“Near-Death Experiences: Hopes of Heaven, Horrors of Hell, and Suspicious Scientists” #WeirdDarkness

“Near-Death Experiences: Hopes of Heaven, Horrors of Hell, and Suspicious Scientists” #WeirdDarkness

Stories and content in weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only parental discretion is strongly Advised death it is the ultimate unknowable unless you die during surgery or in a car accident or a heart attack and then are miraculously brought back to the land of the living whether or not these people were able to accurately remember being dead is debatable seeing as forming memories is something only a

Living person and brain does as far as we know but they’ve died and lived to tell about it anyway what do they see how does it change them what do scientists and doctors think about the phenomenon what happens when you temporarily die I’m Darren maror and this is weird Darkness

Welcome weirdos this is weird Darkness here you’ll find stories of the Paranormal Supernatural legends lore the strange and bizarre crime conspiracy mysterious maob unsolved and unexplained coming up in this episode to some the idea of life after death is comforting it gives them a sense of hope

That they will be United with loved ones who’ve passed away for others the thought of an afterlife is scary and uncertain but regardless of how we feel about it the topic of life after death is one that fascinates us all and those who’ve had a near-death experience are

About the closest we’ll ever get to finding an answer to that question until we pass on ourselves tonight we look at the cosmic riddle of life and death and the place in between the near death experience from the view of those who have personally gone through it those around

Them when it happened and the doctors and scientists trying to make sense of it if you’re new here welcome to the show while you’re listening be sure to check out weird darkness.com for merchandise to visit sponsors you hear about during the show sign up for my newsletter enter contests connect with

Me on social media plus you can visit the Hope in the darkness page if you’re struggling with depression or dark thoughts you can find all of that and more at weird darkness.com now bolt your doors lock your windows turn off your lights and come with me into the weird Darkness imagine for a moment that you’re standing at the very edge of life and death teetering on the precipice of an eternal Abyss your heart has fallen silent your breath stolen by the cold hands of the reaper and then Against All Odds you return Lauren caned found

Herself in a place that transcends the veil between this world and whatever May lie Beyond this woman was dead for 24 minutes but what did she see on the other side it was an ordinary day and Virginia the kind where life’s little routines hummed along like clockwork

Until the fabric of reality was ripped apart for 39-year-old Lauren Canada a sudden Cardiac Arrest A violent Grandma seizure and then Stillness Lauren’s World went dark as her heart ceased to beat her breath stopped short leaving her clinically dead on the floor of her own home her

Husband panicked rushed to to her side his hands desperately pressing against her chest in a rhythm of life or death EMTs battled against the clock four defibrillator shocks and 24 solemn minutes later Lauren’s heartbeat stuttered back to life but what of those minutes lost in the void what did Lauren

Caned experience while the world believed her to be gone tonight we’re not just examining the medical anomaly that allowed Lauren to return with her cogni faculties intact now we’re here to explore the enigmatic Journey she embarked upon Lauren speaks of a profound peace a disillusion into a friendly nothingness

That has reshaped her existence the memories of her time in that other place may be elusive but the sensation of Tranquility lingers a haunting Serenity that refuses to be forgotten what does it mean to cross over if only for a fleeting moment how does it change you Lauren’s story is a

Tapestry woven with threads of mystery human resilience and the age-old question of what awaits us after our final breath her Memoir Independence Avenue how individualism killed me and Community brought me back is not just a tale of survival it’s a testament to the profound impact a brush with death can have on the

Living Lauren Kennedy a 39-year-old woman whose life was about to be forever altered found herself in the most unexpected of circumstances she was at home a place where we all feel safe a sanctuary from the chaos of the world outside but Within These Walls Lauren’s heart would cease to beat her breath

Would falter and for several minutes she would be clinically dead before her near-death experience at 39 years of age she was a vibrant presence known for her intellectual curiosity and the quiet strength that characterized her individualistic nature Lauren was no stranger to challenges she had been managing controlled epilepsy with

Medication for years a testament to her resilience but nothing could have prepared her or her husband for the grandma seizure that would suddenly overtake her violent muscle contractions loss of consciousness and then silence her last words were in exploitive before collapsing her husband rushing to her side her body turning an affixiated

Shade of blue the call to 911 with was made the emergency call crackled through the dispatcher’s headset a Lifeline thrown across the airwaves the dispatcher’s voice calm yet commanding guided Lawrence’s husband in performing CPR until the paramedics arrived Law Enforcement Officers often the first to arrive at the scene of a medical

Emergency were in route their Sirens cutting through the Stillness of the neighborhood upon arriving they assessed the severity of Lauren’s condition securing the scene for the EA MTS who were close behind it was a race against the clock where every second could mean the difference between life and death emergency medical technicians

Burst into the home taking over the life-saving efforts with defibrillator shocks that shattered the air with their electricity minutes felt like hours as Lauren’s husband and the paramedics fought to keep her alive and as the clock ticked on each second became a battle against a silent assailant time

Was the enemy and with every passing minute Lauren’s odds of survival dwindled every second was a battle against Time Each compression A desperate plea for life to return the human brain that intricate tapestry of thought and memory begins to fray after just 1 minute without oxygen by 10

Minutes so many threads have unraveled that the picture it once held is likely lost at 15 minutes the possibility of restoration becomes a whisper barely heard Lauren’s tapestry however somehow would not disintegrate that day Lauren’s heart resumed its steady drum her brain spared the Fate that statistics grimly

Predicted according to Dr Elizabeth Hart a renowned neurologist quote it’s fascinating and quite frankly miraculous the brain can only survive for a very limited period without oxygen Lauren’s case is exceptional not just because because she survived but also because she did so without cognitive impairments this suggests that there may be

Protective factors at play possibly related to her previous medical history or the immediate CPR she received which we don’t yet fully understand unquote at the hospital Lauren was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit her condition precarious the involvement of law enforcement didn’t end with Lauren’s resuscitation the investigative process

That followed was meticulous officers documented the scene collected statements and ensured that Lauren received the medical attention she urgently needed they collaborated with medical personnel to unravel the mystery what had caused a seemingly healthy woman to collapse so suddenly the Breakthrough came when Lauren’s medical team deep within the

Sanitized walls of the ICU discovered an unwelcome Intruder covid-19 the virus a global Mor of bodies and lives had infiltrated Lauren’s heart a diagnosis of myocarditis followed her heart inflamed and struggling this Revelation provided a crucial piece of the puzzle aligning with emerging research that connected the virus to increased instances of

Sudden Cardiac Arrest it’s a harrowing thought isn’t it to be on the precipice of the unknown to stand at the threshold between this life and whatever may or may not AIT us Lauren’s experience in the ICU her testing positive for covid-19 and the diagnosis of myocarditis paint a picture

Of a medical anomaly a case that by all accounts could have should have ended in tragedy the most unexpected twist is the Lazarus effect a rare phenomenon where patients declared dead suddenly show signs of Life Canada’s story begs the question was it a medical Wonder or something else her case as documented by

