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In the 80s, Freddie Krueger was a character that successfully discouraged falling asleep. Young and old were afraid that he would appear in their nightmares. While no one assumed that a horror character could actually do harm, several people died while sleeping. Before that, without waking up, they cried. As if they were chased in a dream by none other than Freddie himself.
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“Nightmare on Elm Street” is a horror based on facts. It was inspired by real events
At the beginning of many films, there is information that this story really happened or was inspired by real events. Usually, however, this applies to drama or drama films. But the list of such productions also includes horror films, which makes viewers feel even more anxious during the screening.
One of the horrors inspired by real events is “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. A cult movie from the 80s with a terrifying villain – Freddie Krueger.
The Krueger had blades that could tear people to shreds instead of his hands. And he did it, not in real life, but in dreams. The problem is that after such a nightmare, the dreamer would no longer wake up.
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Wes Craven, the director and screenwriter of “Nightmare on Elm Street”, admitted that he invented the story after reading media reports about the mysterious deaths of young refugees from Asia. The men had no complaints, went to sleep, then began to cry in their sleep and died.
Sudden Unexpected Night Death Syndrome. Over 100 people died because of it
The first reports of the mysterious deaths of young men began appearing in the American media in the early 80s. The problem only affected refugees from Southeast Asia. Over the decade, US authorities have confirmed more than 117 cases of what was originally dubbed the “Asiatic Death Syndrome”.
The mysterious and undiagnosed ailment caused intense fear. Young, healthy men went to bed every evening, fell asleep, began to cry in their sleep and simply died. And the doctors had no idea why this was happening, and therefore how to prevent the death-tolling syndrome.
“I know what they didn’t die of,” said Dr. Michael McGee of Minnesota. “They didn’t die from a headshot, they didn’t get stabbed in the heart, they didn’t fall off the roof, they didn’t get poisoned. Because in every case, we did an autopsy and found a big zero.
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The number of deaths continued to increase, and scientists did their best to find a logical explanation for a problem for which only some paranormal explanation fit at this stage. In the end, however, it was possible to find a trace of something that was a real, fully medical trail. The hearts of the victims were significantly enlarged. It also turned out that the deceased had defects in the conduction system that coordinates the contractions of the heart muscles. As the autopsy doctor said then, “their hearts simply went out”.
The cause of the Asian Death Syndrome, eventually renamed Sudden Unexpected Night Death Syndrome (SUNDS), was still unknown.
Why did young people suddenly die in their sleep?
In 1987, the American Journal of Public Health published an analysis of similar cases in a refugee camp in Thailand. It turned out that there were even more such mysterious deaths during sleep than in the USA. Scientists analyzed the history of diseases not only of the deceased themselves, but also of their families. It found that in many cases, victims had experienced some type of sleep disturbance before. One of the men, 25, woke up after experiencing apnea. His legs were paralyzed. It was examined, but there was no indication that anything could be seriously wrong. A few hours later that same night, however, the man died in his sleep.
Epilepsy was among the recurring complaints of the deceased. In turn, in their families there have been cases of death under similar circumstances. In fact, this clearly indicated the genetic basis of the mysterious syndrome.
Scientists have also established that the death of the emigrants may also be caused by stress related to the difficult situation and the need to flee their homeland. Sudden death was more common to newly arrived immigrants to the US than to long-term residents.
All these conclusions, however, were still quite loose, and in no way could save the men who were afraid of falling asleep. It was not until 1992 that the cause of the syndrome was finally diagnosed. The mutation in the SCN5A gene, leading to cardiac arrhythmias, turned out to be the culprit. It can lead to ventricular fibrillation with subsequent cardiac arrest and death.
Today, this hereditary ailment is known as Brugada disease. It usually appears between the ages of 20 and 40. Patients are implanted with a cardioverter, i.e. a defibrillator implanted directly into the heart.
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