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Dead Asleep

Dead Asleep

Sleepwalking can be dangerous. But what if it leads to murder?

2021 · 82 min · ★ 6.1 · Documentary

Did a remorseful Randy Herman Jr. really commit a brutal murder in his sleep, or was it a convenient cover story? Exclusive access to Herman and his family, the defense and prosecution attorneys, journalists who covered the case, forensic psychiatrists and world experts in violent parasomnia (sleep-walking) give an inside look at the shocking twists and turns of the controversial crime.

Directed by Skye Borgman

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