Explorer
Season 6 Episode 10 - Fatal Insomnia
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1985
Documentary
An extremely rare genetic disease passed down through generations, fatal familial insomnia's (FFI) primary symptom is sleeplessness, but with a fatal twist: victims are dead within months. National Geographic delves into the science of sleep to find out why we need sleep and what happens to us when we don't get it. Witness the pioneering research inside the sleeping brain as well as the mind forbidden to rest for days at a time.
Episodes in Season 6
1
Mystery of The Disembodied Feet
2
Inside LSD
3
Secret History of Diamonds
4
24 Hours After Asteroid Impact
5
Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil
8
25 Years
9
Journey to an Alien Moon
10
Fatal Insomnia
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11
Talibanistan
12
Electronic Armageddon
13
Inside the DEA
14
24 Hours After Hiroshima
15
Albino Murders
16
Inside Bioterror
17
Can the Gulf Survive?
18
Lost Mummies of New Guinea
19
How Man Tamed the Wild
20
Born to Rage?
21
American Hostage
22
Lost Cannibals of Europe
23
How to Build a Beating Heart
24
Clash of the Americas
25
Finding the Lost da Vinci
26
The Man Who Can Fly
27
