Doomsday!

This episode of the Arcane Answers podcast features host Lare and co-hosts Amanda and Sara discussing famous end-of-the-world theories, doomsday predictions, and historical apocalyptic panics.

Key Topics Discussed:

• The 2012 Mayan Calendar & Mandela Effect: Lare explores the 2012 Mayan calendar phenomenon, theories surrounding Nibiru (Planet X), and the idea that activating the Large Hadron Collider* split reality into parallel timelines, causing the Mandela Effect.*I now know it was turned on in 2008
• William Miller and the Millerites: Amanda details 19th-century preacher William Miller's attempt to calculate the Second Coming using biblical timelines during the Second Great Awakening. His failed prediction in October 1844 became known as "The Great Disappointment" and led to the formation of the Adventist movement.
• Joanna Southcott: Sara shares the history of 18th-century English self-proclaimed prophetess Joanna Southcott, who sold "Seals of God" for protection, claimed to be pregnant with the Messiah late in life, and left behind a box of unread end-times prophecies for her followers.