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EPISODE · Dec 8, 2025 · 28 MIN

38 | Sleep Paralysis… Or Something Worse?

from TFD: Sleep With The Lights On · host Tall Tale Social Club: Sleep With The Lights On

Loving Sleep With The Lights On? Be sure to check out our main show, The Freaky Deaky (Click the 'More Like This' tab) with over 270 Hour Long Episodes and FILLED with Terror, Tickles and Tangents just like Sleep With The Lights On, with 2 new episodes a month.Or Click Here:⁠⁠ Listen to The Freaky Deaky Podcast⁠⁠-----In Volume 38 of SWTLO we're covering one of our favorite topics, but one question remains: Is it truly Sleep Paralysis...Or Something Much Worse? Join us as we unpack Two chilling true stories of midnight visitors, shadows that whisper your name, and encounters too real to dismiss as sleep paralysis.You’ve heard the term before—sleep paralysis. A strange glitch of the mind that wakes the body too early or too late. Doctors call it harmless. An illusion. A chemical hiccup. And maybe that’s true—But…then again, maybe it's not.Maybe sometimes what you see in that frozen moment… is seeing you back. Maybe you wake to find something waiting—at the foot of your bed, in the corner of your room, pressing its weight into your chest like it belongs there. And when you finally move again, it’s gone… but never forgotten.Tonight, we’re looking into two cases that were passed off as sleep paralysis by those who weren’t there to experience the terror first-hand. But those who lived it—they know better. These weren’t dreams. And they weren’t alone.We'll see you on the inside…STORY TIME STAMPS:5:51 - STORY 1: Let Me In20:08 - STORY 2: The Night Visitor _____________________________________________For more true horror stories of the strange and unexplained, be sure to check out our flagship podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Freaky Deaky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a paranormal comedy show out of Wasilla, Alaska. New episodes drop every Thursday wherever you get your favorite paranormal podcasts!Got your own reason to sleep with the lights on? Submit your story to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to be featured in a future episode, or dial the FRIGHTLINE and leave us a Voicemail at 801-997-0051! Follow us across socials for updates ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@freakydeakypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Loving Sleep With The Lights On? Be sure to check out our main show, The Freaky Deaky (Click the 'More Like This' tab) with over 270 Hour Long Episodes and FILLED with Terror, Tickles and Tangents just like Sleep With The Lights On, with 2 new episodes a month.Or Click Here:⁠⁠ Listen to The Freaky Deaky Podcast⁠⁠-----In Volume 38 of SWTLO we're covering one of our favorite topics, but one question remains: Is it truly Sleep Paralysis...Or Something Much Worse? Join us as we unpack Two chilling true stories of midnight visitors, shadows that whisper your name, and encounters too real to dismiss as sleep paralysis.You’ve heard the term before—sleep paralysis. A strange glitch of the mind that wakes the body too early or too late. Doctors call it harmless. An illusion. A chemical hiccup. And maybe that’s true—But…then again, maybe it's not.Maybe sometimes what you see in that frozen moment… is seeing you back. Maybe you wake to find something waiting—at the foot of your bed, in the corner of your room, pressing its weight into your chest like it belongs there. And when you finally move again, it’s gone… but never forgotten.Tonight, we’re looking into two cases that were passed off as sleep paralysis by those who weren’t there to experience the terror first-hand. But those who lived it—they know better. These weren’t dreams. And they weren’t alone.We'll see you on the inside…STORY TIME STAMPS:5:51 - STORY 1: Let Me In20:08 - STORY 2: The Night Visitor _____________________________________________For more true horror stories of the strange and unexplained, be sure to check out our flagship podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Freaky Deaky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a paranormal comedy show out of Wasilla, Alaska. New episodes drop every Thursday wherever you get your favorite paranormal podcasts!Got your own reason to sleep with the lights on? Submit your story to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to be featured in a future episode, or dial the FRIGHTLINE and leave us a Voicemail at 801-997-0051! Follow us across socials for updates ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@freakydeakypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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