1999 Predictions
All textual content is directly from the 1999 through 2009 pages appearing on my original website at the former GeoCities and Yahoo!, Nostradamus and the New Prophecy Almanacs, which went live in May 1999.
Some images will be updated because images used then were of poor quality. Some of the original images will remain. Any videos uploaded or embedded at that time will have to be replaced by YouTube videos as Weebly does not support any others without upgrading and paying money. News embeds were not possible then, I am embedding that content in these newer versions of the original pages.
The format was the same as it is now: first the prediction is posted (an event based on an historical precedent that occurred a multiple of seven years earlier), then later any relevant news demonstrating the prediction was fulfilled or almost fulfilled follows. In the absence of a fulfillment there may be nothing more following the prediction or else some commentary or observations.
Historical precedents were not always revealed in the early pages of the website, but later I began to share the historical event (if only one) or timeline (if more than one) that each prediction is based on.
In some cases a Nostradamus quatrain (or other prophecy) that might be relevant to the prediction appears. It does not necessarily mean the quatrain or prophecy will be fulfilled, but it provides a "nightmare scenario" of just how bad the predicted event could get if it is fulfilled.
Some images will be updated because images used then were of poor quality. Some of the original images will remain. Any videos uploaded or embedded at that time will have to be replaced by YouTube videos as Weebly does not support any others without upgrading and paying money. News embeds were not possible then, I am embedding that content in these newer versions of the original pages.
The format was the same as it is now: first the prediction is posted (an event based on an historical precedent that occurred a multiple of seven years earlier), then later any relevant news demonstrating the prediction was fulfilled or almost fulfilled follows. In the absence of a fulfillment there may be nothing more following the prediction or else some commentary or observations.
Historical precedents were not always revealed in the early pages of the website, but later I began to share the historical event (if only one) or timeline (if more than one) that each prediction is based on.
In some cases a Nostradamus quatrain (or other prophecy) that might be relevant to the prediction appears. It does not necessarily mean the quatrain or prophecy will be fulfilled, but it provides a "nightmare scenario" of just how bad the predicted event could get if it is fulfilled.
Balkans Earthquake or Greco-Turkish War?
Nostradamus, Quatrain 2.52
For several nights the earth will tremble: In the spring two efforts in succession: Corinth (Greece)
and Ephesus (Turkey) swim in two seas, war stirred up by two valiant in combat.
For several nights the earth will tremble: In the spring two efforts in succession: Corinth (Greece)
and Ephesus (Turkey) swim in two seas, war stirred up by two valiant in combat.
A renewed war in Kosovo could well develop into a full-scale conflict between Yugoslavia and either Albania or Macedonia. Should it expand to Macedonia, Greece and Turkey are likely to take sides, although other outstanding issues such as the future of Cyprus could trigger a conflict not related to the one in southern Yugoslavia. According to the base 7 system, March and May 1999 are the most probable vectors of danger for massive earthquakes striking Turkey and Greece or for the outbreak of a Greco-Turkish war. This period may also be marked by deadly terrorist attacks in Turkey by PKK rebels. In spring 1999 both navies may be engaged in the Aegean and the Adriatic ("the two seas").
IZMIT UPDATE (8/24/99): Calculated by the base 7 system to occur in March or May 1999, I now consider this prediction to be CLOSE.
On August 17, 1999, a 7.8 earthshock killed 13,000 people and injured another 45,000 in north-western Turkey. The temblor's epicenter was near Izmit, a city 65 miles east of Istanbul. Some of the casualties also occurred in the nearby town of Golcuk. It is considered to be the worst earthquake to strike the Balkan region of Turkey during this century. An upsurge in Kurd terrorism inside of Turkey during the spring was also part of the original prediction. PKK-sponsored terrorism reached its worst levels since 1993 between February and August 1999 (especially in the month of March).
On August 17, 1999, a 7.8 earthshock killed 13,000 people and injured another 45,000 in north-western Turkey. The temblor's epicenter was near Izmit, a city 65 miles east of Istanbul. Some of the casualties also occurred in the nearby town of Golcuk. It is considered to be the worst earthquake to strike the Balkan region of Turkey during this century. An upsurge in Kurd terrorism inside of Turkey during the spring was also part of the original prediction. PKK-sponsored terrorism reached its worst levels since 1993 between February and August 1999 (especially in the month of March).
ATHENS UPDATE (9/7/99): A Greco-Turkish war or major earthquakes striking both Turkey and Greece close together. The latter alternative has now been FULFILLED in August and September 1999 -- two to three months later than the March/May vector. Corinth and Ephesus have been and are indeed 'swimming in two seas' -- reeling from the destruction and helping one another. The Athens quake, a 5.9 on the Richter scale, was the most powerful to hit Greece since 1981. It was the most powerful and destructive temblor to strike Athens itself since 1914. There are currently 83 people dead and over 2000 injured.
Iran at the Crossroads: Deadly Riots in Iran between
pro-Khatami and anti-Khatami Demonstrators
Iran, for the time being at least, is under a more benign leadership than in the past. President Mohammad Khatami, elected in May 1997, is attempting to forge closer ties with the West and has called for dialogue with the United States. Sadly, the US seems reluctant to seize the olive branch. Much worse, clerical hard-liners under the control of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seem intent on undermining, and possibly overthrowing, Khatami's government.
Hard-line mullahs and their supporters may vie for power with President Mohammad Khatami throughout 1999. It is possible that their campaign to overthrow him will succeed by February 2000. Days of massive and bloody rioting between pro-Khatami and anti-Khatami demonstrators could possibly occur in May/June 1999.
Hard-line mullahs and their supporters may vie for power with President Mohammad Khatami throughout 1999. It is possible that their campaign to overthrow him will succeed by February 2000. Days of massive and bloody rioting between pro-Khatami and anti-Khatami demonstrators could possibly occur in May/June 1999.
MARQUEE UPDATE (7/18/99) -- THIS PREDICTION WAS FULFILLED DURING THE PERIOD OF JULY 8 TO JULY 14, 1999. DAYS OF MASS DEMONSTRATIONS AND RIOTS BROKE OUT ON THE STREETS OF TEHRAN AFTER POLICE AND ANTI-KHATAMI HARDLINERS STORMED A UNIVERSITY DORMITORY FOLLOWING A PEACEFUL PRO-KHATAMI RALLY. ONE STUDENT WAS KILLED AND 20 MORE WERE SERIOUSLY BEATEN AND INJURED DURING THE INITIAL ASSAULT. 10,000 STUDENTS AND ORDINARY CITIZENS TOOK TO THE STREETS DURING VIOLENT PROTESTS FROM JULY 9 TO JULY 13 RESULTING IN THREE ADDITIONAL DEATHS, HUNDREDS OF INJURIES, AND 1,400 ARRESTS. THE PROTESTS ENDED ON JULY 14 AFTER 100,000 HARDLINERS POURED INTO THE STREETS OF TEHRAN, DENOUNCING PRO-DEMOCRACY FORCES AND BLAMING THE UNITED STATES FOR INCITING THE CHAOS WHICH SPREAD TO EIGHT OTHER CITIES. THESE EVENTS BEGAN ON JULY 8, 1999 -- EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE PREDICTED MAY/JUNE VECTOR ...
The Great Summer of Terror:
June 21-September 23, 1999
Massive Earthquake or Nuclear Attack Strikes Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle -- Eruption of Mount Etna
Nostradamus, Quatrain 1.87
Earthshaking fire from the centre of the earth will cause the towers of the new city to tremble:
Two great rocks will war for a long time, then Arethusa will redden a new river.
Earthshaking fire from the centre of the earth will cause the towers of the new city to tremble:
Two great rocks will war for a long time, then Arethusa will redden a new river.
According to America's "sleeping prophet," Edgar Cayce, much of the world will experience an escalation of major earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, and tornadic activity between 1998 and 2001. Nostradamus echoes that presentiment in a number of quatrains. In this verse he appears to link the "big one" anticipated on the U.S. west coast with a later volcanic eruption that will dwarf Krakatoa in magnitude. Alternatively, line 1 may be describing a nuclear attack on a west coast city, something that China is completely capable of carrying out. Arethusa was a Greek nymph whose statue stands in modern day Siracusa, suggesting that the west coast quake (or attack) will precede the eruption of Mt. Etna. The eruption will be so powerful that lava will flow as far as Siracusa, inundating the statue of Arethusa. The likeliest vectors for L.A., San Francisco, or Seattle, from a base 7 system standpoint, are June 1999, January 2001, or October 2003. How long after the "quake" Mount Etna will erupt is not known, but it will probably only be a matter of a few weeks or months.