The New York Post is fascinating because of the Rarity of such recoveries Lauren’s recovery in the ICU was nothing short of miraculous after 9 days she emerged declared cognitively intact despite the odds stacked against her her memory however bore the scars of the ordeal the week leading up to her

Collapse was lost to her the time in the ICU a foggy Haze punctuated by frustration and confusion her short-term memory scattered like leaves in the wind her understanding of her own existence blurred and uncertain what are we to make of this is it merely the brain’s last defense against the encroaching Darkness or

Could it be a glimpse into something more either way Against All Odds Lauren was discharged from the hospital just 9 days after being admitted a walking Miracle cognitively intact with no visible brain damage but what lies beyond that veil of death what did Lauren see feel or experience while she

Was gone for those 24 minutes the answers are not as clear-cut as one might expect as Lauren emerged from the shadows of death’s domain her experience remained shrouded in mystery no memories or visions to report only a profound sense of peace that had embraced her in those last minutes law

Enforcement and Medical Teams marveled at her cognitive resilience her mind unscathed by the ordeal that would have left many others in darkness Lauren herself described a friendly and welcoming disillusion into something beyond our understanding no shapes No Visions just an overwhelming Serenity that stayed with her even as she

Awoke yet it wasn’t just the absence of damage that astounded everyone it was Lauren’s transformation a shift in perspective a new found appreciation for life’s simplicities her second chance at life wasn’t just a continuation it was a rebirth Dr Michael Freeman is a criminologist who has an interest in

Near-death experiences he spoke of Lauren’s case saying quote the psychological and sociological implications are vast near-death exper experiences often lead to transformative personal narratives that can alter behavior and societal contributions in Lauren’s case her shift from individualism to a community focused mindset exemplifies this it’s pertinent to understand these experiences not as

Anomalies but as potential catalysts for change in both the individual and their wider Community unquote I remember feeling so frustrated Lauren says I couldn’t grasp what had happened to me but then these small moments taking a shower eating they were like little islands of happiness and a sea of

Confusion she speaks of a second life A New Perspective where the trivialities of status and success have faded into insignificance she finds profound joy in Simplicity a cheeseburger a hike the act of walking 10,000 steps and through her Memoir Independence Avenue how individ ual ISM killed me and Community brought

Me back which I will link to in the episode description she advocates for a life rooted in connection and care for others Lauren’s story is not just a tale of survival against the odds it’s a reminder that life can change in the span of a single heartbeat that every

Moment is a gift and that sometimes the greatest wisdom is found in the aftermath of our darkest trials Lauren candid is only one of the most recent stories of someone experiencing an nde and coming up we’ll look at a few other cases that span over the years over hundreds and even thousands of years when weird Darkness Returns ads hurt before during or after the podcast are not endorsed by weird Darkness or myself unless voiced by me personally all other ads are pre-recorded and inserted by third party agencies not me and are not under my control hey weirdos how would you like

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Near-death experiences n dees are Complex events that modern science still cannot quite understand their routine L described as events triggered in response to life-threatening stimuli in which a person seems to be awake and notice their body and the world outside of the physical body sometimes ndes result when a person has already been

Declared clinically dead but ends up Surviving and continuing their physical life while the term near-death experiences or nde is fairly recent the phenomenon of someone Rising back to life from being dead and reporting what happened during their brief demise has been with us almost from the beginning there’s a 13 question Grayson

Nde scale to assess whether a person has had a near-death experience the scale measures things like whether past scenes came back to the person if the individual saw a bright light if the person saw some unearthly World felt separated from their body and saw deceased or religious Spirits science scientific researchers

However have suggested that these events result from multi-sensory integration in the cortex while ndes might sound like new experiences they date back to the earliest recorded history while 21st century researchers like Elizabeth kuer Ross and Raymond Moody helped to provide a modern representation and account of

These events nde Origins go back to much earlier Spanish and French cave paintings have been found depicting these events historical Tales are full of these stories too everyone from the average person to Landmark historical figures like Thomas Edison Carl Young and Ernest Hemingway have also described these events it’s interesting and enlightening

To consider a few of the earliest and most notable accounts of ndes each of which dates before the 18th century ER around 375 BC ‘s story is told in Plato’s Republic and it’s about a soldier who experiences an nde ER died during a battle where he

Afterward went to a place with doors Two into the sky and two into the Earth judges decided the path that each Soul should follow based on the type of Life they had led on Earth good Souls went to the sky while bad Souls returned to the Earth Souls returned from the sky filled

With positive feelings while Souls returned from the earth talked about the misery and punishments they faced the worst Souls murderers and criminals could not exit the Earth er was informed he would not be judged and instead was there to describe things to mankind several days later ER was led to

The spindle of necessity at the spindle Souls received a lottery name and after choosing their next lives the souls were transported under the Throne of necessity to the River leth or the river of forgetfulness the soldiers were then told to drink something to forget their previous lives after each Soul fell

Asleep they went to New bodies ER skipped this step so he could remember the process when er woke he was in his old body on a funeral p with fellow soldiers fortunately ER was saved cleus 200 BC in lucian’s book the liar he tells of cleus after falling Gravely ill and

Being attended by antigonus cleus grew further sick finally after having a fever for 7 Days cleus had an nde cleus woke to find a ghostly young man in a white cloak the young man led cleus to a place that looked like Hades the underworld cleus described seeing

Tantalus a rich but Wicked King titius a giant chained to a rock and sephus a giant forced to roll a boulder up a hill for forever he was then led to the Judgment Hall where he met with Asus a king of justice and shaon the fairy men

Of Hades Hades the god of the underworld then arrived and read the names of the people due to die Pluto told cleus to get away because his thread was not yet out instead Pluto really wanted a blacksmith named Demus instead when Camus awoke his fever was gone while Demus passed away shortly after

Prince Gad ad. 20- 46 the acts of Thomas is an early 3D Century New Testament text the following potentially apocryphal tale based on your view of the Bible concerns Thomas the Christian Apostle to India and the Indo parthian King Ganda feris one section of the acts sees a visit to

India where King gandis First’s brother Gad fell sick after the king imprisons Thomas and the Merchant Haven Gad dies Gad goes to heaven and notices that Thomas has constructed the king a palace in heaven the Angels then let Gad go while the Angels were placing clothing

Back on Gad his soul entered his body Gad then revived this leads to both the king and Gad converting to Christianity and celebrating the Eucharist with Thomas and others to Marcus of chironia AD 46 to19 tamarcus was a young student of Socrates whose story Plutarch narrated to simeus

Of Thieves another Socrates follower Tam Marcus’s story was prompted by isolation when he wandered into a crypt for two nights and Days by this time most given up hope on tamarcus and his loved ones lamented his death when tamarcus left the [ __ ] he told an nde story first he

