An Atheist’s Journey Through Hell | Near Death Experience
Sean McDowell
apologetics
June 12, 2026
Most of the near-death experiences we hear about are positive, but studies suggest somewhere between 5% and 20% of near-death experiences are hellish. In this episode, I sit down with author Brian Melvin, who claims he had exactly that kind of experience in 1980. He was a militant atheist at the time, hospitalized with cholera, who says he died, met Jesus, and was then sent into what he believes was hell before being brought back.
READ: A Land Unknown: Hell's Dominion by B.W. Melvin (https://www.amazon.com/Land-Hells-Dominion-B-W-Melvin/dp/159781380X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0)
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