(OCTOBER 16, 1999): 7.0 EARTHQUAKE RATTLES LOS ANGELES -- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 (AP) -- A magnitude-7.0 earthquake centered in the Southern California desert shook buildings from downtown Los Angeles to Las Vegas and San Diego early Saturday. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but there were scattered reports of damage, including an Amtrak train derailment and the rupture of a petroleum tank. The temblor struck three-and-half months after the June 1999 vector predicted ...
UPDATE (10/16/99): A major earthquake in Seattle was calculated by the base 7 system to occur in June 1999. Such an event did take place on July 3, 1999 when a major temblor struck 70 miles south-west of Seattle, causing major damage, power outages, and some injuries. It was the worst quake the region had experienced in 34 years.
However, this 7.0 temblor dwarfs anything that has happened since the Northridge Quake in 1994. My base 7 numerological prediction for a major superquake striking Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle has now been FULFILLED. Two out of the three cities predicted above have been rattled by large quakes.
Fortunately, the nightmare scenario also described above by Nostradamus did not take place. It still awaits a future rendezvous. Miraculously, as was the case with the Mexico City quake last month, damage and casualties were light. However, this event serves as a warning -- and it could still be a foreshock. Another major tremor could strike again this year -- in San Francisco or one of the other two cities that have already been hit. Otherwise, the next vector for another, far more severe seismic occurrence is in January 2001.
UPDATE (10/19/99): Saturday's earthquake has been upgraded from a 7.0 to a 7.1. Had it been located a bit further to the west, the effects on Los Angeles would have been catastrophic. A new fault was created by the temblor that created a fissure 25 miles in length.
Regarding Nostradamus, I am reminded that he predicted "earthshaking fire from the centre of the earth will cause the towers of the new city to tremble." That is what happened. Steam still billows from the fissure cracked open by the fiery pressure deep below. The towering buildings of Los Angeles (and Las Vegas) rattled from the power of the superquake. The prophet does not say the "new city" will necessarily be destroyed.
Remember: I predict the location and time of earthquakes, NOT whether there will be casualties, and if so how many, or the extent of property damage. California was spared this time. If Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, and the Book of Revelation are to be believed the western US coast will one day run out of luck.
However, this 7.0 temblor dwarfs anything that has happened since the Northridge Quake in 1994. My base 7 numerological prediction for a major superquake striking Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle has now been FULFILLED. Two out of the three cities predicted above have been rattled by large quakes.
Fortunately, the nightmare scenario also described above by Nostradamus did not take place. It still awaits a future rendezvous. Miraculously, as was the case with the Mexico City quake last month, damage and casualties were light. However, this event serves as a warning -- and it could still be a foreshock. Another major tremor could strike again this year -- in San Francisco or one of the other two cities that have already been hit. Otherwise, the next vector for another, far more severe seismic occurrence is in January 2001.
UPDATE (10/19/99): Saturday's earthquake has been upgraded from a 7.0 to a 7.1. Had it been located a bit further to the west, the effects on Los Angeles would have been catastrophic. A new fault was created by the temblor that created a fissure 25 miles in length.
Regarding Nostradamus, I am reminded that he predicted "earthshaking fire from the centre of the earth will cause the towers of the new city to tremble." That is what happened. Steam still billows from the fissure cracked open by the fiery pressure deep below. The towering buildings of Los Angeles (and Las Vegas) rattled from the power of the superquake. The prophet does not say the "new city" will necessarily be destroyed.
Remember: I predict the location and time of earthquakes, NOT whether there will be casualties, and if so how many, or the extent of property damage. California was spared this time. If Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, and the Book of Revelation are to be believed the western US coast will one day run out of luck.
Danger from China and North Korea
During the Korean War of 1950 - 1953, North Korea and China were military allies. They may be again this year. In June 1999, one or both of these countries could begin a war in the Pacific. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il may invade South Korea or China may turn territorial. Taiwan, the Spratly Islands, Tibet, and islands claimed by both China and Japan are all potential flash points for Chinese military aggression; but first and foremost is the island of Taiwan. Which nation will strike out first, North Korea or China, is impossible to say. It is also possible that neither will go to war with a neighbor, but may provoke an incident with U.S. warships later in the summer.
(JULY 3, 1999): THIS PREDICTION IS NOW FULFILLED AND COULD BECOME MORE SO. ON JUNE 15, A TENSE EIGHT-DAY STANDOFF IN THE YELLOW SEA LED TO NAVAL COMBAT BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAS AND THE SINKING OF ONE NORTH KOREAN WARSHIP AND MASSIVE DAMAGE TO ANOTHER. OVER THIRTY LIVES WERE LOST DURING THE CLASHES. THE CONFLICT OCCURRED DURING THE JUNE 1999 VECTOR PREDICTED BELOW. THIS EVENT IS STILL DEVELOPING WITH TALKS AIMED AT RESOLVING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAS BREAKING DOWN AND THE NORTH PREPARING FOR ANOTHER TAEPO DONG MISSILE LAUNCH...
The Great King of Terror: Before and After
The Great King of Terror: Bill Clinton
UPDATE (7/31/99): This is the prediction that I always knew would "make or break" Nostradamus' reputation once and for all. If Nostradamus had failed with this prophecy, I was going to dismiss his "findings" and utterly banish his books from my personal library. This site would then have concentrated completely on my base 7 numerological predictions. However, even if nothing especially terrifying occurs during the next three months of 1999, I have concluded that his timing, at least in regards to July, has been close enough.
Nostradamus never specified where his "great King of terror" would strike, but most commentators down the ages have believed France or, if not France, somewhere else on the European continent. Thus far it would appear that this prophecy was fulfilled between March 24 and June 20, 1999 during Operation Allied Force. The "great King" was President Bill Clinton and, in a larger sense, NATO, and the "terror" was the 78 days of non-stop bombing of modern European cities like Belgrade in Yugoslavia. Skeptics may sneer, but the prophecy warns of "terror" from the sky -- not "mass death" that will kill millions of people.
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic brought the terror down upon his head and those of his fellow Serbs, even upon the Montenegrins, Kosovar Albanians, and Chinese diplomats. The terror ended in 1999 six month; thus, if July was indeed intended, Nostradamus was only off by a factor of several weeks (the prophet of Provence has done this sort of thing before: in Quatrain 7.13 he predicted Napoleon Bonaparte's reign would last five months less than it actually did).
Also at this writing, the US and Britain have been reigning down terror upon northern and southern Iraq since December 28, 1998, killing 109 Iraqi civilians and injuring hundreds more during 66 days of attacks in a war which has gone on largely unreported, eclipsed by events elsewhere in the world.
Nostradamus never specified where his "great King of terror" would strike, but most commentators down the ages have believed France or, if not France, somewhere else on the European continent. Thus far it would appear that this prophecy was fulfilled between March 24 and June 20, 1999 during Operation Allied Force. The "great King" was President Bill Clinton and, in a larger sense, NATO, and the "terror" was the 78 days of non-stop bombing of modern European cities like Belgrade in Yugoslavia. Skeptics may sneer, but the prophecy warns of "terror" from the sky -- not "mass death" that will kill millions of people.
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic brought the terror down upon his head and those of his fellow Serbs, even upon the Montenegrins, Kosovar Albanians, and Chinese diplomats. The terror ended in 1999 six month; thus, if July was indeed intended, Nostradamus was only off by a factor of several weeks (the prophet of Provence has done this sort of thing before: in Quatrain 7.13 he predicted Napoleon Bonaparte's reign would last five months less than it actually did).
Also at this writing, the US and Britain have been reigning down terror upon northern and southern Iraq since December 28, 1998, killing 109 Iraqi civilians and injuring hundreds more during 66 days of attacks in a war which has gone on largely unreported, eclipsed by events elsewhere in the world.
The Great King of Terror: Vladimir Putin
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ENGAGED IN GENOCIDE.
FINAL UPDATE (1/6/00): Things have gone from bad to appalling in the northern Caucasus. Thousands of Chechen civilians lie dead in fields, streets, homes, and hospitals. Grozny has been turned to rubble from frequent bombardments and the threat of total immolation hangs over it and its citizens. Over 300,000 refugees -- mostly women and children -- have fled to Ingushetia and other regions north of Chechnya. Over 40,000 are believed to be hiding in the ruins and basements of the capital, still under a protracted and viscious attack. Women have reported that their men have been detained in captured towns and cities and in some instances executed in actions reminiscent of the ethnic-cleansing process practised by the Serbs upon Kosovar Albanians. In nearly four months the Russian military has created more horror and destruction in Chechnya than had ever occurred during the 1994-96 war.