Experienced Darkness prayed that then lay for a long time unaware of if he was awake or dreaming then he was struck on the head and he claimed his soul was released soon after he began to experience auditory buzzing and other noises tamarcus also said he saw the

Underworld by looking down a great Abyss from which he heard the Roars of animals and humans a disembodied guide like figure greeted tamarcus and asked if he wanted to see his relatives tamarcus was also given a glimpse into the future tamarcus recovered from his experience and noticed he was lying on the Crypt

Floor where he had first laid down a Roman Shepherd 252 to 260 or 264 during a period of pestilence in Rome a Shepherd of the emperor Valyrian became infected with the plague after all the man’s loved ones viewed him as dead the man had an nde the shepherd

Recalled being taken to heaven where he was given the name Nam of everyone who would die at the house of valan the shepherd noted though that valaran was to survive to convince valer and about the truth of his encounter the shepherd spoke foreign languages which he previously did not know including Greek

The shepherd claimed to gain this knowledge while he was having his nde unfortunately 2 Days Later the shepherd passed away eventually everyone named by the shepherd also died from the plague but not valarian kerma Circa 354 to 430 St Augustine or Aurelius augustinus hippus was a Latin philosopher and

Theologist from the Roman Empire’s Africa Province his book caring for the dead addresses burial practices the prayers of saints and prayers for the dead as well as gives the Vatican instructions on burial it also includes a notable near-death experience kerma the the official was a man in the town

Of tum close to the town of hippo in Algeria a poor member of the working class kerma became ill and lay unconscious and nearly dead for several days kma then felt slight breathing from his nostrils suggesting he was still alive in his Visions kerma saw other

People he knew while he was alive and the dead being treated with Merit based on their acts during life he also told how he had gone into Paradise after his release from there he was told to return to his family and be baptized if he

Wanted to go to heaven when he rose from his sickness kerma requested someone to go to the house of the iron worker named kma when someone went there it was discovered the man had died kerma told how this other man had been required to surrender himself because it was kerma

The ironsmith and not kerma the official who was to Die theeus 563 to 568 plutar told the story of aridus of soy who experienced a fall from a great height and landed on his neck aridus then passed away on the third day he was carried away to be buried when he suddenly recovered aras’s narrative revealed how he died and experienced his

Spirit body exit his physical body through his head he also described a new ability to view all directions at once easily and quickly he was then shown how the afterlife operated before he was revived aridus fully transformed both himself and his lifestyle after his recovery these changes included becoming

Pure of heart and more supportive of his community he also changed his name to theeus which means divine or wonderful venerable niso 941 ad the Japanese monk nso’s trip to Heaven and Hell was depicted in the 13th century origins of katano tenji shrine as well as other

Manuscripts one day in 941 he began to experience a high temperature followed by the closing and swelling of his throat tongue and windpipe unable to speak or call for help he wept and fought for his breath soon afterward he died the first thing ISO encountered in

His nde was a monk who brought him a drink of mountain Waters then various youths brought niso more food and water the deity Bava zonan then appeared on top of a boulder as a simple Monk and led him to the mountaintops where a pure land existed the monk told niso that he

Was a peacock in his previous life and requested he follow the bodis diva protector of law the Prime Minister dignified moral God then appeared from the skies and invited niso to visit his Palace which was on an island niso was then given a tour of Heaven and Hell the

Nde ends with niso crawling into a hole to be reborn when niso awoke 13 days had passed St Christina the astonishing the late 1100s ad St Christina lived in the 12th century and into the 13th century in her early 20s while working as a Shepherd Christina experienced a seizure she woke

To find herself on the ground she was soon pronounced dead and a funeral was held in the middle of the funeral Christina awoke she started levitating and even ascended to the roof when the levitating stopped Christina explained she had died her soul had left her body and she was

Granted a glimpse of purgatory God gave her a choice to either stay alive or Ascend to Heaven compassionate for those suffering Christina returned to Earth to do penants she was soon returned to life from those days forth Christina lived a life of poverty and avoided human contact she even threw herself into

Fires and stayed there for long periods as well as allowed herself to be attacked by dogs strangely she always emerged unharmed concerns that Christina was demon-possessed were taken so seriously she was jailed twice but only briefly after her second release Christina joined a Dominican Monastery where she lived until the age of

74 Pierre Jean dumal Show’s patient 1740 ad more recent than the other ancient cases I’ve covered this one marks the first time that a physician recorded an nde the report was authorized by Pierre Jean dumo a physician from northern France who described a case of near-death experience the patient was a

Well-known pharmacist in Paris who fell on conscious mono’s staff was worried the man would not awake during his nde the man then experienced a light so bright and pure that he believed he was in heaven pharmacist also recalled never having a nicer moment in his life ever the doctor looking for a rational

Explanation Mao stated that too much blood flowing to the brain may very well explain the accompanying mystical [Applause] feelings depending on your belief Bel the experience of death hovers over our lives like an unknowable but inevitable void aside from the well-sited bright light at the end of the tunnel cliche we

Have no idea what it’s going to look or feel like but we know for sure that we’re all eventually going to find out one person who has a better idea than most is Sam parna the director of resuscitation research at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in the US

Who has conducted the largest study to date on resuscitated patients in an attempt to try to unravel the mental and cognitive experience of dying as part of his research he’s interviewed more than a hundred people who have been brought back to life after suffering from a fatal cardiac arrest and found that

Nearly half of them have some memory ranging from terrifying to Blissful of their death publishing in the journal resuscitation paria has grouped those memories into seven Broad categories proving that dying is a far more diverse experience than we’ve previously imagined these categories are fear seeing animals or plants bright light

Violence and persecution Deja Vu seeing family and recalling events post Cardiac Arrest that last one is pretty fascinating with two of the patients interviewed able to recall the events that happened after they had technically died and according to our understanding of the human brain should have ceased to

Be aware carnea told the National Post in 2014 quote we know the brain can’t function when the heart has stopped beating but in this case conscious awareness appears to have continued for up to 3 minutes into the period when the heart wasn’t beating even though the brain typically shuts down within 20 to

30 seconds after the heart has stopped unquote however these recall experiences only occurred in 2% of patients and the majority of people remembered seeing and feeling things that weren’t real at the time of their death I was terrified I was told I was going to die and the

Quickest way was to say the last short word I could remember said one patient another explained that it felt like being dragged through deep water with a big ring and I hate swimming it was horrid but it’s not all bad news 22% of patients had a pleasant experience

Seeing plants and animals their family or simply feeling a warm light before the end in 2015 a Reddit thread probed the experience of death asking those who have technically died to report back on what it really felt like obviously the responses are unverified thus unscientific but they back up P’s

Conclusion that the experience is incredibly diverse Adam winall over at the independent has written a fantastic review of the responses but overall he finds that they can be broadly grouped into three categories there are those who felt nothing at all those who had an experience of light and some interaction

