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Sleepwalking Murders

Experts investigate whether someone can really be capable of killing while they're asleep and if ...
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Investigate some of the world’s enduring mysteries and phenomena as we look to separate science from superstition.

There are those who believe in what is often dubbed the paranormal and those who believe in only that which can be proven with science. We uncover, with believers and skeptics, the truth and tales of sleepwalking murderers, stigmata, half sized humans and bloodsucking nighttime predators so outrageous that only you can determine is it real?

In Sleepwalking Murders, a Mancunian batters his father to death, inflicting 90 separate injuries on him. In Canada, a man drives 22 kilometres and kills his mother-in-law. While in America, a happily married father stabs his wife 44 times and drowns her in their swimming pool. Their defence? They were asleep at the time. This gripping documentary asks if it is really possible for people to commit vicious and complex crimes while sleepwa...