In this episode of It’s a Death Sentence, we explore near-death experiences - what people report seeing, feeling, and learning when they come close to dying and return.

What You’ll Discover

- Common Elements of Near-Death Experiences: Bright lights, feelings of peace and wholeness, out-of-body sensations, and encounters with loved ones or beings.

- The Science vs. The Mystery: How the brain might create these experiences under extreme stress, and why they feel so similar across cultures and time.

- Personal and Cultural Reflections: Stories of transformation, loss of fear of death, and why these experiences continue to fascinate us.

What really stood out is how these accounts - whether explained by brain chemistry or something more profound - often leave people changed, with a deeper sense of peace and purpose. The conversation sits beautifully in that space between science and hope, reminding us that death and what might come after doesn’t have to be purely frightening. It can also spark curiosity, comfort, and even wonder.

It's A Death Sentence shares real stories of life after loss and is produced by Urban Podcasts. Listener discretion is always advised.

This episode felt different because we handed the big questions over to the children.

In this special episode of It’s a Death Sentence, we run a kids’ workshop and ask young people what they think about death, grief, the afterlife, funerals, and how they’d support a friend who is sad.

What You’ll Discover

- Honest Answers from Children: What they believe happens when we die, whether they think there’s a heaven or hell, and how they’d comfort someone who is grieving.

- The Curious Questions Kids Ask: Their raw, thoughtful, and often surprisingly funny takes on death and what comes after.

- The Kids Turn the Tables: The curious and brilliant questions the children asked us in return.

Their answers are honest, sometimes humorous, and often wiser than we expect. It’s a gentle reminder that death doesn’t have to be a scary or forbidden topic - it can be discussed with care, curiosity, and even hope. This episode was recorded as part of a school pilot on death education, showing how naturally young people engage when given a safe space to talk.

It's A Death Sentence shares real stories of life after loss and is produced by Urban Podcasts. Listener discretion is always advised.

This was one of those conversations where you end up equal parts fascinated and slightly horrified.

In this episode of It’s a Death Sentence, we getting into what actually happens to your body after you die. Carrie, who performs autopsies for a living, takes us through the full process of decomposition - from the very first changes to the bloating, purging, skin slip, maggots, and everything in between.

What You’ll Discover

- The Real Stages After Death: Pallor mortis, algor mortis, rigor mortis, livor mortis, autolysis (self-digestion), putrefaction, and how temperature, environment and body type all change the timeline.

- The Messy, Honest Realities: Gas, bloating, fluids leaking from the mouth and nose, why bodies can look like old leather in dry conditions, and the unmistakable smell of death.

- The Questions People Are Scared to Ask: Do bodies always poop? Why is the tongue sometimes removed? Can organs still be used?

Decomposition isn’t just decay - it’s a natural biological process where life keeps doing its thing. This conversation mixes science, dark humour, real mortuary stories, and that strange human curiosity we all have about what happens when we die.

It's A Death Sentence shares real stories of life after loss and is produced by Urban Podcasts. Listener discretion is always advised.