With another person or being and those who felt they could watch what was happening while they were dead without being able to do anything he writes here’s just a small sample of the more than 700 comments on the thread I was getting an angiogram done wide awake watching the screen and

Talking to the doctor a alarms started to go off and everyone became panicked my world became soft and foggy and everything faded to Black next thing I remember was opening my eyes and hearing a doctor say we got him back it was really a peaceful feeling more than

Anything I collapsed at a work meeting in February 2014 and had no pulse or cardiac Rhythm for about 5 minutes my last memory was from about an hour prior to the incident and my next memory was from 2 days later when I emerged from a medic induced coma pure perfect uninterrupted sleep no

Dreams I do remember a little bit of the ambulance ride but not from my own body it was seriously the strangest thing I’ve ever experienced it could have been a dream but I saw my own unconscious body completely flatlined in the ambulance I remember the EMT was in the

Ambulance with me whom I did not see before I passed out had mint green hair and I couldn’t remember his name but but I asked for him when I regained Consciousness about 3 days later I was standing in front of a giant wall of light it stretched up down left

And right as far as I could see kind of like putting your eyes 6 in from a fluorescent light bulb the next memory I have is waking up in the hospital I saw nothingness black long empty but I had a feeling like everything was great and nothing was

Wrong at all imagine how pre-existence felt much the same as post- existence we’ll hear from a few more people who had their own ndes a bit later parna hopes his research opens the door for further research into near-death experiences it will also encourage people to think about the end of our

Lives in a more significant way and taking death out of the realm of religion or Superstition quote anyone with a relatively objective mind will agree that this is something that should be investigated further unquote paria told BBC future we have the means of Technology now it’s time to do it he [Applause] Said is it really Superstition or religion as Dr par describes it if there truly is something beyond death and we just don’t understand it yet another doctor has studied nearly 5,000 near-death experiences and he is convinced there truly is something after this world we’ll hear what he has to say up Next I’m a man of habits okay truth be told my bride says I’m boring I like the same stuff and that’s what I stick with and that includes what I eat even for breakfast I used to opt for leftover pizza hot dogs hamburgers uh did I mention Pizza anyway now that I’m trying

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Either alive or dead but here was this cardiologist describing the incredible experience of a patient who had died and then came back to life long was eager to learn more about near-death experiences or ndes and he became so obsessed with them that after his residency he founded the near-death experience Research

Foundation and he has since collected and studied thousands of ndes his conclusion there is definitely life after death here’s the story in his own words from an essay printed an Insider magazine based on an interview with Dr Jeffrey long 30 7 years ago I was an oncologist resident learning about how best to

Treat cancer using radiation these were the pre- internet days so I did my research in the library one day I was flipping through a large volume of the Journal of the American Medical Association when I came across an article describing near-death experiences it stopped me in my tracks

All my medical training told me you were either alive or dead there was no in between but suddenly I was read from a cardiologist describing patients who had died and then came back to life reporting very distinct almost unbelievable experiences from that moment I was fascinated with near-death experiences or

Ndes I Define a near-death experience as someone who is either comos or clinically dead without a heartbeat having a lucid experience where they see hear feel emotions and interact with other being beings learning more about these experiences has fundamentally changed my view of the universe when I finished my residency I

Started the near-death experience Research Foundation I started collecting stories from people who had ndes and evaluating them with the mind of a scientist and doctor I made opinions based on evidence and came into this as a skeptic but in the face of overwhelming evidence I’ve come to believe there is certainly an afterlife

No two ndes are the same but as I studied thousands of them I saw a consistent pattern of events emerging in a predictable order about 45% of people who have an nde report an outof body experience when this happens their Consciousness separates from their physical body usually hovering above the

Body the person can see and hear what’s happening around them which usually includes frantic attempts to revive them one woman even reported a doctor throwing a tool on the floor when he picked up the wrong one something the doctor later confirmed after the out-of- body experience people say they’re

Transported into another realm many pass through a tunnel and experience a bright light then they’re greeted by deceased loved ones including pets who are in the prime of their lives most people report an overwhelming sense of love and peace they feel like this other realm is their real home

These experiences may sound cliche the bright light the tunnel the loved ones but over 25 years of studying ndes I’ve come to believe that these descriptions have become cultural tropes because they’re true I even worked with a group of children under five who had ndes they reported the same experiences that

Adults did and at that age you’re unlikely to have heard about bright lights or tunnels after you die other people will report seemingly unbelievable events which we can later confirm one woman lost Consciousness while riding her horse on a trail her body stayed on the trail while her

Consciousness traveled with her horse as he galloped back to the barn later she was able to describe exactly what happened at the barn because she had seen it despite her body not being there others who had not spoken to her confirmed her account I’m a medical doctor I’ve read brain research and

Considered every possible explanation for ndes the bottom line is that none of them hold water there isn’t even a remotely plausible physical explanation for this phenomenon I take a particular definition for ndes the person must be unconscious but there’s another type of phenomenon that fascinates me too what I call fear death

Experiences these are situations when you feel your life is in imminent danger there might be a near Miss car accident or a sudden fall these people generally don’t experience the tunnel and light but they often report their life flashing before their eyes while some people with ndes report these life

Reviews they’re more common with fear death experiences people even recall events from toddlerhood that they can’t consciously remember but that we can later confirm by talking with family members and others while I’m passionate about ndes my day job still revolves around helping patients fight cancer I don’t tell my

Patients about my nde research and yet my work with ndes has made me a more compassionate and loving doctor I’m able to help my patients face life-threatening diseases with increased courage and passion my goal is to help them have more healthy days here on Earth but I firmly believe that if and

When they pass they will be at peace although every one of the over 4,800 near-death experiences he has studied over the last three and a half decades is different many of them share certain patterns for example about 45% of people who have near-death experience also have an outof body experience which can be

Described as their Consciousness separating from their physical body usually hovering above here are a few more stories from those who have actually lived to tell what they experienced during that brief time they were no longer on this Mortal realm I’ve cleaned them up a bit to make them a bit

More palatable for sensitive ears redditor monitor monkey died during surgery and flipped through a book of Snippets from her life she said I always get nervous about having surgery but this time I knew something was going to go wrong it sounds silly but I felt so

Strongly about it that I wrote a will and left it on my dresser just in case anyway things go wrong during the surgery and I start to bleed out things went even further south and then my heart stopped beating I found out later that I was dead for several minutes now

I don’t know if this was real or a hallucination or a mixture of the two I woke up in what looked like space but there wasn’t any stars or light I wasn’t floating so to speak I was just there I wasn’t hot cold hungry tired just a

Peaceful neutral kind of thing I knew there was light and love somewhere nearby but I had no urge or need to go to it right away I remember thinking over my life but it wasn’t like a montage more like I was idly flipping through a book and Snippets stood out

Here and there I don’t remember making making a decision to stay or go back I just woke up in the ICU 2 Days Later whatever it was it changed my thoughts on a few things I’m still afraid to die but I’m not worried about what happens after

That redditor the dead man walks was 15 years old when he was afflicted with sepsis and an infected colon while undergoing chemo his body began hemorrhaging blood and he was rushed to a hospital where he slipped in and out of life he beautifully relates his near-death experience to hitting a

Snooze alarm on life he said the worst part of it all looking back is how peaceful it can seem when I started vomiting blood I went into shock hitting the wall to get my mom’s attention was a subconscious thing the rest of me just stopped caring when the doctors were

Trying to save my life I just wanted to black out again I didn’t want the lights to hurt my eyes and the doctors to hurt the rest of me anymore the unconsciousness seemed easy and that’s how it felt when I was in the ICU for a few weeks after that doped up

On ketamine and slipping in and out of life being asleep was easy being awake meant more pain and less dignity so if you want to know what it’s like to be that close to death it’s tempting it’s like wanting to hit the snooze button on

Your alarm at 7:00 a.m. and maybe you do hit it once or twice but then you remember that you have work or school and that sleep can wait because you still got stuff to do Predator Schneider 7 temporarily died from a motorcycle accident and gives hope to anyone who wants to see their

Loved ones again she said I passed out while cruising along at about 50 mph they still have no concrete idea why I passed out and I was thrown into a light pole I only have two clear memories of that event the first is being upside down and wondering idly why the opposite

Road was passing by inverted the second is hitting the pole and stopping it hurt a lot I cannot accurately describe how badly that hurt but suffice it to say I’m a person with a high pain tolerance to begin with and if I had been in my

Right state of mind I would have wept like a child I just remember being on the pavement and things slowly going black and quiet which honestly was a relief because it made the pain feel more distant instead of the crushing immediacy it had before the only reason

I didn’t fall asleep was a bizarre moment where I heard someone yelling Ranger Up you candy pansy come on man get up get up get up and then someone slapping my helmet which was basically smushed really hard onto my head the face plate was bent up into my face and

A good chunk was more or less shaved off when I opened my eyes I saw my brother squatting on the pavement next to me this was odd because my brother had been dead from an OD for several years I couldn’t really gather the presence of mind to speak so I just looked at

Him redditor the bolus went into renal failure and relates his brush with death to being powered down saying it was like turning off a TV one second things were working and the next I’m waking up surrounded by doctors and nurses with my feet in the air and a unit of blood

Being shot into me at high speed hey buddy how you feeling we uh lost you for a minute there redditor CDC tells us how things could have gone in the movie my girl if only mcau culan had lived around the corner from a hospital and they were

Able to bring him back to life they said I got stung by a nest of wasps right next door to my home they stung me all over my head neck behind my ears 39 stings the doctor counted it was insane I ran away as fast as I could The Nest

Was on the door of a garage I had just come out of and bumped I got home and was like okay I’m okay I’m cool told my mom I got stung by some bees but I thought I was okay she didn’t seem too worried I decided to go take a shower I

Began feeling dizzy and my back started hurting I quickly turned the shower off and got my clothes on and began feeling dizzier and dizzier then when I came out of the bathroom my mom looked at me and had a look of horror told me to get in

The car immediately my face and head had swollen hugely we lived just around the corner from the hospital so she just drove me between my house and the hospital I started losing Consciousness everything I saw had a yellow tinge and I suddenly felt very heavy and tired my

Breathing got very labored but I sort of didn’t care I felt like I was slipping away into sleep you know old TVs when they were turned off the screen would be basically engulfed in black and the light shrank down into a pinpoint before disappearing my vision slowly started

Feeling like it was doing that I remember arriving at the hospital and they didn’t even bother with registration they threw my butt onto a gurnie and started pushing me back as I was going back I remember closing my eyes and thinking I guess whatever happens and then nothing just like going

To sleep when you’re super exhausted I felt kind of peaceful and wasn’t really thinking about anything much at all and the lights just went out some minutes later I opened my eyes and a very large man was staring at me smiling and said well bad news you’re going to feel

Completely fine within a couple of hours you probably won’t even get out of going to school tomorrow he was right redditor aesta died a little bit as a result of sepsis from a dentist’s tools saying once arrived to the hospital I was put on the most uncomfortable bed ever and drifted off I

Couldn’t stay awake that’s when I saw nurses and doctors around me injecting me with things and shouting I remember thinking that it must be serious if a doctor was shouting as they usually don’t show panic I was lucid enough to laugh internally thinking wow I must be

Really sick if I don’t even freak out over all these injections and then it happened I saw my mom crying and I thought oh crap this must be for real as soon as I thought that I fell asleep I say asleep but I died for exactly 2 minutes it really feels like falling

Asleep but for me it was beyond peaceful it felt like you didn’t really have to worry about anything anymore and obviously in my case I didn’t feel sick anymore as someone that was once suicidal this was actually a horribly dangerous feeling as for the first time I got confirmation that dying wasn’t all

That scary I woke up 7 Days Later in the hospital it took me another seven to start eating and they told me that I more than likely got sepsis from infected tools at the dentist the scariest part was after that happened I no longer feared dying so I consciously

Try to pull myself out of a depression whenever I feel it coming but for whoever is scared that their loved one felt pain in death I can honestly say it’s a very peaceful feeling and another note for everyone who is using this as an excuse to never

Go to the dentist the redditor adds I had chosen an out of home dentist with a very small practice that wasn’t charging me a lot I never checked reviews because I’m a cheap skate don’t let this scare you I’ve had dental work since and it all went swimmingly redditor dee bullet got a

Teensy bit killed in a car accident but is at a loss for how to interpret his experience saying I was in a serious car accident hit by a drunk driver a week before my high school graduation without going into all the Gory details I lost so much blood that they declared me dead

Although I do not remember much between the rescue workers extracting me from my car and a tree and Waking Up 3 weeks later I do remember feeling very warm and seeing lights I’ve always believed it was due to medications and moving between areas with different lighting but I’m open to other worldly

Suggestions redditor z91 X almost drank himself to a peaceful death he said when I was 14 and at a party I drank way too much I was sort of an alcoholic even at that age due to easy access to alcohol at the time also a family full of

Alcoholics who didn’t care woke up on the bathroom floor vomiting my guts out in and out of Consciousness I could fly hear my brother in the background calling for an ambulance woke up in a hospital bed where the doctor said I’d been dead for 2 minutes but they managed

To revive me my blood alcohol level was 0.56 my experience being dead was like being asleep absolutely no difference no flashbacks no afterlife that I could recall it was EX actly like sleeping very peaceful fortunately this redditor is now finally sober redditor son of dor was a

5-year-old who almost drowned in a pool and now sees shimmering Visions he said well nothing official and I hope this is okay mostly for the Head trip it occasionally gives me I almost drowned in a pool when I was five I remember looking up and seeing my mother

