E287: The Fresh Hell Guide to Being Dead

Fresh Hell Podcast

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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Congratulations—you’ve died! Now what?

In this our version of the "Handbook For the Recently Deceased" (and the morbidly curious). We take you on a cross-cultural tour of the afterlife. Whether you’re heading for a bureaucratic judgment hall, a tunnel of light, a reincarnation lottery, or just... absolute nothingness, we’ve got you covered.

This episode explores what different religions and belief systems say happens after death—from ancient Egypt and Catholic purgatory to Buddhist reincarnation.

afterlife, near death experiences, NDE, reincarnation, purgatory, heaven, hell, what happens after death, Catholic afterlife, ancient Egypt, Buddhist beliefs, Hindu afterlife, Jewish afterlife, Día de los Muertos, ancestor spirits, Chinese ghost month, soul, judgment after death, life after death, fresh hell podcast, Pam Reynolds, Doug Forcett, The Good Place, Mary Neal, cultural beliefs after death, hellish NDEs, spiritual traditions, brain death, tunnel of light, reincarnation beliefs, death rituals, funeral customs, ghost month, Mexican traditions, podcast about death

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Fresh Hell podcast.
0:14.6	Fresh Hell contains stories of a disturbing and often graphic nature and is intended for a mature audience.
0:20.6	Please don't let your kids listen to this, or they might turn out like us.
0:29.7	Hi, I'm Annie from the U.S.
0:32.4	And I'm Johanna from Austria, and you're listening to your favorite international podcast. The podcast hosted by two
0:39.9	women who never met in real life, at least not in this life. That's right. Before we start,
0:46.7	we want to give a huge shout out to our newest patron, Lab Lizzie. Thank you so much. Do we think this is Lab as in Labrador or Lab as in
0:59.3	laboratory? I don't know. It could be Lizzie, which is short for Lizard. Or is Lizzie from the
1:06.2	Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador? We need answers. If you enjoy this show and want to support
1:15.1	this weird little independent podcast, please consider joining our Patreon. You'll get early
1:21.8	access to episodes, exclusive bonus content, and a lovely little boost to your carmic bank account.
1:28.8	We can't promise that it will help you in the afterlife, but it definitely can't hurt.
1:34.5	And if we ever become ghosts, well, you'll be the first ones we haunt.
1:39.7	So, now, let's get on to today's episode.
1:45.0	And before we begin, just a quick note,
1:48.0	we are not theologians or religious scholars.
1:52.0	This episode is not meant in any way to be a comprehensive
1:57.0	or definitive take on anyone's beliefs.
2:01.6	We've done our best to be accurate and respectful,
2:05.4	but if we have misrepresented or grossly oversimplified
2:09.7	any of these nuanced views discussed here,
2:13.0	we truly apologize.
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