Surviving Death

Season 1

Surviving Death recounts the extraordinary experiences of people who have died and returned to life, examining the rare physiology behind exactly how the body can physically die, and then bring itself back to life.

20102 episodes

TV-PG

Unscripted

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S1 E1 - Stone Cold
March 4, 2010
43min
TV-PG
Meet three people who died and returned to life: Ward, who was dead under an icy lake for two hours; pregnant Sade, who drowned in cold water and was clinically dead for 15 minutes and Kathy, a cardiac arrest victim treated for hypothermia.
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S1 E2 - Bodily Trauma
September 4, 2010
43min
TV-14
Meet Zack, a head trauma victim who woke during organ harvesting preparations; Patrick, who was hit by 6,000 volts of electricity and dead for 45 minutes and 15-year-old Hunter, who was hit by a baseball.
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