"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", Way to Die #992, is the fifth death to be featured in "Death – The Gift That Lasts Forever", which aired on August 22, 2011.
Plot[]
James suffers from fatal familial insomnia. One night, he decides to take a drive in order to clear his head, but accidentally hits and kills a pedestrian crossing the street since he can't focus well due to his very bad fatigue. James continues to drive until he gets back home and washes away all the blood from his car. James' guilty conscience only makes his insomnia worse. Instead of turning himself into the police, he checks into a sleep clinic. Unable to sleep due to hallucinations of his victim's face, and with even the strongest sedatives having no effect, he lies awake without sleep for two months and dies from a massive stroke and a heart attack, sending him to Hell and finally allowing him to sleep.
Trancript[]
Narrator: "After 2 months of no sleep, after being haunted day and night, a massive stroke put an end to his living nightmare and sent him to the hell he deserved."
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Denny Zartman - James (lead: intended victim)
- Dr. Stuart Menn - Himself (Sleep Doctor)
Trivia[]
- In reality, the record for going without sleep is 11 days and 24 minutes.
- In 1991 after his 40th birthday, Michael Corke, a Chicago music teacher, started having trouble sleeping. In the following weeks, his insomnia worsened and his health deteriorated rapidly. Finally, he couldn't sleep at all. The doctors were puzzled, but could do nothing for him. Michael was physically and mentally exhausted, and wanted nothing more than to be able to fall asleep. But his brain did not allow it. Video footage of him appearing at a school orchestra concert revealed a frail old man - a far cry from the fit and healthy person he was just a few months earlier. Finally, he was admitted to the hospital and doctors diagnosed him with a very rare genetic disorder discovered just seven years earlier: Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFL). Michael Corke died in hospital after six months from complete lack of sleep.
- This death takes place exactly 9 years before the episode it is featured in premiered.
- This is the highest triple digit segment number on the show, the lowest is #101 (Weenie Roast).
- This is the only death in the series that involves a Prion disease.
- This death takes place 4 years after Window Pained.
- When both Spanish dubs (Latin American & European) are translated into English, it's the same name of this death.
- This is the highest ranked segment in all of season 4.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Laid To Rest
- Sleepless Stumble
- A Stroke in Time
- Long Night's Legacy
- Sweet Nightmares
- zzzzzzzzzDeath
Foreign Names[]
- Dormiré Cuando Esté Muerto (I'll Sleep When I'm Dead) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Ya Dormiré Cuando Esté Muerto (I'll Sleep When I'm Dead) - European Spanish dub
- Dormirei Quando Morrer (I'll Sleep When I Die) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Schlafen kann ich, wenn ich tot bin (I Can Sleep When I'm Dead) - German dub
- Wyśpię się po śmierci (I'll Sleep When I Die) - Polish dub
- Durmo kutaman manat tusayan yaz ka morti (Sleeping is being used resting with by death) - Lazoran dub, 2019
- Kumamathanin pas gahala durmo (Resting in peace when sleeping) - Lazoran dub, 2024
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