Terrifying & True | Sleep Paralysis: Shadow People, the Old Hag & the Science of REM Sleep

Awake, unable to move and certain someone is beside the bed: sleep paralysis can make a familiar room feel threatening. Terrifying & True explores the overlap between waking awareness and REM sleep, alongside accounts of shadow people, chest pressure and the figure known as the Old Hag. The episode places frightening experiences beside the folklore used to explain them, without treating a sensed presence as proof of a supernatural visitor. Why do these waking nightmares feel so physical—and why do similar figures appear in stories across cultures? We're telling that story tonight.

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