Netflix's Surviving Death investigates the possibility of an afterlife

Netflix has apparently reached the point in the pandemic where true crime narratives will no longer suffice, and so its attention has turned toward… the great beyond (eerie whooshing). The new six-part series Surviving Death relies on experts in various fields and firsthand accounts to explore different facets of life after death, including near-death experiences (BRING BACK THE OA YOU JERKS), actual death experiences, mediums (there are two whole episodes devoted to them), and g-g-g-ghosts. Netflix has released a trailer for the series, which hails from director Ricki Stern (the excellent Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work) and debuts on January 6. Please note the brief appearance of a Polaroid in which a ghost allegedly spelled out its name in smoke: