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

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Published 15:42 19 Apr 2025 GMT+1

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

The song used in the video is particularly poignant...

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

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It's finally sunny, spring has sprung and summer is on the horizon - so what better way to celebrate by thinking about the day the world's going to end, eh?

But how would you spend your last day on Earth? You may have thought about your final meal, but how about your final song?

Well, billionaire CNN founder Ted Turner seemingly has you covered, revealing the popular news channel has a plan for doomsday, set to cover events 'until the world ends' and to also treat followers to a video featuring a special song.

And if you're a fan of James Cameron's Titanic, or partial to a good old sombre sing-song in church, then you're in for a real treat (as the world goes to pieces, of course).

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Thankfully, said video has been leaked, so there's no need to cling on until the end of days to see what's going to go down:

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

"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."

The hymn already has a history of soundtracking tragedy. As depicted in the weepy blockbuster, Titanic, when the ocean liner slipped below the waves of the North Atlantic Ocean, the boat's band kept on playing.

According to reports, one of the last songs that they played was the hymn 'Nearer My God To Thee'.

Doomsday? Ted Turner has your soundtrack covered (Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
Doomsday? Ted Turner has your soundtrack covered (Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

Filmed outside the Turner mansion in the 1980s, the video shows a band playing the classic Christian hymn before slowly fading to black.

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

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."

While the video first went viral after it was posted to YouTube in 2015, it recently became a topic of discussion after going viral once again on TikTok.

The doomsday video is seriously eerie (YouTube/Technophiliaphobia)
The doomsday video is seriously eerie (YouTube/Technophiliaphobia)

However, while the video might have only been viewed by a wider audience recently, it's reportedly been around since the 1980s, when it was allegedly created in case of a nuclear war.

Ballaban explained that CNN employees were well aware of the video at the time of his internship in 2009, but he did have to consciously look for the clip.

He told the Guardian: "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."

Featured Image Credit: Technophiliaphobia/YouTube

Topics: Music, World News, Titanic, TikTok

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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