Dismissing the Lifeguard because I was only playing and his legs starting to break through the water because he knew better before I began blacking out there was nothing between that moment and throwing up water after he pulled me out of the pool though I can remember with absolute Clarity how the water made

Everything Shimmer as I was looking up and sometimes I see that swimming Shimmer as I’m walking around outside or if the light is really bright and I can’t help but Wonder in those moments if my entire life all my failures successes falling in love with a woman

And having two children with her the love of my life cheating on me everything for the last 30 years is just all inside my head during the last few moments before I die still in that pool redditor minus the Leela flatlined for 10 whole minutes in the ER and

Doesn’t want to die again they said I was 16 years old and encountered teac cardia for the first time went to the ER with my mom not really thinking it was a big deal hardly any symptoms aside from high heart rate I didn’t realize how intense the situation was until two cardiologists

And several nurses rushed me to what looked like an operating room of sorts again I didn’t really know the full extent of what was happening I felt pretty normal and never had a history of heart issues up until then however my mom worked in the medical field for

Several decades and I could see the utter fear and concern on her face fast forward to the doctors trying to slow my heart down but couldn’t Last Resort is some some drug that essentially stops your heart and resets it at a normal beat right as they’re giving me the drug

They warn me I might feel a heavy weight on my chest what an understatement felt like someone was bit by bit squeezing all the air and life out of me eventually the room went black and a feeling of peace came over me like I was going to sleep I didn’t see anything

Good or bad just emptiness when I awoke I assumed only a few seconds had passed instead the drug caused my heart to stop for 10 minutes or so and the doctors were trying to revive me assuming I was dead given the Flatline I’m 27 now and 2

Years ago I had a second episode happen luckily when they gave me the drug I didn’t pass out yet I was forcing myself to stay awake I didn’t want to die again redditor hobo Jesse wrote in with another Dental scenario this is why no one wants to get their teeth checked

People people they said 2 months ago I was ODed on anesthesia in an oral surgeon’s office coded in the ER and was dead for under a minute but it counts between me going out and me waking up in the ICU there is nothing no black void lost loved ones messages from the other

Side nothing processing it since then I don’t know if there’s nothingness is comforting or terrifying redditor 7 stories died at 7 years old during surgery and it gave him an incredibly Bleak view of death he said when I was a kid I needed eye surgery a few times the last time at

7:00 I told the doctor I couldn’t do it today because my asthma was acting up the doctor ignored me and put me under anesthesia regardless I had an attack as I knew I would while under anesthesia and my heart stopped I remember the anger at the doctor and then feeling

Something soft on my hands upon waking up without absolutely nothing in between I was blind when I woke up and don’t remember when I regained the site maybe a day or to later it may also have been really thick bandages with my eyes closed I just remember not being able to

See anything thus I latched onto the stuffy my sister or Mom handed me it was like waking up from a deep sleep the kind you get after a hard day at work and a nice comfy room one moment you’re just awake like someone pressed the start button on the controller that is

Your mind and body so it doesn’t hurt the heart stopping must have hurt and the asthma attack but actually death is painless it isn’t scary though like all humans I do fear it it also isn’t some magical experience you’re just sleeping except sometimes you can wake up from it

Like I did and sometimes you can’t like my daddy who died when I was a child it is sad though cuz it’s nothing life is smelly and loud and busy and interesting and fun and colorful and death death is absolute nothingness redditor Calgary kid was surrounded by his regrets during his

Visit to the afterlife he said it was a really bad car accident where I went through the windshield and became trapped between the two vehicles I was fading in and out and heard the scene get more and more chaotic as EMTs and cops showed up then everything started

Sounding far away and I felt like I was disappearing then I had this Montage of regrets really cliche I know blast through my mind right down to not wearing a seat belt that night probably hundreds but only a few really stick out now then I woke up in the ambulance kind of a

Turning point for Me you might have noticed that none of those Recollections of returning from the dead saw either heaven or hell no God no devil but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of those who have had those experiences up Next if you or someone you know is struggl Ling with depression dark thoughts or addiction please visit the Hope inthe Darkness page at weird darkness.com there I’ve gathered numerous resources to find Hope and solutions for those suffering from thoughts of suicide or self harm there’s the suicide and crisis Lifeline as well

As the crisis text line both have trained counselors at all hours to help those in need and the page even includes text numbers for those in the US Canada United Kingdom and Ireland those struggling with depression can get help through the seven cups website and app and there’s information for anyone to

Read more about what depression truly is and how to identify it through our friends at i.org there are resources for those who battle addictions VI it drugs alcohol or self-destructive Behavior along with help for those related to addicts the page has links to help you find a therapist or counselor to find

Help for those who have a family member with Alzheimer’s or denta help for those in a crisis pregnancy and more these resourcers are always there when you or someone you love needs them on the Hope in the darkness page at weird Darkness People have always been interested in what happens after death it’s a Natural Curiosity that we all share and there are many different ways to explore the topic some people turn to religion and church for answers While others look to science or philosophy there are also those who simply believe that there is

Something more to life than what we can see and experience here on Earth there are many different theories about life after death and it’s a topic that’s been debated for centuries some believe that we simply cease to exist when we die while others think that our souls go on

To another realm there’s no way to know for sure what happens after death but that doesn’t stop people from wondering about it however there are some who have died and have claimed to go to heaven and lived afterward to talk about it medical emergencies happen every day and

Sometimes people don’t make it but thanks to the quick thinking and skilled hands of medical professionals many people who would have died are brought back to life it’s nothing short of a miracle but it happens more often than you might think here are just a few examples of people who have been pulled

Pulled back from the brink of death in 2008 construction worker Thomas Ortiz was working on a scaffold when it collapsed sending him plunging 30 ft to the ground he suffered severe internal bleeding and went into cardiac arrest Ortiz was rushed to the hospital where doctors worked tirelessly to save his

Life amazingly they were successful and Ortiz made a full recovery in 2014 a young girl named Abby was playing on a trampoline when she suddenly went into cardiac arrest her mother a nurse immediately began CPR while her father called 911 when the paramedics arrived they used a defibrillator to shock aby’s heart back

Into Rhythm she was then taken to the hospital where she made a full recovery these are just two of the many stories of people who have been brought back from the brink of death there are many more and some of these stories come with more than just a miracle they come

With a visual there are people who died and been given a glimpse of Heaven before being brought back to life it sounds like a fantastic thought in the midst of a scary situation take a listen to some of the more well-known stories where this has happened Maria Hansen was a young woman

From Denmark who died in a car accident in 2008 she was pronounced dead at the scene but was revived in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and later recovered fully from her injuries in an interview with a local news newpaper she recalled seeing a bright light and

Feeling a sense of Peace While She Was Dead she also said that she saw her deceased grandfather during her time in heaven and that he told her she had to go back because it wasn’t her time yet Colton Burpo is a young boy from Nebraska who underwent emergency surgery

