Today in 1991, a Russian mystic named Vissarion (born Sergey Anatolyevitch Torop) founded the Church of the Last Testament in Siberia, revealing himself to be Jesus Christ and preaching the imminent end of the world to some 10,000 current followers.
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Charles "The Amazing Criswell" King was a psychic showman who portrayed himself in the classic Ed Wood film “Plan 9 From Outer Space”. In his 1968 book “Criswell Predicts”, he made a number of strange announcements about the future, like that homosexual ghetto cities will form; New York City will fall into the sea; and a space ray will strike Denver, turning basic construction materials like concrete, metal and lumber into an enveloping goo.
Following the appearance worldwide of black, oxygen-sucking rainbows, Criswell said the world would end on this date in 1999.
