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Terrifying leaked video made by billionaire will play the day the world ends

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Published 09:25 22 Mar 2024 GMT

Terrifying leaked video made by billionaire will play the day the world ends

It's pretty haunting...

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

If you've ever wondered what will be played on TV on doomsday, it won't be The Simpsons.

As it stands, the Doomsday Clock is 90 seconds to midnight - the same as it was for 2023.

When it was debuted in 1947, the clock was set at seven minutes to midnight and it's been moved closer and closer to doomsday almost every year since.

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As to what happens when we officially hit midnight, CEO of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Rachel Bronson has previously explained: "When the clock is at midnight, that means there's been some sort of nuclear exchange or catastrophic climate change that's wiped out humanity. We never really want to get there and we won't know it when we do."

With doomsday seemingly being closer than most people would like it to be, CNN founder Ted Turner has long prepared for the dreaded day.

Back in the 80s, Turner created a video that he wants to be played on his news channel when the world finally comes to an end - and it's not NSYNC's 'Bye Bye Bye'.

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The hymn is titled 'Nearer My God To Thee'.

As reported by Jalopnik, Turner said of a possible Armageddon: "We'll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event."

CNN founder Ted Turner had the video made in the 1980s.
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He went on: "We'll play the National Anthem only one time, on the first of June [the day of CNN's launch], and when the end of the world comes, we'll play 'Nearer My God To Thee' before we sign off."

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For those of you desperate to see the video without impending doom just around the corner, the video was leaked in recent years - as seen above.

The video, which is known as the Turner Doomsday Video, was leaked by an employee of the channel to Jalopnik, but writer Michael Ballaban said he saw it while working as an CNN intern in 2009.

The Doomsday Clock currently sits at 90 seconds to midnight.
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He wrote: "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with one melancholy little band, and a quick fade to black."

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Apparently CNN employees were well aware of the video at the time of his internship, but he admitted he had to do a some digging to find it.

"It's one of those things you only look for if you're a really bored intern or have a lot of time on your hands," he told The Guardian.

Here's hoping the infamous video's never actually needed...

Featured Image Credit: Technophiliaphobia/YouTube

Topics: News, Film and TV, US News

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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