EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 57 MIN
O is for Out of Body Experiences — Are We Really Leaving Our Bodies? The Ancient to Modern Evidence
from Macabre : Dark History · host Dark History and True Crime
Your heart stops. You float above your own body. You watch doctors try to bring you back. Then you wake up and describe things you shouldn't have been able to see.This has been reported for thousands of years. Ancient Greece. Battlefields. Modern ICU units. Same experience. Every culture. Every century.Halley and Blaire cover the full history of out of body experiences — from the ancient world to the AWARE II study, a peer-reviewed resuscitation study that tested whether consciousness survives after the heart stops. We present both sides: the believers who say this is proof of something beyond the brain, and the skeptics who say the brain is just doing what brains do when they're dying.Loving MACABRE?If you think we’ve earned your 5 star review…we would “spoop” our pants if you share your raving review on your favorite podcast platform Want More? Spotify Exclusive subscribers get ad-free episodes, early access, and bonus content you won’t hear anywhere else.Want even more? Patreon members unlock additional bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early releases, and exclusive MACABRE perks.Have a story you want us to tell?📩 Send it to [email protected] to connect with fellow listeners?Join our private Facebook group: Macabre PodcastAnd don’t forget to grab your MACABRE merch at🖤 www.gothiccthreads.comSOURCES : Journal of Near-Death StudiesInternational Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)University of Virginia Division of Perceptual StudiesLight and Death by Michael Sabom Modern Near-Death / OBE CasesMaria's "Shoe on the Ledge" Case (Seattle, 1977)https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798924/m2/1/high_res_d/vol25-no4-245.pdfAl Sullivan – "Surgeon Flapping His Arms Like Wings"https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/STE50-Omega-1999-2000-NDE-paper.pdfPam Reynolds (Singer/Songwriter With Brain Aneurysm)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Reynolds_case
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Your heart stops. You float above your own body. You watch doctors try to bring you back. Then you wake up and describe things you shouldn't have been able to see.This has been reported for thousands of years. Ancient Greece. Battlefields. Modern ICU units. Same experience. Every culture. Every century.Halley and Blaire cover the full history of out of body experiences — from the ancient world to the AWARE II study, a peer-reviewed resuscitation study that tested whether consciousness survives after the heart stops. We present both sides: the believers who say this is proof of something beyond the brain, and the skeptics who say the brain is just doing what brains do when they're dying.Loving MACABRE?If you think we’ve earned your 5 star review…we would “spoop” our pants if you share your raving review on your favorite podcast platform Want More? Spotify Exclusive subscribers get ad-free episodes, early access, and bonus content you won’t hear anywhere else.Want even more? Patreon members unlock additional bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early releases, and exclusive MACABRE perks.Have a story you want us to tell?📩 Send it to [email protected] to connect with fellow listeners?Join our private Facebook group: Macabre PodcastAnd don’t forget to grab your MACABRE merch at🖤 www.gothiccthreads.comSOURCES : Journal of Near-Death StudiesInternational Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)University of Virginia Division of Perceptual StudiesLight and Death by Michael Sabom Modern Near-Death / OBE CasesMaria's "Shoe on the Ledge" Case (Seattle, 1977)https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798924/m2/1/high_res_d/vol25-no4-245.pdfAl Sullivan – "Surgeon Flapping His Arms Like Wings"https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/STE50-Omega-1999-2000-NDE-paper.pdfPam Reynolds (Singer/Songwriter With Brain Aneurysm)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Reynolds_case
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