The Sleepwalk Killers: The Nightmare Truth About Violence During Sleep

Book Synopsis: Research by respected scientists has shown that America has about 8.4 million sleepwalkers and the UK has a little over 2.4 million. And somnambulists are known to have killed at least 70 people – with courts finding a huge percentage innocent of any crime. Few people suspected that 27-year-old Fraser, a loving and protective husband and father, was possessed by monsters which dominated him when he was asleep. These ‘demons’ goaded him into acts of savagery which culminated in the battering to death of his infant son Simon. Like other nightmare killers, a jury found him not guilty because he had been asleep at the time. Chief Inspector Robert Ledru of the Surete was a brilliant detective. In fact, his superiors in Paris rated him as possibly the most brilliant in France. He was also vain and arrogant until, that is, he realized he also suffered sleep problems and arrested himself for murder. Jo Ann, a Kentucky teenager in ankle socks goes on trial for her life after fighting an hour-long gun battle with a burglar. Her father and little brother die in the shootout. Twenty-four hours later she's charged with double murder. The intruder had existed only in her nightmare - and because of her sleepwalking, her own shots had killed the people she loved. On a cold morning in March 1951, 30-year-old Palle Hardrup walked into a bank with a gun, demanding money. Suddenly he fired and cashier Kaj Moller fell dying. Manager Hans Wisbom stepped forward and was killed by another shot. But, the man who planned the robbery and was later convicted of the murders was miles away. The murderer had used sleep hypnosis to commit what he thought was the perfect crime. It was an ideal night to go killing. Hardly anyone was around to see his movements and anyway, if someone had done so, the darkness would have made identification almost impossible. But as he walked to his car in the early hours of that May morning in 1987 Kenneth James Park had no idea he was embarking on a lethal mission. He was fast asleep unaware of the night terrors unleashed by his mind. Lesley Cusack of Warrington, Cheshire couldn't understand why, despite dieting, she was getting fat until she discovered she was cooking and eating huge meals while she slept. Cusack's sleep disorders nearly killed her. Welshman Lee Hadwin is another sleepwalker who never knows what he may find on awakening. But his surprises are of the most pleasant and lucrative type. Proving that not all somnambulism is violent or even negative. These are just a few of the fascinating cases revealed in The Sleepwalk Killers. . . Download your copy today. . .