Nightmareland

Travels at the Borders of Sleep, Dreams, and Wakefulness

By: Lex Lonehood Nover

Narrated by: Neil Hellegers

From a Coast to Coast AM insider, a mind-expanding exploration of sleep disorders and unusual dream states--the scientific explanations and the paranormal possibilities.

The sleeping mind is a mysterious backdrop that science is just beginning to shed light on. It was only some sixty years ago that researchers discovered REM, the rapid-eye-movement cycle that's associated with dreams. In Nightmareland, Lex "Lonehood" Nover travels into the eerie borderlands where the unconscious, dreams, and strange entities intermingle under the cover of night, revealing wider and hidden aspects of ourselves, from the savage and frightening to the astounding and sublime.

Encompassing accepted medical phenomena such as sleep paralysis, parasomnias, and Ambien "zombies," and the true-crime casebook of those who kill while sleepwalking, to supernatural elements such as the incubus, alien abduction, and psychic attacks, Nover brings readers on an extraordinary journey through history, folklore, and science, to help us understand what happens when we sleep.

Fascinating

One of the most fascinating books I have ever listened to or read.
Enjoyed it very much!

it's okay but repetitive...

It's an interesting topic but all the stories seemed to blend into one another. I got this thinking it would really explore sleep paralysis (a phenomenon that's happened to me) but it's only briefly touched on. For dream aficionados only. Fantastic narration however.

scary treat

very informative. helped me understand my own sleep problems while being entertaining like a great horror story. narrator added to the fun. his voice was excellent.

Too Much Supernatural Stuff

Started out good, but quickly went off the rails with supernatural bs that is generally presented with very little skepticism. Kind of fun occasionally but the last half of the book is basically all this.