Inspired by our discovery of the real life sleep deaths that inspired one of the most iconic horror monsters of all time, we explore the origins of Freddy Kreuger and the folk beliefs in the Dab Tsog sleep demon of the Hmong people . Join us as we seek to understand more clearly the line between demon and vampire.  




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Excerpts from the Journal of American Heart Association

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.117.007837#jah32992-tbl-0001
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Raug Dab Tsog Tsuag Tsuam
(Being Caused Sleep-Paralysis by a Sleep-Paralysis-Causing Tsog Spirit) Transcribed and annotated by Michael Johnson
English translation by David Strecker
Transcription of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKJGIDDhuFo Title: Raug Dab Tsog Tsuag Tsuam 3/3/2020
By: Simply Hmong
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Raug Dab Tsog Tsuam Tau 13 Lub Xyoos (13 Years Encounter Sleep Paralysis)

Transcribed and annotated by Michael Johnson
English translation by David Strecker ([email protected])

Transcription of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geIDl8SFqo4
Title: Raug Dab Tsog Tsuam Tau 13 Lub Xyoos (13 Years Encounter Sleep Paralysis) By: Hmong Bedtime Stories, July 9, 2021

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Refugee Stress and Folk Belief: Hmong Sudden Deaths.  Shelley R Adler.  Soc. Sci. Med. Vol. 40, No. 12, pp. 1623-1629; 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd.