Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

The End Of The World Cult (2007x30)


Air date: Dec 04, 2007

Profiling cult leader Michael Travesser, who claims to be the Messiah and believed October 31, 2007, would be Doomsday, with an event of apocalyptic proportions occurring at midnight. The documentary looks at the hold the 66-year-old, who has come to the attention of the FBI, has over his followers in the Strong City community as film-maker Ben Anthony hears claims of teenage girls wanting a sexual consummation with him and questions whether his beliefs could lead to tragedy.

  • Premiered: Dec 1982
  • Episodes: 1423
  • Followers: 14
  • Running
  • Channel 4
  • Daily at 20