This is Lester Herr and you're listening to what happens when you die.

An exploration of one of the great mysteries, the mystery of death.

My grandfather told me that you see a beautiful white light and that's where God lives.

When you die, people put you in a box and then put you in a special microwave.

There is also a spa center where people go and read you we need them, sir.

You go up or you go down.

Depends on how you live your life.

I think when you die, you shit your pants and then pass up.

I traveled to a small suburb just outside of Philadelphia and found myself knocking on the door of a modest home.

Come on in. I was in the home of Linsor Gunn, the innovator of the afterlife helmet,

an advanced helmet that allows the moments after death to travel into Gunn's brain via a technological tube.

Whippets which were used to power the helmet were scattered around the floor

and the smell of cigar smoke hung in the air, truly the home of a scientist.

So what I'm holding here are two helmets attached to each other via a tube

and the helmets themselves seem to be attached to gas masks that connect to nitrous oxide canisters.

Exactly. What makes it special is that this helmet allows me to experience what a dying person

is experiencing two minutes after their death.

Can you talk about what kind of technology is in these helmets?

The design of the helmet came to me in a dream.

I can't go into much more detail at stop secret.

Can I get you a drink?

Now when did you start using these helmets to study life after death?

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