The Russian military, under the command of acting president Vladimir Putin, has now been raining down terror and death from the sky for 111 days. The Caucasus war has now surpassed the 78-day NATO operation in Yugoslavia in length by over a month. The seventh Julian month of Nostradamus has long since passed, but the horror being carried out by Moscow, instead of winding down, continues to escalate. Russia has even been accused of attempting the genocide of one million people by such prominent individuals as US former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. Comparisons between Russia's onslaught against Chechnya and the NATO operation against Serbia no longer have any similarity, experts agree. What is happening in the Caucasus is much worse: wholesale and indiscriminate slaughter and enforced exile into brutal winter conditions of an entire nation's population. It is, it seems, a nightmare without end -- one that threatens to bring dangerous instability to the balance of power between the world's mightiest nuclear nations.
Here is the infamous 1999 quatrain in its entirety:
FINAL UPDATE (1/6/00): Things have gone from bad to appalling in the northern Caucasus. Thousands of Chechen civilians lie dead in fields, streets, homes, and hospitals. Grozny has been turned to rubble from frequent bombardments and the threat of total immolation hangs over it and its citizens. Over 300,000 refugees -- mostly women and children -- have fled to Ingushetia and other regions north of Chechnya. Over 40,000 are believed to be hiding in the ruins and basements of the capital, still under a protracted and viscious attack. Women have reported that their men have been detained in captured towns and cities and in some instances executed in actions reminiscent of the ethnic-cleansing process practised by the Serbs upon Kosovar Albanians. In nearly four months the Russian military has created more horror and destruction in Chechnya than had ever occurred during the 1994-96 war.
The Russian military, under the command of acting president Vladimir Putin, has now been raining down terror and death from the sky for 111 days. The Caucasus war has now surpassed the 78-day NATO operation in Yugoslavia in length by over a month. The seventh Julian month of Nostradamus has long since passed, but the horror being carried out by Moscow, instead of winding down, continues to escalate. Russia has even been accused of attempting the genocide of one million people by such prominent individuals as US former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. Comparisons between Russia's onslaught against Chechnya and the NATO operation against Serbia no longer have any similarity, experts agree. What is happening in the Caucasus is much worse: wholesale and indiscriminate slaughter and enforced exile into brutal winter conditions of an entire nation's population. It is, it seems, a nightmare without end -- one that threatens to bring dangerous instability to the balance of power between the world's mightiest nuclear nations.
Here is the infamous 1999 quatrain in its entirety:
Nostradamus, Quatrain 10.72
In the year 1999 and seven months,
From the sky will come a great King of terror.
The great king of Angoumois (France) will be resuscitated,
Before and after Mars (or War?) reigns by good fortune.
In the year 1999 and seven months,
From the sky will come a great King of terror.
The great king of Angoumois (France) will be resuscitated,
Before and after Mars (or War?) reigns by good fortune.
Comments:
Line 1:
The phrase l'an mil neufs cens nonante neuf sept mois ("1999 and seven months") was almost universally interpreted as meaning July 1999. A few individuals, such as Stephan Paulus (1996), author of Nostradamus 1999, translated it as "1999 September month" (the argument being that sept was an abbreviation for September). However, Nostradamus used the Julian calendar and like many of his day considered the March equinox to be the beginning of the year. Whether or not he foresaw the advent of the Gregorian calendar (the calendar we use today) is uncertain. Applying the Julian system to this quatrain, he almost certainly would have counted seven months from the March equinox, leading him to the month of October -- making "1999 and seven months" October 1999 for us.
Example: The prophet of Provence calculated in Julian fashion in Quatrain 1.24,dating the Battle of Waterloo as occurring in the "third month." The third month following March in Julian reckoning is June. Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo on June 18, 1815.
Line 2:
It is and has been my belief (since October 1997) that this is a quatrain that is open to all sorts of self-fulfillment. In my May 1, 1998 manuscript of Nostradamus and the Final Age, I argued that if line 2 had been written as "1991 and 1 month" that the "great King of terror" would have been either President George Bush (to the Iraqis) or Saddam Hussein (to the Israelis and Saudis). It is for that reason thatwhile many see line 2 as describing a nuclear attack, one must not rule out conventional air strikes of cities.
Nostradamus never specified where his "great King of terror" would strike, but most commentators down the ages believed it would be in France or, if not France, somewhere else on the European continent. Thus, it very much appeared at the time that this prophecy was fulfilled and completed several weeks prematurely at the conclusion of Operation Allied Force which ran between March 24 and June 20, 1999. If nothing else comparable had occurred for the remainder of the year then the "great King" would have been President Bill Clinton and, in a larger sense, NATO, and the "terror" would have been the 78 days of non-stop bombing of modern European cities like Belgrade in Yugoslavia.
However, as the seventh Julian calendar month (October) was nearing, Russia began a viscious air campaign against Chechnya in revenge for terrorist bombings in Moscow that killed 300 people. Now thousands of civilians lie dead from Russian aerial attacks or are being executed. Over 300,000 refugees -- mostly women and children -- have fled to neighbouring Ingushetia and other regions to the north.
Line 3:
Until the Second World War, and even as recently as the early 1960s, most commentators believed "Angolmois" was an anagram of Angoumois, a department in southwestern France. Angoumois thus functions as a synecdoche for the nation of France, indicating that a new French monarchy will be established a few years after 1999 (in 2002). Since 1993, I have held the opinion that this new monarch will be the current French president, Jacques Chirac (at that time still the Mayor of Paris).
Since the time Erika Cheetham published her first book on Nostradamus (1973), more and more commentators have been translating "Angolmois" as an anagram of "Mongolois" (the Mongols). This would tend to link the rise to power of a great Eastern or Central Asian leader, probably from China or Kazakhstan, to the air attack by "the great King of terror." It is even possible that Nostradamus is identifying Chinese leader Jiang Zemin as "the great King of the Mongols." Given the nuclear threat posed to Japan, Taiwan, the western United States and US allies in the Pacific by Chinese missiles, a nuclear attack on the US in late winter or early spring 2000 is a distinct possibility.
Actually, we have already been down this road before: China threatened to launch a nuclear strike against Los Angeles in March 1996 when the U.S. began moving warships into the East China Sea while Bejing conducted war games in the Strait of Taiwan.
I believe it is possible that "Angolmois" is a pun and indicates both a resurrection of the French monarchy and the rise of a dangerous and militant China.
Line 4:
Because Mars was the Roman god of war, for many Nostradamians this line describes conditions of warfare existing both before and after the attack "from the sky" in line 2. However, it is also possible that the prophet had the Red Planet itself in mind when weaving together this prediction.
Roughly every two years, Mars is in opposition to the earth. Its closest approach to earth occurs every 15 to 17 years, when Mars is at its brightest and most distinct. The last few times this occurred was in May 1988 and July 1971. The next time Mars will be at its absolute brightest will be August 27, 2003. Its closest opposition this year will occur on April 24. It will remain an imposing sight throughout the summer of 1999, although not as much so as in 2001 and 2003. The reign of notable Mars oppositions began in March 1997 when Comet Hale-Bopp put on its own spectacular display. The reign will end in 2005, after which Mars will become considerably dimmer.
Ironically, 1997 was also the beginning of the current era of numerous Mars missions (kicked off by the Pathfinder-Sojourner mission in July) scheduled to continue into the middle of the next decade. Humanity is currently as obsessed with the Red Planet as it once was with the moon.
If Nostradamus was implying that the various Mars missions would enjoy "good fortune" during the 1997 - 2005 period, he is thus far correct. (Mini-update 12/7/99: It appears NASA's "good fortune" or luck has just run out -- MM).
If Nostradamus was setting the parameters of the ongoing world crisis using the brightest oppositions of Mars as a clue, then the crisis began in 1997 and will not end until 2005. The Iraqi Weapons Crisis (the first of many) started on October 29, 1997. The Kosovo Crisis erupted on February 28, 1998. There has been little peace (or peace of mind) in the world since these dates. Kosovo evolved into a war between NATO and Yugoslavia in late March. Russia began a horrendous war in Chechnya in late September -- one which threatens to spread thoughout the Caucasus.
Finally, Mars in the role as the God of War indicates he will reign "by good fortune" before and after the coming summer of terror. Could this mean that the current world crisis and a possible third World War will be managed without resorting to the use of weapons of mass destruction? The suggestion is that no matter how badly things appear to be going, they will never reach the level of an actual "Armageddon." The "good fortune" too may indicate that war will be fought with favourable results for the forces of good.
Line 1:
The phrase l'an mil neufs cens nonante neuf sept mois ("1999 and seven months") was almost universally interpreted as meaning July 1999. A few individuals, such as Stephan Paulus (1996), author of Nostradamus 1999, translated it as "1999 September month" (the argument being that sept was an abbreviation for September). However, Nostradamus used the Julian calendar and like many of his day considered the March equinox to be the beginning of the year. Whether or not he foresaw the advent of the Gregorian calendar (the calendar we use today) is uncertain. Applying the Julian system to this quatrain, he almost certainly would have counted seven months from the March equinox, leading him to the month of October -- making "1999 and seven months" October 1999 for us.
