Near Death Experience Stories

• Howard Storm: An Atheist Professor's Cry for Rescue in the Darkness

  Howard Storm, a self-described die-hard atheist and college art professor, describes leaving his body in a Paris hospital in 1985, being led into darkness by hostile beings, and, remembering a childhood song, calling out to Jesus, who lifted him into light and love and showed him his life.

• MK "Kathy" McDaniel: From a Place of Darkness Into an Ocean of Love

  Lifelong Catholic MK "Kathy" McDaniel describes a distressing experience during a three-week coma from ARDS: wandering through dark, frightening places, finding courage by singing "Away in a Manger," and then being flooded with love and greeted by her late best friend, who told her she had too much left to do.

• Anna Stone: A Skeptical Scientist Meets Herself on the Other Side

  Former research scientist Anna Stone, a self-described skeptic, describes leaving her body at 38 after a ruptured ectopic pregnancy in 2016, checking on her two daughters, meeting a version of herself who told her "nope," and returning to a life that changed course completely.

• Wayne Morrison: At 17, He Asked the Light the Meaning of Life

  Musician Wayne Morrison describes losing consciousness at a party at 17 in the early 1970s, traveling to a field of giant communicating flowers, meeting a light he felt he knew, asking the meaning of life, and being sung back by thousands of beings of light.

• A Broken Neck, Six Beings of Light, and a Tapestry of Peace

  A zipline guide and longtime meditator describes breaking his neck on a lake water slide in 2020, briefly flatlining, and later standing before six peaceful beings of light who told him to "do the work," which led him to sew a tapestry for thousands of hours as a meditation on peace.

• Laura Ketchledge: Her Beloved Grandfather Was Waiting

  Laura Ketchledge describes being thrown from a galloping horse in Virginia in 1979, leaving her body before impact, being comforted by her late grandfather through a searching life review, glimpsing a sea of love she calls source, and returning with a message for her grandmother.

• Dr. Tony Cicoria: A Surgeon Struck by Lightning Enters a River of Love

  Orthopedic surgeon Tony Cicoria describes being struck by lightning through a pay phone at a family party in 1994, watching a nurse begin CPR on his body, passing over his wife and children, and being carried into a river of bluish-white light filled with absolute love and peace.

• David: "Tell Them to Love One Another, and All Will Be Well"

  David describes an overdose at 19 in 1979, praying for help after finding himself out of his body, and being guided by a gentle spirit he calls Bob across the Earth and stars, where he says he was told that God is the energy in everything and heard Jesus say, "Tell them to love one another, and all will be well."

• Dave Bennett: Welcomed Home by a Soul Family He Never Knew He Had

  Dave Bennett, chief engineer of a research vessel, describes drowning when his small boat was overturned by a huge wave in 1983, moving into a light made of millions of fragments, being welcomed home by a loving soul family, and being told, "You must return. You have a purpose."

• Jim Bruton: A Pilot in the "In-Between" and the Gears of the Future

  Inventor and pilot Jim Bruton describes a week-long coma after crashing his vintage reproduction airplane in 2016, during which he found himself in a silent, ruined "in-between" place, guided by a gentle voice as he removed painful possible futures from a mechanism of gears.

• John Davis: A Tour of the Other Side and a Message From Jesus

  John Davis describes dying for seven minutes at age 21 after an allergic reaction to anesthesia in 1987, being guided by a spirit named Alan through an orientation center, reunion gardens, a life review, libraries and more, and finally meeting Jesus, who told him, "You must tell them there is no death."

• Bill Letson: A Firefighter's Homecoming Among the Stars

  Retired firefighter Bill Letson describes leaving his body in 1994 after a severe illness and a drop in blood pressure, flying through loving colored lights, meeting joyful beings who seemed to know him, and being told he had things to do and must go back.

• Dean Braxton: "No, It's Not Your Time. Go Back."

  Dean Braxton, a juvenile probation supervisor near Seattle, describes dying of sepsis after kidney stone surgery in 2006, being welcomed by all of heaven, kneeling at the feet of Jesus, seeing generations of his family, and being sent back three times.

• Penny: A Nurse Shown the Ripple Effect of Small Kindnesses

  Penny, a nurse, describes stopping breathing during a severe allergic reaction in 2015, finding herself in a darkness she came to see as the wall she had built around her heart, being freed by her grandmother, and being shown by God how small kindnesses and even unspoken thoughts ripple outward.

• Amber Kavanaugh: A Choice Made in a Garden of Light

  Amber Kavanaugh of Vancouver Island describes leaving her body in a life-flight helicopter after a massive stroke at age 40, finding herself in a glowing garden with her guides, loved ones and her other lives, and being lovingly allowed to choose whether to return.

• Bill: Guided Home, and Shown a Glimpse of the Future

  Bill describes leaving his body in a Tucson hotel room in 1994 during a severe viral illness, traveling through a tunnel of light, being welcomed home by guardians including his late brother, experiencing a life review, and being shown events he understood as the future before being sent back.

• Struck by Lightning: "When You Look in the Mirror, What Do You See?"

  A woman struck by lightning in her backyard in 2005 describes being lifted out of her body, reuniting with two brothers who died as babies, a life review without judgment, walking with Jesus, and a tender conversation with God that showed her she was not what the world had told her she was.

