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Scary But True: Sleepwalking Homicides
Written by: Ossiana Tepfenhart on February 20, 2013.
Last revised by: Michael Caldwell
Imagine the following scenario: You just came home from a long day at work, had dinner with your family, then snuggled up to your spouse and went to sleep. You had a strange dream – in fact, the dream was terrifying! Well, either way, you wake up in the morning. You turn to wake up your spouse and tell her about the strange dream you had…only to find that you were sleeping comfortably next to the corpse of your spouse – who happened to be stabbed to death with the scissors that were resting on your night stand. A cold chill runs down your spine as you slowly back away from the body. Who did this? WHO DID THIS? You call the police, and to your utter shock and horror, they book you for a murder you don’t even remember committing.
Believe it or not, this terrifying scenario has happened to others, and it can happen to you.
This is actually a form of somnambulism – also known as sleepwalking. When a person sleepwalks, their bodies are unable to stay at rest, and as such walk around, move, and act out the things that occur in their dream. Normally, sleepwalking ends up causing the person to stumble around their home, possibly startling family members or neighbors. There are other forms of sleep walking Sleep eating (another form of somnambulism) may be the demise of a diet or two, and can be a good excuse to tell friends when they ask why you haven’t stuck to that diet you were doing in January. With sleepwalking murder, also called homicidal somnambulism, you end up killing people while you are fast asleep. And, scarier still, this is somewhat common as far as rare crimes go – approximately 70 people have committed murder in their sleep.
Reposted with permission.
