Welcome to Our Paranormal Afterlife.

This is our paranormal afterlife, and I'm your host Simon Bown.

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This week, I'm talking to John Ashford about his near-death experience.

Hi, John. Thanks a lot for coming on the podcast.

Hi, Simon. Thank you so much for having me.

So we're going to be talking to you about your near-death experience.

But before we get into that, could you tell us what were you like before the near-death experience?

Yes, I was not a great guy.

I was a sea level executive.

You could say manipulative.

I had very little

any empathy or sympathy

for anybody. I really didn't care about people.

I really thought that I had life figured out,

which was make as much money as I can before I die

and spend it doing debauchrous things.

So I wasn't the best individual.

I did not really have any spiritual background, so to speak.

I was raised Catholic,

but it never registered with me,

and I left all spirituality when I turned 18.

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