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