Example: The prophet of Provence calculated in Julian fashion in Quatrain 1.24,dating the Battle of Waterloo as occurring in the "third month." The third month following March in Julian reckoning is June. Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo on June 18, 1815.
Line 2:
It is and has been my belief (since October 1997) that this is a quatrain that is open to all sorts of self-fulfillment. In my May 1, 1998 manuscript of Nostradamus and the Final Age, I argued that if line 2 had been written as "1991 and 1 month" that the "great King of terror" would have been either President George Bush (to the Iraqis) or Saddam Hussein (to the Israelis and Saudis). It is for that reason thatwhile many see line 2 as describing a nuclear attack, one must not rule out conventional air strikes of cities.
Nostradamus never specified where his "great King of terror" would strike, but most commentators down the ages believed it would be in France or, if not France, somewhere else on the European continent. Thus, it very much appeared at the time that this prophecy was fulfilled and completed several weeks prematurely at the conclusion of Operation Allied Force which ran between March 24 and June 20, 1999. If nothing else comparable had occurred for the remainder of the year then the "great King" would have been President Bill Clinton and, in a larger sense, NATO, and the "terror" would have been the 78 days of non-stop bombing of modern European cities like Belgrade in Yugoslavia.
However, as the seventh Julian calendar month (October) was nearing, Russia began a viscious air campaign against Chechnya in revenge for terrorist bombings in Moscow that killed 300 people. Now thousands of civilians lie dead from Russian aerial attacks or are being executed. Over 300,000 refugees -- mostly women and children -- have fled to neighbouring Ingushetia and other regions to the north.
Line 3:
Until the Second World War, and even as recently as the early 1960s, most commentators believed "Angolmois" was an anagram of Angoumois, a department in southwestern France. Angoumois thus functions as a synecdoche for the nation of France, indicating that a new French monarchy will be established a few years after 1999 (in 2002). Since 1993, I have held the opinion that this new monarch will be the current French president, Jacques Chirac (at that time still the Mayor of Paris).
Since the time Erika Cheetham published her first book on Nostradamus (1973), more and more commentators have been translating "Angolmois" as an anagram of "Mongolois" (the Mongols). This would tend to link the rise to power of a great Eastern or Central Asian leader, probably from China or Kazakhstan, to the air attack by "the great King of terror." It is even possible that Nostradamus is identifying Chinese leader Jiang Zemin as "the great King of the Mongols." Given the nuclear threat posed to Japan, Taiwan, the western United States and US allies in the Pacific by Chinese missiles, a nuclear attack on the US in late winter or early spring 2000 is a distinct possibility.
Actually, we have already been down this road before: China threatened to launch a nuclear strike against Los Angeles in March 1996 when the U.S. began moving warships into the East China Sea while Bejing conducted war games in the Strait of Taiwan.
I believe it is possible that "Angolmois" is a pun and indicates both a resurrection of the French monarchy and the rise of a dangerous and militant China.
Line 4:
Because Mars was the Roman god of war, for many Nostradamians this line describes conditions of warfare existing both before and after the attack "from the sky" in line 2. However, it is also possible that the prophet had the Red Planet itself in mind when weaving together this prediction.
Roughly every two years, Mars is in opposition to the earth. Its closest approach to earth occurs every 15 to 17 years, when Mars is at its brightest and most distinct. The last few times this occurred was in May 1988 and July 1971. The next time Mars will be at its absolute brightest will be August 27, 2003. Its closest opposition this year will occur on April 24. It will remain an imposing sight throughout the summer of 1999, although not as much so as in 2001 and 2003. The reign of notable Mars oppositions began in March 1997 when Comet Hale-Bopp put on its own spectacular display. The reign will end in 2005, after which Mars will become considerably dimmer.
Ironically, 1997 was also the beginning of the current era of numerous Mars missions (kicked off by the Pathfinder-Sojourner mission in July) scheduled to continue into the middle of the next decade. Humanity is currently as obsessed with the Red Planet as it once was with the moon.
If Nostradamus was implying that the various Mars missions would enjoy "good fortune" during the 1997 - 2005 period, he is thus far correct. (Mini-update 12/7/99: It appears NASA's "good fortune" or luck has just run out -- MM).
If Nostradamus was setting the parameters of the ongoing world crisis using the brightest oppositions of Mars as a clue, then the crisis began in 1997 and will not end until 2005. The Iraqi Weapons Crisis (the first of many) started on October 29, 1997. The Kosovo Crisis erupted on February 28, 1998. There has been little peace (or peace of mind) in the world since these dates. Kosovo evolved into a war between NATO and Yugoslavia in late March. Russia began a horrendous war in Chechnya in late September -- one which threatens to spread thoughout the Caucasus.
Finally, Mars in the role as the God of War indicates he will reign "by good fortune" before and after the coming summer of terror. Could this mean that the current world crisis and a possible third World War will be managed without resorting to the use of weapons of mass destruction? The suggestion is that no matter how badly things appear to be going, they will never reach the level of an actual "Armageddon." The "good fortune" too may indicate that war will be fought with favourable results for the forces of good.
Two Weeks of Panic and Dread:
At least three distinctly different and dangerous conflicts will be occurring concurrently by the summer of 1999. However, according to Quatrain 8.15 (see below) events will become extremely perilous between July 28 and August 11, 1999.
Russia at War with NATO
As a consequence, due in part to an ever-widening conflict in the Balkans and also because of Hungary's inclusion into NATO (Hungary borders northern Yugoslavia), there is a high degree of danger that Russia and NATO will go to war with each other in Hungary, Yugoslavia, and the former Yugoslav states. Nostradamus commentator Lee McCann (1941) used what she called "the double eclipse" to date this quatrain. McCann's projections for 1999 fifty-eight years ago are absolutely correct: there will be a lunar eclipse visible from the United States on July 28, 1999 and a total solar eclipse visible from Europe and the Middle East on August 11, 1999.
Russia at War with the U.S.
Nostradamus also discusses a resulting U.S.-Russian showdown in the following verse:
Hungary itself will become a battlefield. Should Russia ally itself militarily with Yugoslavia, Budapest will not only pose a threat to Belgrade as a NATO nation, but it will have strategic significance to Moscow as a direct route to supply and aid the Serbs. It could well end up being in Russia's interests to conquer and forcibly re-annex Hungary -- something it will also probably attempt to do in Poland and the Czech Republic. How bitter the fighting between the U.S. and Russia will be is not indicated.
If the worst case scenario occurs, the United States and Russia will be destroyed during a total thermonuclear exchange. Many cities in other key NATO countries, such as Germany, Britain, and France, may also be devastated.
Should events in the near-term indicate that the U.S. and Russia are moving towards the brink of such a nightmare scenario, I would advise an immediate return to the policy of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction). It was MAD, after all, which kept the Cold War from becoming hot.
Having said that, I should point out that base 7 numerology does not support a scenario wherein the United States and Russia go to war with each other for any reason in 1999. Only Quatrain 8.15 indicates the possibility that this will happen, and the basis for that interpretation rests entirely upon the credibility of commentator Lee McCann (1941). However, I should point out that McCann's three other datings of Nostradamus' quatrains have all been bull's-eyes.
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If the worst case scenario occurs, the United States and Russia will be destroyed during a total thermonuclear exchange. Many cities in other key NATO countries, such as Germany, Britain, and France, may also be devastated.
Should events in the near-term indicate that the U.S. and Russia are moving towards the brink of such a nightmare scenario, I would advise an immediate return to the policy of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction). It was MAD, after all, which kept the Cold War from becoming hot.
Having said that, I should point out that base 7 numerology does not support a scenario wherein the United States and Russia go to war with each other for any reason in 1999. Only Quatrain 8.15 indicates the possibility that this will happen, and the basis for that interpretation rests entirely upon the credibility of commentator Lee McCann (1941). However, I should point out that McCann's three other datings of Nostradamus' quatrains have all been bull's-eyes.
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May 13, 1996
9:00 AM
I have had a vivid, terrifying dream that the Soviet Union was reintegrated and that the old style communists were back in power. There was a deep, pervasive sense of dread everywhere because the new leadership was considering using nuclear weapons against the United States. At the time there was an ongoing war in the Middle East -- one which I have dreamt about periodically over the last several months -- involving Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf.
It is a war that seems to rise and ebb, widening a little each time it rises again. In the beginning it mostly involved Iraq and the U.S., then Iraq and Turkey, then Iraq, Iran, and Turkey, and so on. Greece has been involved on some occasions, and so have some of the former Soviet Moslem republics.
In one report, I witnessed smoke and fire billowing out of a large black mass. The scene appeared to be in black and white. The scene turned out to be the destruction of a great naval fleet in the Persian Gulf. Also, in the dream was a threat repeated over a period of several days of an imminent nuclear attack by the resurrected Soviet Union against the United States. However, the attack never seemed to be carried out. But the times were very, very tense. Most of this appeared televised at home. However, before I awoke, I was watching a televised update on a large screen in a hotel restaurant or lounge.
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There was, in fact, no resolution to this dream, since I awoke before there could be one. Because the vision was unresolved, our collective fate still resides within us. A nuclear war can happen, but it need not. It is up to us and our elected leaders.
The Middle East dreams have never ended. The on-again, off-again crises in Iraq that began on October 29, 1997 and continue in 1999 and 2000 with U.S.-British airstrikes in the northern and southern no-fly zones very much resemble the opening scenes of the 1996 dream. Dreams of future military clashes between Iraq and Turkey and a larger regional conflict to follow continue periodically, often as though viewed on a large black and white television screen.
© 1996-2023 Michael McClellan
9:00 AM
I have had a vivid, terrifying dream that the Soviet Union was reintegrated and that the old style communists were back in power. There was a deep, pervasive sense of dread everywhere because the new leadership was considering using nuclear weapons against the United States. At the time there was an ongoing war in the Middle East -- one which I have dreamt about periodically over the last several months -- involving Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf.
It is a war that seems to rise and ebb, widening a little each time it rises again. In the beginning it mostly involved Iraq and the U.S., then Iraq and Turkey, then Iraq, Iran, and Turkey, and so on. Greece has been involved on some occasions, and so have some of the former Soviet Moslem republics.
In one report, I witnessed smoke and fire billowing out of a large black mass. The scene appeared to be in black and white. The scene turned out to be the destruction of a great naval fleet in the Persian Gulf. Also, in the dream was a threat repeated over a period of several days of an imminent nuclear attack by the resurrected Soviet Union against the United States. However, the attack never seemed to be carried out. But the times were very, very tense. Most of this appeared televised at home. However, before I awoke, I was watching a televised update on a large screen in a hotel restaurant or lounge.
Comments:
There was, in fact, no resolution to this dream, since I awoke before there could be one. Because the vision was unresolved, our collective fate still resides within us. A nuclear war can happen, but it need not. It is up to us and our elected leaders.
The Middle East dreams have never ended. The on-again, off-again crises in Iraq that began on October 29, 1997 and continue in 1999 and 2000 with U.S.-British airstrikes in the northern and southern no-fly zones very much resemble the opening scenes of the 1996 dream. Dreams of future military clashes between Iraq and Turkey and a larger regional conflict to follow continue periodically, often as though viewed on a large black and white television screen.
© 1996-2023 Michael McClellan
The last numerological vectors for a U.S.-Russian war beginning were October 1997 (the first Iraqi crisis began October 29, 1997, and Yeltsin threatened the U.S. with war in February 1998) and November 1998 (Russia threatened the U.S. with war if NATO bombed Kosovo in October 1998; instead Slobodan Milosevic agreed to a "cease-fire" on October 12). An accidental nuclear war is possible in January or October 2000. The next potential base 7 vectors for an intentional conflict between Russia and the U.S. do not show up again until October 2001 and September 2004 (over war in the Middle East).
Castor and Pollux: Clinton and Yeltsin?
In one other quatrain, 2.15, Nostradamus appears to be describing a seaport summit between the mythological twins, Castor and Pollux. Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton did meet in Helsinki, Finland. The "comet summit" was held March 1997 when Comet Hale-Bopp was high and bright in the northwestern sky. Both men have experienced various crises over the course of their chequered political careers almost simultaneously. Both men have defied the doom-sayers time and again by weathering each political or foreign policy storm. If Castor and Pollux truly are Yeltsin and Clinton, and not simply Russia and America, then this indicates that both men will still be in power in August 1999. This has additional relevence since Quatrain 4.82 states that Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, will be incinerated by a Northern leader Nostradamus calls "the old Destroyer."
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Castor and Pollux: Yeltsin and Lukashenko?
I originally believed that the "bearded star" was Comet Hale-Bopp (March/April 1997) and that the "monarch" who was slaughtered shortly afterward was Princess Diana, "the people's monarch" (August 1997). Line 2 I attributed to the Helsinki Summit (March 1997), line 3 to the chaos in Albania which resulted from the economic disaster spawned by a failed government pyramid-scheme, and line 4 to the ramming of an Albanian refugee ship by an Italian warship in the Adriatic (80 Albanians were killed) and the turning away of a mass influx of Albanian refugees by Italy (March/April 1997).
Even if this interpretation is correct, one other perspective must still be added to the riddle of Castor and Pollux. The heavenly twins that are currently overhead in the northern sky in the constellation Gemini may symbolise two countries other than the U.S. and Russia. On April 2, 1997, when Comet Hale-Bopp was at its brightest magnitude, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus forged a political union based on economic and military cooperation. President Yeltsin made the following remark after the signing ceremony: "I am confident of success in our endeavor. Let there be good sailing to our big common ship" ("Castor and Pollux in the ship").
Therefore, Castor and Pollux may be Russia and Belarus ("big Russia" and "little Russia"). If so, then Quatrain 2.90 could mean that Russia and Belarus will forge an alliance with Yugoslavia against NATO. It could also mean that Belarus and Russia will have a falling out and go to war over the status of neighboring Hungary, which Alexander Lukashenko declared a menace to Belarussian national security a few months ago before it officially joined NATO.
It is still possible that Quatrain 2.15 has yet to be fulfilled. The "bearded star" may be a comet I believe will arrive by August 1999 or October 2000. The reference to "Castor and Pollux in the ship" may indicate a massive naval buildup of Russian and U.S. forces in the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas and the Persian Gulf. The troubles in Italy could indicate that the Balkans conflict will spread westward.
Even if this interpretation is correct, one other perspective must still be added to the riddle of Castor and Pollux. The heavenly twins that are currently overhead in the northern sky in the constellation Gemini may symbolise two countries other than the U.S. and Russia. On April 2, 1997, when Comet Hale-Bopp was at its brightest magnitude, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus forged a political union based on economic and military cooperation. President Yeltsin made the following remark after the signing ceremony: "I am confident of success in our endeavor. Let there be good sailing to our big common ship" ("Castor and Pollux in the ship").
Therefore, Castor and Pollux may be Russia and Belarus ("big Russia" and "little Russia"). If so, then Quatrain 2.90 could mean that Russia and Belarus will forge an alliance with Yugoslavia against NATO. It could also mean that Belarus and Russia will have a falling out and go to war over the status of neighboring Hungary, which Alexander Lukashenko declared a menace to Belarussian national security a few months ago before it officially joined NATO.
It is still possible that Quatrain 2.15 has yet to be fulfilled. The "bearded star" may be a comet I believe will arrive by August 1999 or October 2000. The reference to "Castor and Pollux in the ship" may indicate a massive naval buildup of Russian and U.S. forces in the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas and the Persian Gulf. The troubles in Italy could indicate that the Balkans conflict will spread westward.
Major Volcanic Eruption near Mexico City
The dust and debris kicked up by the eruption may affect weather patterns and possibly pollute the Gulf of Mexico and the coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean. Base 7 dating: September 1999.
DECEMBER 19, 2000 -- EVACUATION COMPLETE AS MEXICO VOLCANO SPEWS ASH -- LARGEST ERUPTION OF POPOCATEPETL SINCE 800 A.D. -- SANTIAGO XALITZINTLA, Mexico (CNN) -- Blotting out the sun, smoke from an ancient Mexican volcano filled the skies on Tuesday over Santiago Xalitzintla, where only a handful of residents remained in the town situated about 64 kilometers (40 miles) southeast of Mexico City. The airport in the town of Puebla remained closed, and authorities warned on Tuesday -- a day after the Popocatepetl volcano erupted in a spectacular show of nature's force -- that the crisis wasn't over. Many of the 41,000 residents of the highest-risk zone who earlier had refused to leave decided that finally, it was time to go. President Vicente Fox visited residents at shelters on Tuesday, urging calm. The volcano hurled a cloud of ash two-and-a-half miles high, but it appeared to be blowing away from Mexico City. Residents of Mexico City, which has a population of 20 million, are concerned about a potential ash fall. Fox said on Monday that "no major atmospheric effects are expected over large cities." The volcano "Popo," as it is known locally, was inactive from 1927 to 1994, when there was a moderate eruption. Since then it has been increasingly active, sending up smoke and ash columns. Monday's eruption was the volcano's largest since 800 A.D., when lava poured from its crater and filled nearby valleys, experts said. On Monday, slabs of molten rock, some with a diameter as big as 45 centimeters (1.5 feet), were shot some 200 meters (650 feet) into the sky above the volcano's crater, experts said. A 65-year-old man died from a heart attack during the molten shower, which lasted more than an hour. A second shower followed soon afterward.
UPDATE: (12/19/00): Thus occurs the ADJACENT FULFILLMENT of this prediction, one calendar year removed. Already the most devastating eruption of Popocatepetl since 800 A.D., it remains to be seen whether a worse eruption will occur -- one that may have a profound affect upon weather patterns or cause atmospheric or water pollution.
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Major Hurricane Strikes East Coast of US
NEW PREDICTION: 9/7/99 -- It will be at least as bad as Hurricane Gloria and possibly worse than Andrew. It will probably not strike until late September 1999 or in October 1999. In any event, beware hurricanes with names beginning with letters 'F,' 'G,' 'J,' or 'M.' For example, if there should be a Hurricane Maureen in October (or something that sounds similar, something beginning in 'M')...evacuate or duck for cover!
UPDATE (9/9/99): The 'F' hurricane has formed. It is called Floyd. Watch it carefully. Also, throughout the season, state of Florida; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Fayetteville, NC; Long Island, NY; New cities (New York, New Bedford, etc.); East Coast beware.
UPDATE (9/17/99): When I posted the 9/7 prediction Dennis and Emily were the only hurricanes. When I posted the 9/9 update, Floyd had just been upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane. I had no way of knowing that the 'F' hurricane would become the largest category five storm of the century. Although Floyd will likely be remembered for its historical flood waters rather than its winds, it will also be remembered for causing the evacuation of three million people from the East Coast -- the largest peace-time evacuation in US history. The 'G' hurricane, Gert, at last report appears to be moving toward Bermuda. Again, caution is urged.
UPDATE (9/9/99): The 'F' hurricane has formed. It is called Floyd. Watch it carefully. Also, throughout the season, state of Florida; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Fayetteville, NC; Long Island, NY; New cities (New York, New Bedford, etc.); East Coast beware.
UPDATE (9/17/99): When I posted the 9/7 prediction Dennis and Emily were the only hurricanes. When I posted the 9/9 update, Floyd had just been upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane. I had no way of knowing that the 'F' hurricane would become the largest category five storm of the century. Although Floyd will likely be remembered for its historical flood waters rather than its winds, it will also be remembered for causing the evacuation of three million people from the East Coast -- the largest peace-time evacuation in US history. The 'G' hurricane, Gert, at last report appears to be moving toward Bermuda. Again, caution is urged.
(SEPTEMBER 21, 1999): HURRICANE FLOYD DEVASTATES NORTH CAROLINA. THE WORST FLOODING IN THE STATE'S HISTORY HIT MOST OF NORTH CAROLINA AS A RESULT OF THE WATER DUMPED BY FLOYD. PRESIDENT CLINTON DECLARED NORTH CAROLINA A MAJOR DISASTER AREA AND VISITED THE REGION YESTERDAY. HE ALSO DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY IN NEW JERSEY (WHICH EXPERIENCED ITS WORST FLOODING SINCE COLONIAL TIMES), VIRGINIA, AND PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THIS OCCURRED AS PREDICTED, IN THE SECOND HALF OF SEPTEMBER....
Catastrophic Earthquake or Major Terrorist Attack Rocks Egypt
- Base 7 dating: October 1999. If not an earthquake, this prediction may be related to the above warning of a bin Laden terrorist attack (a bombing?) in October 1999.
(NOVEMBER 22, 1999) -- NTSB AND EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT ENGAGE IN COVER-UP. Today Egyptian officials working with the NTSB on the data flight and cockpit voice recorders announced that it may be a year or more before any conclusions can be drawn from the evidence. On November 16, US officials said that Egypt had raised objections in the EgyptAir case and plans to transfer the investigation to the FBI were put on hold until November 19. Obviously, such plans are now on hold indefinitely. Egyptian officials have taken complete control of the investigation. A co-pilot aboard EgyptAir 990 was heard to utter a brief prayer, loosely translated as "I put my fate in your hands," then turned off the autopilot and forced the jetliner into a fatal dive, sources familiar with the contents of the cockpit voice recorder told NBC News on November 15. Egypt is protesting this finding.
(OCTOBER 11, 1999): EARTHQUAKE SHAKES CAIRO. Cairo, Egypt (AP) -- A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Egypt's capital Monday night, an official at the Helwan Observatory said. Police officials said they had no immediate word on casualties or damage from the tremor at about 10:40 p.m. (4:40 p.m. EDT). It lasted a few seconds. Residents in multistory buildings said they could feel the buildings shake. The epicenter was in the desert, 112 miles southeast of Cairo, the Helwan Observatory official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5 can cause considerable damage.
UPDATE (11/2/99): It may be premature to call this an act of terrorism, but even if it is not it was a catastrophe for Americans and for Egyptians. Also, the previous month, on September 6, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was attacked by a would-be assassin. Cairo was also rocked by its only earthquake of the year (a 5.2) on October 11. Although casualties and damage were light (like LA and Mexico City) from the tremor, residents in multistory buildings said they could feel the buildings shake.
The timing is right for two of the three events: October 1999; the assassination attempt (domestic terrorism) was off by one month. The country is correct: Egypt. The events are correct or nearly correct: earthquake (correct) and international terrorism (correct or, if not, certainly a terrifying catastrophe).
(OCTOBER 11, 1999): EARTHQUAKE SHAKES CAIRO. Cairo, Egypt (AP) -- A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Egypt's capital Monday night, an official at the Helwan Observatory said. Police officials said they had no immediate word on casualties or damage from the tremor at about 10:40 p.m. (4:40 p.m. EDT). It lasted a few seconds. Residents in multistory buildings said they could feel the buildings shake. The epicenter was in the desert, 112 miles southeast of Cairo, the Helwan Observatory official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5 can cause considerable damage.
UPDATE (11/2/99): It may be premature to call this an act of terrorism, but even if it is not it was a catastrophe for Americans and for Egyptians. Also, the previous month, on September 6, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was attacked by a would-be assassin. Cairo was also rocked by its only earthquake of the year (a 5.2) on October 11. Although casualties and damage were light (like LA and Mexico City) from the tremor, residents in multistory buildings said they could feel the buildings shake.
The timing is right for two of the three events: October 1999; the assassination attempt (domestic terrorism) was off by one month. The country is correct: Egypt. The events are correct or nearly correct: earthquake (correct) and international terrorism (correct or, if not, certainly a terrifying catastrophe).
UPDATE (11/18/99): CO-PILOT DELIBERATELY CRASHES PLANE -- WAS IT SUICIDE OR TERRORISM?
According to investigators, the final words of the co-pilot of EgyptAir 990 included the following phrases "I have made my decision now," "I put my faith in the hands of God," and "now is the time we move into death."
According to investigators, the final words of the co-pilot of EgyptAir 990 included the following phrases "I have made my decision now," "I put my faith in the hands of God," and "now is the time we move into death."
WASHINGTON, November 17, 1999 (MSNBC and AP) -- New information from the flight data recorder Wednesday indicates a struggle for control in the final moments of EgyptAir Flight 990. Investigators paint a terrifying scenario: A tug-of-war between one pilot trying to save the plane and another who initiated the jet's dive. Authorities working with the voice recorder Wednesday said Gameel el-Batouty, a reserve pilot, appeared to calmly ask to take his turn at the controls early.
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When the captain left the cockpit briefly, el-Batouty said a prayer and appeared to deliberately set the plane on its fatal course. El-Batouty was scheduled as a back-up pilot and not meant to fly until four hours into the flight, but instead he suddenly asked to take his turn shortly after takeoff — an unusual request, say pilots.
It was about 1:38 a.m. Within moments, el-Batouty replaced first officer Anwar in the right seat. About 10 minutes later, when el-Habashy is heard leaving to use the lavatory, el-Batouty was alone. That's when the chain of events began — the prayer, the dive, the last struggle for control and 217 deaths. The New York Times reported that just before the plane plummeted el-Batouty repeated an Arabic phrase that can mean "I entrust myself to God." Sources on Tuesday told NBC News the phrase had been loosely translated as, "I put my fate in your hands." On Wednesday, a law enforcement source quoted by The Associated Press added a new piece to the puzzle, translating the full phrase on the tape as, "I made my decision now. I put my faith in God's hands."
While disagreement remained over the meaning of the phrase, investigators say there is no doubt it was uttered at approximately the same time the jet's autopilot was turned off. The plane began a steep plunge from 33,000 feet just after that, regaining some altitude before dropping into the sea. Investigators said the pilot returned to the cockpit as the plane began its plunge and struggled to regain control of the jet. "Pull with me. Help me. Pull with me," el-Habashy said, according to the source quoted by the AP. The jet's two engines were effectively shut down during the dive, according to the cockpit data recorder.
It was about 1:38 a.m. Within moments, el-Batouty replaced first officer Anwar in the right seat. About 10 minutes later, when el-Habashy is heard leaving to use the lavatory, el-Batouty was alone. That's when the chain of events began — the prayer, the dive, the last struggle for control and 217 deaths. The New York Times reported that just before the plane plummeted el-Batouty repeated an Arabic phrase that can mean "I entrust myself to God." Sources on Tuesday told NBC News the phrase had been loosely translated as, "I put my fate in your hands." On Wednesday, a law enforcement source quoted by The Associated Press added a new piece to the puzzle, translating the full phrase on the tape as, "I made my decision now. I put my faith in God's hands."
While disagreement remained over the meaning of the phrase, investigators say there is no doubt it was uttered at approximately the same time the jet's autopilot was turned off. The plane began a steep plunge from 33,000 feet just after that, regaining some altitude before dropping into the sea. Investigators said the pilot returned to the cockpit as the plane began its plunge and struggled to regain control of the jet. "Pull with me. Help me. Pull with me," el-Habashy said, according to the source quoted by the AP. The jet's two engines were effectively shut down during the dive, according to the cockpit data recorder.
UPDATE (11/22/99): NTSB AND EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT ENGAGE IN COVER-UP.
Today Egyptian officials working with the NTSB on the data flight and cockpit voice recorders announced that it may be a year or more before any conclusions can be drawn from the evidence. For the NTSB, under pressure from the Egyptian government, to retract all previous statements regarding what was clearly heard by experts and dutifully reported by the media is unconscionable. There shall be no such retraction on this site. ALL other possible causes -- mechanical, weather-related, or otherwise -- of the crash of EgyptAir 990 have been eliminated. In light of the cockpit evidence, officials originally admitted there can be no other conclusion one can draw than a deliberate act by one of the individuals flying the plane. In light of the voice data, this was an act of suicide for reasons unknown or a form of terrorism similar to the suicide bomber variety practised by Hamas and Hezbollah.
This was a tragedy for Americans as well as Egyptians. 217 people of different nationalities died on board this craft. Yet again, only three years later, we see another TWA 800 style cover-up in progress. The Egyptian people may be offended by allegations of suicide, but allow me to remind them what their press was trying to pass off two years ago as fact: that Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed were murdered by the British Secret Service at the behest of members of the royal familiy. Many Egyptians expressed these preposterous views and now that one of their own is implicated in an unsavory scandal, they wish the US and the West to be silent. No, the allegations concerning co-pilot Gameel el-Batouty, which have substantial physical evidence to back them up, MUST STAND.
Today Egyptian officials working with the NTSB on the data flight and cockpit voice recorders announced that it may be a year or more before any conclusions can be drawn from the evidence. For the NTSB, under pressure from the Egyptian government, to retract all previous statements regarding what was clearly heard by experts and dutifully reported by the media is unconscionable. There shall be no such retraction on this site. ALL other possible causes -- mechanical, weather-related, or otherwise -- of the crash of EgyptAir 990 have been eliminated. In light of the cockpit evidence, officials originally admitted there can be no other conclusion one can draw than a deliberate act by one of the individuals flying the plane. In light of the voice data, this was an act of suicide for reasons unknown or a form of terrorism similar to the suicide bomber variety practised by Hamas and Hezbollah.
This was a tragedy for Americans as well as Egyptians. 217 people of different nationalities died on board this craft. Yet again, only three years later, we see another TWA 800 style cover-up in progress. The Egyptian people may be offended by allegations of suicide, but allow me to remind them what their press was trying to pass off two years ago as fact: that Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed were murdered by the British Secret Service at the behest of members of the royal familiy. Many Egyptians expressed these preposterous views and now that one of their own is implicated in an unsavory scandal, they wish the US and the West to be silent. No, the allegations concerning co-pilot Gameel el-Batouty, which have substantial physical evidence to back them up, MUST STAND.
Earthquakes or Nuclear Attacks Plague Japan
According to the base 7 system, Japan or Indonesia may be devastated by tremendous superquakes in December 1999. This may be the beginning of the process predicted by Edgar Cayce that will eventually lead to the nearly total destruction of Japan. However, since Japan has been designated as an enemy by North Korea, it is not impossible that the devastation predicted for the island nation may take the form of North Korean nuclear strikes by medium-range Taepo Dong missiles. The only other vectors for this cataclysmic event occurring are August 2001 and January 2002.
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UPDATE: (4/2/00) -- I was quite surprised when I learned about the major earthquake in Indonesia which occurred quite close to the infamous volcano Krakatoa. Although the headline of my prediction emphasized Japan, as you can see in the body of the prediction's text I included Indonesia as an alternative to Japan for the site of a major earthquake in December 1999.
However, now the prediction has been fulfilled much more satisfactorily. A week of earthquakes in Japan have finally culminated in a major volcanic eruption. The photo at right is not significantly different from the fictional photo I used above to dramatise this event, except that it occurred in daylight rather than at night. This is a somewhat unusual case of a prediction projected for one calendar year occurring instead during the following calendar year (what I call an "adjacent prediction"). However, I should also point out that the initial March 31, 2000 eruption of Mount Usu (and the week of temblors that preceded it) is only three months removed from the December 1999 vector.
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Today it was reported that it is far from certain that the eruptions thus far will be the last and that a more powerful explosion may still be imminent.
New Year's Prediction: Danger of Plane or
Car Accident for Entertainer
After a late show on December 30, 1985, rock legend Ricky Nelson and his band flew to Dallas. On route the captain reported smoke in the plane and made an emergency landing on a highway, but the plane burst into flames, Nelson and all on board were killed.
NEW PREDICTION: 12/8/99 -- There is a 71.4% chance that something like this will happen again on or near New Year's Eve 1999. But it need not occur in a plane crash -- a celebrity enroute to or from a party could just as easily be killed in a fatal car accident. As of yet I have no idea who might be at greatest risk and maybe will not. |
There is a small chance that the "More" or "F" influence may apply to this situation as might a premature fulfillment of the "Jean + Jean + Gia = Gina or Gia prediction.
PLAYING IT SMART.
November 22, 1999 -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Pop singer Jewel has canceled a New Year's Eve concert in her home state of Alaska, citing, among other things, worries over possible Y2K problems. Jewel is playing it smart. So too is actress Lisa Kudrow who has decided to party at home on New Year's Eve. |
But Y2K need not be to blame for any fulfillment of this prediction. New Year's Eve is a potentially dangerous and reckless time anyway. Many rock stars and entertainers traveling by air or by highway will be performing or partying on the final night of 1999 -- just like Rick Nelson 14 years ago.
Former Beatle George Harrison and Wife Stabbed by Intruder
December 30, 1999 -- LONDON (AP) -- Former Beatle George Harrison was hospitalized after being stabbed in the chest Thursday by an intruder who broke into his Oxfordshire mansion, according to his spokesman. Harrison, 56, and his wife, Olivia, were stabbed when an intruder broke into the house about 3:30 a.m. (0330 GMT) in Henley on Thames, about 25 miles (40 kms) west of London, said the spokesman, Geoff Baker. Both were hospitalized, with their condition "stable but in pain," he said. Thames Valley police said they were questioning a man in connection with the attack at the palatial Harrison estate, called Friar Park. Press Association, the British news agency, said Harrison and his wife grappled with the intruder, believed to be a 33-year-old Liverpool man, and that they apparently were able to detain him until police arrived. The Harrisons have lived at Friar Park, a former nunnery close to the center of historic Henley, for more than 20 years. Security at the walled estate is tight, and it was unclear how the man managed to enter the house.
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I hope we can consider this a close call and that Mr. Harrison and his wife will make a full recovery. For all my concerns that danger lurked outside an endangered celebrity's home -- going to or coming from a live engagement or a party -- instead it stalked the Harrisons and entered their home in the form of an intruder, and quite nearly a murderer.
Again, this period appears to be extremely dangerous with less than two days to go before the New Year. Hopefully this is as close to a "Rick Nelson scenario" anyone will ever get.
Again, this period appears to be extremely dangerous with less than two days to go before the New Year. Hopefully this is as close to a "Rick Nelson scenario" anyone will ever get.
