“Ghost Boy” director Rodney Ascher first learned about Martin Pistorius through the NPR podcast “Invisibilia.” “I remember hearing the story and thinking, ‘This is the kind of story that I would like ...

Director Rodney Ascher’s obsession with horror and mysterious phenomena takes a tragic real turn in Ghost Boy, which is based on the book of the same title by South African author, speaker and ...

(NEWSER) — Martin Pistorius was a kid so into electronics, his mom had no doubts about his ability to fix a broken plug for her when he wasn't yet 11 (which he did). But shortly after turning 12 in ...

Martin Pistorius was diagnosed with locked-in syndrome/ Image: X A South African man who spent more than a decade fully conscious but unable to move or speak has reflected on life after emerging from ...

SXSW: At age 12, Martin Pistorius slipped into a waking coma. By 16, his consciousness began to return, but it would take years before others realized. About eight or so years back, my dad started ...

Invisibilia's Lulu Miller tells the story of Martin Pistorius, whose body began to slowly shut down when he was 12 years old. For years, he was... Locked-In Man LULU MILLER, HOST: So from NPR News, ...

A man has revealed the living nightmare of waking up from a coma – only to find he was unable to tell anyone. Martin Pistorius was trapped inside his lifeless body from the age of 12 after being ...

Director Rodney Ascher's obsession with horror and mysterious phenomena takes a tragic real turn in Ghost Boy, which is based ...