SFA has extensive coverage in television, video and radio. Television broadcasts include National Geographic, 48 hours Mystery, Oprah, The Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, MSNBC, and FOX News. Several podcasts and “live” radio broadcasts have been produced on the BBC, Sirius Radio, and National Public Radio. News publications include TIME, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Post, Psychology Today, Scientific American, Men’s Health, and the Lady’s Home Journal.
Unraveling the mysteries of sleep forensics
Read the article featuring Dr. Michel Cramer Bornemann titled Unraveling the mysteries of sleep forensics in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Download a PDF version of Unraveling the mysteries of sleep forensics.
Sexsomnia: An embarrassing sleep disorder no one wants to talk about
Read the story featuring Dr. Carlos Schenck on CNN.
Sherlock of Sleep Devoted to Understanding Parasomnias
Read the article featuring Dr. Michel Cramer Bornemann on Discover Magazine.
Magazine Articles
- Psychology Today: Dangerous Dreamers
- Scientific American: What Sleep Crime Tells Us About Consciousness
Television and video
Science behind Sleepwalking – Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Symposium, Newport, Oregon Source: YouTube
Fatal insomnia – Fatal familial insomnia is a rare genetic mutation that prevents people from sleeping. Source: ABC News
REM sleep disorder – Dr. Cramer Bornemann reviews a specific case about a man who attacked his wife while asleep. Source: ABC News
Midnight snack: sleep-eating – One of the first reports in the nation about the association between Ambien and sleep-eating. Source: NBC Today Show
Winter sleepwalking – A south Minneapolis man was found sleepwalking barefoot in 30 degree below zero weather. He most likely never felt any cold or pain since he was sleepwalking. Source: KARE 11 News
Investigative report on drowsy bus driving – A sleep-deprived bus driver risked the lives of high school band students. Source: KMSP 9 News
Podcasts
Waking up in the dock – Dr. Cramer Bornemann and other sleep experts discuss several sleepwalking cases Source: BBC Radio Scotland, 21:39 minutes
Please Explain: Sleep Dr. Cramer Bornemann talks about why we need sleep, why we can’t sleep, and why we aren’t sleeping enough. Source: New York Public Radio, 37:26 minutes
News articles
- Dangerous Dreamers – Can sleep disorders explain brutal murder or unexpected suicide? Source: Psychology Today
- What Sleep Crime Tells Us About Consciousness – In the neurological netherworld between sleep and wakefulness, the mind’s delirium can turn tragically real. Source: Scientific American
- Death that stalks the sleepwalker – What led a young, successful artist to hang himself? Harry de Quetteville explores the terrifying phenomenon of parasomnia pseudo-suicide. Source: Telegraph.co.uk
- A Dubious “Sexsomnia” Defense – A man escapes rape charges after claiming it was “sleep sex.” Dr. Cramer Bornemann tells Salon why he’s doubtful. Source: Salon
- Sleep Violence: A real danger, little understood – Nighttime wanderers may be at risk for a disturbing and dangerous phenomenon: sleep violence. Source Scientific American blog
- The Weird and Dangerous World of Sleeping Pills – We’re a nation of insomniacs desperate for a decent night’s sleep. But what if sleeping pills are doing more than just knocking us out? Source: Men’s Health
- Dangerous Dreamer – One funny man has a show about the perils of sleepwalking, becomes an off-Broadway hit and inspires some serious talk about sleep disorders. Source: Newsweek
- Famous clothing designer’s fatal “sleep terrors” – SFA docs explain the “sleep terrors” of the famous clothing designer Tobias Wong. Source: NYT
- Sleepwalking defense has long, if spotty, history – An article about several sleepwalking cases. Source: The Gazette
- When sleep problems become legal problems, Neuroscience can help – How a sleepwalker took an unfortunate turn to his death. Source: U.S. News & World Report
- Raiding the Refrigerator, but still asleep – An article about sleep eating, mentions Dr. Carlos Schenck’s 2004 documentary about parasomnias called “Sleep Runners”
- The science of defending sleepwalkers that kill, Source: BBC