us every week.
0:22.6	Welcome. While some people sleep soundly, some of us suffer from sleep paralysis,
0:28.6	a nocturnal nightmare that traps our souls and mind in an unknown realm.
0:33.6	Paralyzed bodies shackled by unseen forces
0:36.6	make us witness grotesque apparitions lurking in the dark.
0:41.3	The silence screams echo within our heads as the line between dreams and reality blur into waking nightmares.
0:49.3	Or is it all just a dream? You decide.
0:53.3	First, endless night of terror, then a final goodbye. Finally,
1:00.7	in our last story, it's always watching you. Before we get to our stories, I just wanted to ask
1:08.0	if you would take a minute to rate and review this podcast.
1:14.9	You can pause here and do it right now, or you can do it after you've listened.
1:19.6	It's one of the ways you can help something scary continue to grow, and it only takes a minute.
1:23.1	Thank you so much for being here every week.
1:26.8	We are incredibly grateful for the support of all of our listeners. So,
1:29.3	Want to hear something scary?
1:35.3	Dead asleep.
1:40.3	Sometimes in life no one can help you.
1:43.3	You must rely on your own light to get through the darkness,
1:47.0	like in this story inspired by Dai Vianchu.
1:54.0	Trying to help me with my night terrors,
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