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What's the harm in fearing the apocalypse?
For thousands of years, people have been predicting the end of the world. Every single one of them has been wrong. Read more about apocalypse fear
Here are 1,810 people who were harmed by someone not thinking critically.
Suzanne DruauSt. Casimir, Quebec, Canada |
Suicide |
| New age doomsday cult Read more & more | |
Emmanuel DutoitAge: 3 months |
Murdered |
| He and his parents were brutally murdered, and then home was burned. They had been members of the Order of the Solar Temple, a fringe religious sect. Read more & more | |
Chantale GoupillotAge: 41 |
Suicide |
| New age doomsday cult Read more & more | |
Stan JonesAge: 63 |
Argyria (irreversible skin condition) |
| In 1999 he started taking colloidal silver. (Some feared antibiotics would become scarce due to Y2K). It turned his skin greyish blue. He ran for the U.S. Senate as a Libertarian candidate twice, never winning. Read more & more | |
Bruno KlaussSt. Casimir, Quebec, Canada |
Suicide |
| New age doomsday cult Read more & more | |
Chayya LalAge: 16 |
Suicide |
| She was traumatized by TV programs about the opening of the Large Hadron Collider, which talked about the end of the world. Her parents told her not to worry and diverted her attention to no avail. She drank a pesticide from her father's farm. Read more & more | |
Didier QuèzeAge: 39 |
Suicide |
| New age doomsday cult Read more & more | |
Pauline RiouxSt. Casimir, Quebec, Canada |
Suicide |
| New age doomsday cult Read more & more | |
Sammy WeaverAge: 14 |
Died |
| His mother had a "vision" of a mountain-top home. His father believed in a Zionist consipiracy to rule the world and that apocalypse was near. They reacted badly when law enforcement arrived at their home, and Sammy ended up dead. Read more | |
Vicki WeaverRuby Ridge, Idaho |
Died |
| She had a "vision" of a mountain-top home. Her husband believed in a Zionist consipiracy to rule the world and that apocalypse was near. They reacted badly when law enforcement arrived at their home, and two people died. Read more | |
16 peopleVergers plateau, France |
Murder / suicide |
| New age doomsday cult Read more & more | |
39 cult membersRancho Santa Fe, California |
Mass suicide |
| The members of the Heaven's Gate cult convinced themselves that a UFO arriving with Comet Hale-Bopp would take them away. They committed mass suicide. Read more | |
48 peopleAge: 10 to 72 |
Murder / suicide |
| New age doomsday cult Read more & more | |
5 peopleMorin Heights, Quebec, Canada |
Murder / suicide |
| New age doomsday cult Read more & more | |
778 cult membersKanungu District, Uganda |
Mass murder |
| The leaders of this Ugandan church predicted that the world would end on January 1, 2000. Church members sold all their belongings and stopped work to prepare. When nothing happened, the situation spiralled toward disaster. Read more & more | |
913 peopleJonestown, Guyana |
Mass murder/suicide |
| Jim Jones led a popular church called the People's Temple, but became increasingly paranoid that a nuclear holocaust was imminent. He moved the entire church to Guyana. When people came to ask questions, tragedy ensued. Read more & more | |