Urban Legends Explained

Fairies, Aliens, and the Mystery of the Mara (1x11)


Air date: Jan 01, 2025

Imagine being asleep and in danger but unable to move to save yourself. That is the terrifying experience of the Mara, from which we get the word nightmare. This legend isn’t going around much anymore, now that we know about sleep paralysis, but people referred to it for hundreds of years. Explore the relationship between the Mara, fairies, and the new urban legends of alien abductions.

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