Episode 3 - The Hmong Sleep Deaths/ The Real Life Nightmare On Elm Street

Brief Summary- In the late 70’s - 1980’s , over 117 deaths of young Southeast Asian (many Hmong )men were reported, with similar like details of seemingly healthy young individuals going to sleep for the night only to never wake back up . With such a high rate of cases affecting such a small demographic at the time the events seemed unexplainable. Leading to the CDC to become involved in 1981 , the phenomena would be classified as SUNDS or Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome. Although medical looked for answers, the Hmong people claimed to already know what was affecting the a evil spirt named the Dab Tsog , and entity that haunts its victims in the dream world and leads to their death in real life. The newspaper articles about the case would later inspire Wes Craven who after reading of the Hmong men crafted the infamous character Freddy Krueger of Nightmare on Elm Street. YOUTUBE (Visual Version) https://youtu.be/9UEIjPfCp7k?si=P2BgLmWVAjrDRzbX