• At 14, Through the Golden Gates to Meet the Grandfather He Never Knew

  A man describes leaving his body at age 14 in 1981 when he stopped breathing at the dentist, traveling through a tunnel to a radiant heaven, being guided by an angelic being to his grandparents, and being told by his grandmother to go back.

• Dr. Eben Alexander: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Beyond the Brain

  Former neurosurgeon and author of Proof of Heaven describes a seven-day coma from bacterial meningitis in 2008, during which he journeyed from a murky realm into a radiant valley and on to a core of infinite love, and was called back by his 10-year-old son's plea.

• Mary Jo Rapini: "Have You Ever Loved Anyone the Way You've Been Loved Here?"

  Therapist Mary Jo Rapini, who had grown estranged from God while caring for cancer patients, describes a burst brain aneurysm around Easter, being drawn into a soft light and held by God, and being told, "It's not your time... you can do better."

• Ryan: An Ocean of Souls and a Message for His Aunt

  Ryan describes leaving his body during emergency surgery after a suspected spider bite, seeing an ocean of souls and a deep peace that everything is okay, overhearing his family in the waiting room, and bringing back a comforting message from his late grandmother to his aunt.

• Linda: A Life Review Healed One Memory at a Time

  Linda describes dying in her North Carolina home in May 2001, watching paramedics from near the ceiling, being led through a heaven of living flowers and vast cities, healing thousands of memories in a life review before three beings who told her "We are not here to judge," and being sent back by her great-great-grandmother.

• Adam Tapp: A Paramedic Becomes Part of Everything

  Paramedic Adam Tapp describes being electrocuted in 2018 and dead for about 11 and a half minutes, during which he experienced himself as pure awareness in a peaceful darkness and then felt himself dissolve into infinite consciousness, which he describes as absolute perfection.

• Vincent Todd Tolman: "This One's Not Dead"

  Vincent "Vinnie" Todd Tolman describes dying in a restaurant bathroom in 2003 after a toxic supplement, watching from outside his body as a rookie medic heard a voice say "This one's not dead," and being guided by a loving being named Drake through ten principles before his brother's prayer brought him back.

• Karen: Her Daughter's Prayer Was the Final Note

  Karen, a 32-year-old physical therapist in Anchorage, describes leaving her body when back surgery went wrong in 1982, seeing the surgeon who would save her rush in, reuniting with her late father and brother across a river of light, and choosing to return when her daughter's prayer joined the prayers of others.

• The Woman Who Died During Childbirth and Found Peace in the 'Vastness'

  After a sudden placental explosion left her with minutes to live, Claudia Edge underwent a traumatic emergency C-section without anesthesia. During the ordeal, she left her body, explored the hospital, and entered a state of perfect, loving darkness she calls 'the vastness.'

• Atheist Bartender Dies Twice: From a Dark Void to the Council of Men

  After an initial terrifying encounter with a demonic entity, Carrie Cohan died a second time and was taken to a celestial void. There, she met Jesus and a Council of Elders who taught her about the 'Spirit Song' and the dangerous impact of negative thoughts on the universe.

• The Only Survivor: Woman Dies from Water Hemlock and Enters a 'Vacuum of Love'

  After accidentally consuming water hemlock, Sarah Snow suffered respiratory failure and entered a four-day coma. During her NDE, she floated above her body in the hospital before entering a limitless void where she experienced a 'vacuum of love' and saw every person who would ever love her.

• The Boy Who Stopped Watches: Deciphering a Hidden NDE 20 Years Later

  After being struck by a car at 40 mph, 13-year-old Ansley Threadgold survived a near-fatal accident but lost all memory of the event. Decades later, a series of strange electronic malfunctions and physical symptoms led him to discover he had undergone a profound Near-Death Experience.

• The River of Souls: A Woman’s Miraculous NDE and Ancestral Healing

  During a spiritual pilgrimage on the Mattaponi River, Kristen von Fox suffered a life-threatening internal rupture. While her partner fought to save her from drowning, Kristen entered a vibrant realm of light where she was met by an ancestral guide who performed a spiritual 'activation' on her soul.

• Art Student Dies in Bicycle Accident, Experiences 'Quantum Truth' and Multiple Lives

  After being run over by a truck in Amsterdam, art student Alexandra Zalcalos experienced an out-of-body perspective of her own accident. Her journey took her through a deep-space cosmos and a unique life review where she felt the pain she caused others, eventually reaching a dimension of pure indigo consciousness.

• Air Force Cadet Dies Twice: 13 Minutes on the Other Side After Fatal Crash

  19-year-old Air Force Cadet Nicole Kerr was pronounced dead at the scene of a horrific car accident and again on the operating table. During her time on the 'other side,' she was escorted by an angel and discovered a world of unconditional love that replaced her lifelong fear.

• The Tide is Rising: Woman Survives Severe Stroke and Spiritual Battle

  After suffering a severe stroke and discovering a brain tumor, an Auckland woman experienced a direct spiritual confrontation with fear before a miraculous recovery began. She describes the sensation of her body shutting down and the power of collective prayer in restoring her motor functions.

• The Soul Contract: How Cerebral Malaria Led to a Divine Encounter and Miraculous Healing

  After contracting a deadly strain of malaria in Indonesia, Natalie experienced a series of out-of-body encounters while her organs failed. She was told by divine voices that her illness was a 'soul contract' and returned with a profound mission to heal others through energy.