To remove a ruptured appendix in 2003 during his surgery he claims to have died and gone to heaven he says he saw Jesus as well as his grandfather who had died several years earlier Colton’s story was later made into a best-selling book Heaven is for Real which was also

Turned into a major Motion Picture Todd Burpo is Colton’s father and a pastor in Nebraska he’s written about his son’s experience in heaven in the book Heaven Is For Real a little boy’s astounding story of his trip to heaven and back in the book he describes how Colton’s

Surgery took a turn for the worse and how he was revived after being without oxygen for nearly 4 minutes Todd says that his son’s experience has changed his own life and that he now knows for sure that heaven is real Katy wise was in a horrific car

Accident in 2010 that left her with multiple injuries including a broken neck she was pronounced dead at the scene but was revived in the ambulance on the way to the hospital Katie later said that she saw Jesus during her time dead and that he told her she had to go

Back because her work on Earth wasn’t done yet Katie has since made a full recovery from her injuries and is now an outspoken advocate for Jesus Christ and how we should praise Him David Bennett was a young man from Australia who died of a drug overdose in

1992 he was revived by paramedics after being without oxygen for nearly 20 minutes in an interview with the TV show 60 Minutes Bennett said that he saw a being of light during his time dead and that this being told him he had to go back because his work on Earth wasn’t

Done yet Bennett has since turned his life around and is now an ordained minister Don Piper was a pastor from Texas who was killed in a car accident in 1989 he was pronounced dead at the scene but was revived in the ambulance on the way to the hospital Piper says he saw

Heaven during his time dead and that he was met by his deceased father and other family members he also says he heard angels singing and saw the glory of God after coming back to life Piper wrote a best-selling book about his experience called 90 Minutes in Heaven Julius Binger was a Jewish

Holocaust Survivor who died in 2001 in an interview with the Los Angeles Times bissinger’s son said that his father saw heaven during his time dead he also said that his father was met by his deceased mother and other family members missinger stories detailed in the book

The Jewish book of the dead life after death in the world to come George ronah was a Russian Doctor Who was killed by the KGB in 1976 he was revived after being dead for 9 minutes and later said that he saw heaven during his time dead he also said

That he was met by Jesus Christ who told him he had to go back because his work on Earth wasn’t done yet there are many different accounts of what heaven is like but they all seem to agree on one point it is a place of great Beauty and peace

It’s obvious that heaven is a realm of intense happiness and love some people claim to have seen Heaven during ndes these are instances where a person comes close to death but is then revived during an nde some people report seeing a tunnel with a light at the end this

Has been interpreted as a person’s soul leaving their body and traveling towards the light which represents Heaven other people have recalled meeting deceased loved ones during ndes this is to the belief that heaven is a place where we can be reunited with those who have passed Away there are also accounts of people who have gone into Comas and later woke up with memories of having been to Heaven some people have even claimed to have had conversations with God when they went to heaven whether or not these stories are true they do provide Comfort

To many people who believe that there is life after death they give us a glimpse into what might possibly await Us in the afterlife that’s pretty awesome assuming that is heaven is your ultimate destination coming up those who died and went to hell but survived to tell the tale To what lengths will someone go in order to survive does the survival Instinct override their conscience and allow them to commit not only murder but also the taboo Act of cannibalism what happens when a person crosses the line from Dark Fantasy to real life acts of brutal rape murder and

Cannibalism are these people driven by a desire so insatiable that they’re incapable of controlling it murderous Minds volume 3 stories of real life murderers that escape the headlines is the latest offering in a series that takes you inside the lives of killers who committed cold-blooded murder for a

Glimpse at events that drove them to kill authored within a historical context each chapter is an unbelievable Venture inside the dark and twisted world of real cannibal Killers whose names and crimes might not be familiar to you by weaving a tale in which dark fantasies become reality this audio book

Invites you to see life from a perspective few ever witness from that of the killer along with a historical look at cannibalism Through the Ages these stories beg The Listener to answer the question was the murderer committing cannibalism because he was incapable of resisting the urge to kill and consume

Or is the explanation simply pure evil murderous Minds volume 3 written by Ryan Becker and Curtis Giles vasy narrated by weird Darkness host Darren maror here a free sample on the audiobooks page at weird darkness.com People of all religions debate whether hell is real but for some people those who believe they have had firsthand experience in the location the question’s not up for discussion those who believe they have been there came back to tell everyone that it is a place you never ever want to end up in

Obviously the validity of all these stories can’t be verified these people claim to have seen hell during near-death experiences getting just a glimpse of the place of Eternal damnation so what is hell like according to these Travelers some of their descriptions are rather conventional with lots of fire and endless suffering

Some of the descriptions are more creative and resemble Greek myths like Tantalus in every case getting a glimpse of hell changed these people’s lives forever Bill Weiss is a man from California who had a near-death experience nde in 1998 during his nde he says he went to

Hell and saw the torments that Sinners suffer there he claims to have seen people burned alive as well as being eaten by demons after coming back to life Bill became a Christian and now travels around the world sharing his story of what he saw in Hell In the hopes of leading others to

Salvation in May 1997 Jennifer Perez nearly lost her life after a group of friends drugged her soda and attempted to sexually assault her Perez was hospitalized for 3 days where she slipped in and out of Consciousness during this time Perez claims she floated out of her body she

Was first led to heaven then to hell when we stopped I opened my eyes and I was standing on a great Road I didn’t know where it leads to but the first thing I felt there was a thirst I was really thirsty I kept telling the angel

I’m thirsty I’m thirsty but it was like he didn’t even hear me I started to cry and when the tears ran down my cheeks they completely evaporated there was a smell of sulfur like burning tires I tried to cover my nose but that made it even worse All My Five Senses were very

Sensitive when I tried to cover myself I could smell the sulfur even more also all those little hairs on my arms they just disappeared I felt all the heat it was very hot Perez witnessed people being tormented by terrifying demons and though she tried she could do nothing to

Save them after she was given this glimpse of hell she was led back to heaven where God gave her a second chance at life in December 1943 Dr George Richie who was suffering from pneumonia perished for 9 minutes Richie claims his spirit rose from his hospital bed and

Glimpsed his dead body below before Jesus escorted him through a tour of the afterlife one section of hell was reserved for people who can never fulfill their longings he saw dead people in a bar desperately grasping for drinks and smokers reaching out for cigarettes in vain in another part of

Hell Richie saw a huge fight between Souls of the Dead with endless physical conflict and terrible perverse Acts Brian Melvin says he was a militant atheist until he technically died of chera after drinking some bad water and felt himself being shot through a black void after taking his final breath he

Described floating above his own body near the ceiling of the room he was in before going up towards a light where he said he could hear beautiful profound music Melvin said he ended up face to face with none other than Jesus Christ who told him he didn’t deserve heaven

And instead sent him down to Hell once down there he saw pretty much the one person in history you could 100% guarantee would definitely be suffering horribly in hell if such a place exists once down in hell he said it smelled awful and was very hot while all around

