TY - ADVS AU - Lyman,Will ED - National Geographic Television & Film. TI - Is it real? : sleepwalking murders. PY - 2005/// CY - [Washington, D.C.?] : , Hamilton, NJ : PB - National Geographic ; , Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, KW - Sleep disorders KW - Sleep KW - Physiological aspects N1 - An episode of the Is it real? television program; Narrator: Will Lyman N2 - Some people wander, get dressed, even eat in their sleep. Others lash out in violent ways. Is it possible that people can commit complex crimes-even murder-while walking in their sleep? With only a dead victim and a seemingly disoriented suspect at the scene of the crime, it's hard to know for sure. This program explores the question, following extensive sleep tests performed on accused murderers in a quest for truth and scientific clarity. But even if science bolsters the sleepwalking defense, could it actually work in a courtroom? More frighteningly, could sleepwalking become a legitimized pretense for murder? ER -