As the sunlight fades to darkness and the frightful tails creep into your mind, it's

time to give in to your fear, because tonight there will be no sleep.

Hey everybody, welcome to the No Sleep Podcast. This is the producer David Cummings.

It's episode 6 of season 2, and we're going to be featuring two stories from the monthly writing

contest on Reddit's No Sleep Forum. The first story was entered in June's contest and came

in a close second. This story was written by our regular narrator Chris Edelman, and he will be

reading his own story for us in this episode. Then our final tale. Yes, only two stories this time,

but trust me, you won't be short-changed. Because the final story is an epic tale that won the

writing contest for February. Author Sianna Hartbauer returns to the podcast after her story,

Rapid Eye movements appeared in episode 3. Her story, unknown caller, features the narrating

team of Jessica Prokowski and Ian Mendez. So, let's get things started with our first story.

Chris's tale is about the skill commonly referred to as photographic memory,

the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with extreme precision.

This might sound like a very beneficial ability, but could you imagine what would happen if you

experienced something that you desperately wanted to forget? The author reads for us a disturbing

encounter with idetic memory. Recently, my parents brought up that when I was much younger,

I had several night terrors. They talked to a pediatrician and changed my sleep schedule,

and I never had them again. However, I was rather intrigued since I really don't remember having

night terrors. I asked my mom to tell me what I was like during one of the terrors. She said it was

a bit disturbing, as I would have a look of absolute horror on my face and would not respond to

anything my parents said. I also would say words, but they were in some sort of babbling language

that was unintelligible. Our minds tend to protect us from experiences or dreams that are often too

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