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The History of Sleep Paralysis Demons Explained | Sleep Paralysis

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Red Web

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, unable to move, haunted by hallucinations or visions of a terrifying entity? You’re not alone. There exists a scientific curiosity that explains why such a frightening event occurs. Today, we discuss the terrifying phenomenon of sleep paralysis. Visit our Twitter page (https://twitter.com/RedWebPod) to see the images we mention. If you'd like to listen to the past mysteries we discuss, they are: Spontaneous Human Combustion (https://open.spotify.com/episode/41OofWmnQQgCRVJqx6dryM?si=12b489cd3a934f96) Sponsored by BetterHelp (go to http://betterhelp.com/redweb to get 10% off your first month) and Honey (go to http://joinhoney.com/redweb to get Honey for free). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Ruestur-Teeth production.

0:16.0

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, unable to move, haunted by hallucinations

0:20.4

or visions of a terrifying entity?

0:22.8

You're not alone.

0:24.0

There exists a scientific curiosity that explains why such a frightening event occurs.

0:29.2

So today, we discuss the terrifying phenomenon of sleep paralysis.

0:34.3

This is Redweb.

0:43.3

Task Force It Is Time.

0:45.4

Sleep paralysis has been a topic we've talked about for a long time on and off on this show.

0:49.7

And today, we're finally diving into the sources of it all, the history of it, and how it

0:54.8

has entered the zeitgeist.

0:56.8

Welcome back to Redweb.

0:57.8

I'm your host Trevor Collins with me, with his own experiences on this very topic, but

1:02.5

hearing some of the origins of this for the very first time, Alfredo Diaz.

1:06.8

So, initially, my emotion was hell, yeah, because I'm sure we're going to dive into some

1:11.8

of the scientific reasons why.

1:13.8

And I'll get to know different experiences and the lesser extent or full extent of sleep

1:19.2

paralysis from other people's perspectives.

1:22.8

But then also the other half of me went, oh, I stopped hurting this.

1:25.9

Yeah, dude, this is such a, I'm so, so stoked we're finally talking about this.

1:31.8

This is just one of those topics that we've teased for quite some time, and we decided

1:35.8

to formalize it in a unique format.

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