Him things looked Dead with a load of people he knew appearing to welcome him before they would change and morph into another person with alligator eyes after meeting the hellish creatures Brian claimed he laid eyes on none other than Adolf Hitler down in hell and as you

Might expect Hitler was on the receiving end of a terrible punishment for all the awful things he’ done he said the individual that I saw was Adolf Hitler he was inside of a fiery furnace like aitz where they would put the bodies and burn them he was going through what

Every single victim went through from their arrest from their arrival from their strip down to where they were Gass every single one and every single thing man woman and child that’s what I saw he wasn’t reformed he was getting crazier once he returned to the land of

The living Brian said he had been full-blown converted to Christianity Howard storm was a strident atheist until he nearly died from a perforated stomach in June 1985 he woke up in his hospital bed and realized he was a ghost a group of figures then led him into a dark hallway

Filled with thick fog he followed the the figures as they retreated farther down the hallway struggling to keep up eventually these shadowy demons began eating his flesh as he was tormented a voice in his head told him to pray to God though storm had never prayed before

He tried his best and his prayers saved his life after his near-death experience storm became a United Church of Christ Minister Angie fenmore attempted suicide in January 1991 and claims to have visited hell before she was saved after being subject to a Life review where she had to relive her

Entire life as a series of images she entered hell at first all she saw was endless darkness and a group of other young people whom she refers to as the suicides she also spent time in a different part of hell where lost souls rambled through a field too miserable to

Interact with one another fenmore has since been named her royal Majesty princess Angie fenmore the Divine Royal of Utah and the prophetess and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in September 1985 15-year-old Tamara luru attempted suicide by shooting herself in the chest after

Pulling the trigger she found herself in a fiery pit where hundreds of souls were screaming in agony unable to talk to one another even though they were crowded together laru also says she saw a creature with dragon-like heads quote more Fierce than anything that the Earth has ever seen unquote then a shining

Hand descended and carried her up to heaven before depositing her back in her own home again laru survived because the bullet missed her heart by a quarter of an inch and now dedicates her life to teaching others about the truth of Hell Anthony flu was a well-known atheist philosopher who changed his mind

About the existence of God after having a near-death experience in 1988 flu said that he saw a being of light during his nde and that this being told him he had to go back because his work on Earth wasn’t done yet he also said that he saw a vision of Hell which

Led him to believe in the reality of Heaven and Hell clu’s story is detailed in the book there is a God how the world’s most notorious atheist changed his mind which I will link to in the show notes one man who was pronounced dead by his doctor after being stabbed says that

Rather than seeing a bright light and some benevolent feeling of coming home he instead saw hell itself and met the devil the doctor took to Tik Tok to explain that he’ encountered a young man in his early 20s who had been stabbed in the heart after being involved in a drug

Deal that went wrong not willing to let the man die medical staff took the victim into surgery kept him from losing too much blood and treated the wound in his heart the doctor remembers the man Waking Up 4 hours later and crying claiming that he went straight down into

Hell and looked straight into the eyes of the Devil the man said he could see doctors working to save his life and having never prayed before gave it a try at which point an angel pulled him back up out of hell remembering how clear the

Man had been the doctor said it was the most amazing experience because he was legit I mean nobody makes up an experience like that the last I heard he’s completely changed his life he gave his life to God and I still to this day

The look in his eye when he woke up the terror I’m absolutely convinced he did meet the devil Matthew Botsford was shot in the back of the head outside a restaurant in March 1992 to save his life doctors put him in a medically induced coma which lasted 27

Days bossford claimed to have spent that time Shackled and dangling over a pit of magma being tormented by terrifying four-legged creatures who would devour his flesh only to have it grow back to be devoured again however he says that worse than all these torments was the profound loneliness and isolation he

Felt as every sufferer in hell is totally alone eventually a gigantic hand pulled him out while a voice said it’s not your time apparently just because you are a priest doesn’t mean you’re safe from Hell either in April 1985 father Jose mananga was hit by a drunk driver and

Nearly lost his life mananga claims he saw heaven hell and Purgatory during his near-death experience he says hell is about 2,000 de fah and filled with Souls screaming in agony he also says there are seven levels of hell and you are assigned to a level based on the severity of the sins you’ve

Committed interestingly mananga claims to have seen fellow priests and Bishops there suffering in hell quote many of them were there because they had misled the people with false teaching and bad example unquote he says well as a priest he should know the Bible Deuteronomy 18:20 does say but a

Prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods is to be put to death and Luke 17: 1 and 2 says there will always be Temptations to sin but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting

It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin so with that being said I’m guessing these false prophets and lying priests are in that seventh level of hell it’s

Too bad you can know the Bible intellectually but not live it truthfully and end up with eternally bad consequences thanks for listening back in June of 2022 I recorded an episode of Church of the undead about the myths of hell and if you’d like to hear it I’ll link to it

In the show notes I also recorded an episode in August of that year entitled what will Heaven be like and I’ll link to that as well if you like the sh please share it with someone you know who loves the Paranormal or strange stories true crime monsters or Unsolved

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Fear no evil for you are with me your rod and your staff they comfort me and a final thought to the well organized mind death is but the next great adventure JK Rowling from Harry Potter and the s sorcerer Stone I’m Darren Marler thanks for joining me in the weird Darkness hey weirdos be sure to click the like button and subscribe to this Channel and click the notification Bell so you don’t miss future videos I post videos 7 days a week and while you’re at it spread the darkness by sharing this video with someone you know who loves

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SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
CHURCH OF THE UNDEAD: “What Will Heaven Be Like?”: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yn6xjcve
CHURCH OF THE UNDEAD: “Myths About Hell”: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4urz9av6
BOOK: “Independence Ave: How Individualism Killed Me and Community Brought Me Back” by Lauran Canaday: https://amzn.to/3TK21Da
BOOK: “There Is A God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind” by Anthony Flew: https://amzn.to/41W9qkV
Lauran Canaday story: http://tinyurl.com/msmnd6yx; http://tinyurl.com/yc7f8bc5; http://tinyurl.com/2385zpes; http://tinyurl.com/2p8ef7c4; http://tinyurl.com/bdn9xjbn; http://tinyurl.com/yck5cn4t; http://tinyurl.com/mvekkjjr
“Ancient NDEs” by Blake Lynch for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3audrx8y
“The Seven Types of NDEs” by Fiona MacDonald for Science Alert: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ycyze3js
“Doctor Believes in Life After Death” by Kelly Burch for Insider: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5d79dkxz; and from Oddity Central: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/njbemyvb
“What It Was Like For These Undead” posted by Adan Matthews for DidYouKnowFacts and reposted at TheLineUp: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/39xwt8kp
“They Died And Saw Heaven” by Matt McWilliams for Church Creative Pros: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4xavwzw9
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