In this section we will bring you personal stories of people's near death experiences, or why they had got involved in research.

Dr Sam Parnia: Why did I start to study NDE? Peter Fenwick: Why study the mind, brain and NDE (not yet available) Heather Sloan's personal NDE and why she worked with Horizon

In the coming months we hope to bring you more stories of how people such as Dr Raymond Moody and Professor Greyson got involved with research. We will also bring stories of how NDE have affected people or how they have led others to help with its study.