Karolina Olsson, “The Sleeper of Oknö,” Woke Up After 32 Years In Bed

Today in 1861, the birthday of a woman with a very strange story. For reasons that aren’t at all clear, Karolina Olsson went to bed as a 14 year old and apparently didn’t wake up until she was in her forties. Plus: someone marked Halloween by playing keyboards in a New York subway station dressed up as Michael Myers.  To this day, the questions remain (Svenska Dagbladet via Archive.org)    Karolina Olsson: The Woman Who Allegedly Slept for 32 Years (Amusing Planet) Keyboardist Dressed as Michael Myers Plays the ‘Halloween’ Theme in New York City Subway Station (Laughing Squid) Don’t sleep on our podcast, back us today on Patreon