2000 Predictions
International Space Station or Mir
Crashes to Earth
Two base 7 vectors exist for this catastrophe: January/February 2000 and June/July 2000. Because space stations depend on computerized systems and parts, either or both of these man-made mountains may come crashing to earth -- perhaps one in winter and one in summer.
UPDATE (6/4/00): The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory is no more. Thus far, it appears that its fiery descent into the Pacific was safely accomplished. When I made the prediction for a space station crashing to earth in 2000 it was June 1998, more than a year-and-a-half before anyone knew that a gyroscope aboard the Compton would malfunction, requiring that it be brought down. The second vector turned out to be correct: June/July 2000. However, although this meets the essential numerological requirements of my base 7 prediction which is now FULFILLED, it does not fulfill my dream vision which involves something much larger -- like the Mir or the ISS (or something not yet in existence).
Whether or not the Mir crashes to earth this year, the Compton Observatory has. The right event occurred at the specified time; however, you might argue that the Compton is not the Mir or the ISS.
So give me a break: how often does anything like this happen? The last time was in 1979 -- twenty-one years ago when Skylab crashed to earth and broke up over Australia.
Whether or not the Mir crashes to earth this year, the Compton Observatory has. The right event occurred at the specified time; however, you might argue that the Compton is not the Mir or the ISS.
So give me a break: how often does anything like this happen? The last time was in 1979 -- twenty-one years ago when Skylab crashed to earth and broke up over Australia.
UPDATE (3/23/01): The Mir is no more, bringing to a close -- a little more than a year late -- the anticipated demise of the Russian space station in March 2001 rather than January/February 2000. This prediction has also FULFILLED my contention that two large space orbiters or space stations would plunge to earth in a period of a year or less: first, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (rather than ISS) on June 4, 2000, and now Mir on March 23, 2001.
As I have said in the above June 4 update, the prediction was made quite some time ago, in June 1998. I had no idea why Mir and what turned out to be the third largest space orbiter, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, would come crashing to earth. I did not know if the demise of either would be controlled or out-of-control.
Fearing the possibility that one of these crashes might be accidental, I included the Nostradamus quatrain, 1.8, concerning the deaths of nine astronauts. This concern was heightened when Y2K worries predominated the close of 1999. It was intended as a warning in the event a space station crash was caused by accident or human error. Fortunately, the quatrain was never applicable. There are dangers, however, of a space disaster occurring on launch in January 2002. It may well become relevant at that time.
As for the dream window, continue to peruse it. It may well apply to the ISS in 2008 or a far future time when man has conquered the law of gravity.
As I have said in the above June 4 update, the prediction was made quite some time ago, in June 1998. I had no idea why Mir and what turned out to be the third largest space orbiter, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, would come crashing to earth. I did not know if the demise of either would be controlled or out-of-control.
Fearing the possibility that one of these crashes might be accidental, I included the Nostradamus quatrain, 1.8, concerning the deaths of nine astronauts. This concern was heightened when Y2K worries predominated the close of 1999. It was intended as a warning in the event a space station crash was caused by accident or human error. Fortunately, the quatrain was never applicable. There are dangers, however, of a space disaster occurring on launch in January 2002. It may well become relevant at that time.
As for the dream window, continue to peruse it. It may well apply to the ISS in 2008 or a far future time when man has conquered the law of gravity.
A New Reign of Terrorism
In May 1997, while updating Chapter One of Nostradamus and the Final Age, I presented a thorough profile of a shadowy personality who, since August 7, 1998, has become a familiar name. Osama bin Laden, a wealthy Saudi terrorist leader operating out of Afghanistan, was virtually unknown at the time of the writing, but has now become a legend throughout the Moslem world. Responsible for two U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, his list of bloody deeds stretches back to 1992. Discussed in my book, many of these have since been reported by the media. However, I also offer evidence which I believe links him to the explosion of TWA 800 and the Olympic Park Bombing in July 1996 (for more on this go to Predictions Fulfilled in 1998 (Part Two) and check out the 1996-97 feature guide.)
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Bin Laden the Third Antichrist?
Osama bin Laden first came on the world scene during an especially inauspicious planetary alignment: when the sun, Mars, and Mercury entered the constellation of Aquarius. According to Nostradamus commentator Lee McCann, this occurred on February 18, 1981: the very same point in time that bin Laden left Saudi Arabia to command some 20,000 Arab mercenaries aiding the Afghans in their long bloody war with the Soviet Union. In numerous quatrains, the French seer describes a dark-complexioned man with a black, frizzled beard who will wear a blue turban and war with many Western nations. He may also be the one the prophet calls "the great King of terror" (bin Laden has already been nicknamed "the Prince of Terrorism"). Osama bin Laden, as has been seen in numerous news video clips, wears a white turban during interviews and a blue turban when commanding his soldiers "in the field."
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However, bin Laden is not the only candidate for a so-called "third antichrist" from the Middle East. According to the prophet Daniel, a man whom he calls the "the fourth king of Persia" will go to war with the Western powers during the "latter days," a warlord who will be wealthier than all previous Persian (Iranian) kings. In many quatrains Nostradamus seems to concur that an antichrist will come from out of Iran with allies from Iraq, Libya, and the former Soviet Union. Therefore, unless bin Laden is destined one day to take control of Iran by military force, perhaps with the aid of the Taliban militia, for the time being we must consider him a king of terrorism and deal with his threats accordingly.
The U.S. air raids on Sudan and Afghanistan represents a shift in strategy towards dealing with terrorism that hearkens back to the policy former President Ronald Reagan initially proposed and so adequately carried out against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi in 1986. We must be prepared for more attacks from bin Laden and retaliate violently each time. A new period of unprecedented terrorism has begun and acording to my base 7 system of numerology, 1999 and 2000 will be especially troubling years. Bin Laden, as well as other terrorists, are likely to strike U.S., Israeli, and Western European targets in February, April, and September of 2000. If not apprehended or killed in 2000, bin Laden will become an important confederate of or actually lead a future Moslem axis which will attempt to wage a third World War in the 21st Century.
UPDATE (2/10/00): The five-day hijacking ordeal of an Afghan Ariana airliner has finally ended peacefully at Stansted Airport in England. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Hijackings are the most classic form of terrorism and were quite prevalent in the 1970s and 1980s. My warning that a terrorist attack would come in February has been FULFILLED in England (not, it appears, by bin Laden, but "other terrorists" as I also specified). However, this does not neccessarily mean that the remainder of February is safe. Continued caution and vigilance are urged.
UPDATE (5/3/00): I would point out that the now-bloody hostage drama being played out in the Philippines began on April 23 -- during the April vector indicated. The Moslem rebels also have loose ties to Osama bin Laden via Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of the World Trade Centre Bombing in NYC in 1993. The April 2000 terrorism prediction, now FULFILLED, continues into May.
The U.S. air raids on Sudan and Afghanistan represents a shift in strategy towards dealing with terrorism that hearkens back to the policy former President Ronald Reagan initially proposed and so adequately carried out against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi in 1986. We must be prepared for more attacks from bin Laden and retaliate violently each time. A new period of unprecedented terrorism has begun and acording to my base 7 system of numerology, 1999 and 2000 will be especially troubling years. Bin Laden, as well as other terrorists, are likely to strike U.S., Israeli, and Western European targets in February, April, and September of 2000. If not apprehended or killed in 2000, bin Laden will become an important confederate of or actually lead a future Moslem axis which will attempt to wage a third World War in the 21st Century.
UPDATE (2/10/00): The five-day hijacking ordeal of an Afghan Ariana airliner has finally ended peacefully at Stansted Airport in England. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Hijackings are the most classic form of terrorism and were quite prevalent in the 1970s and 1980s. My warning that a terrorist attack would come in February has been FULFILLED in England (not, it appears, by bin Laden, but "other terrorists" as I also specified). However, this does not neccessarily mean that the remainder of February is safe. Continued caution and vigilance are urged.
UPDATE (5/3/00): I would point out that the now-bloody hostage drama being played out in the Philippines began on April 23 -- during the April vector indicated. The Moslem rebels also have loose ties to Osama bin Laden via Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of the World Trade Centre Bombing in NYC in 1993. The April 2000 terrorism prediction, now FULFILLED, continues into May.
UPDATE (10/12/00): The terrorist attack on the US battleship Cole occurred 12 days after the September vector mentioned above. The September 2000 terrorism prediction is now FULFILLED. However, with violence spinning out of control in the Middle East, one cannot say that today's deplorable act will be the last of the month or the year.
As to whether or not this is a premature fulfillment of the prediction I made on the The Early 21st Century: 2001 page regarding a US naval ship being attacked in the Persian Gulf in May 2001, I do not know. If a great war comes to the Middle East, incidents such as the one that occurred today may happen more frequently.
As to whether or not this is a premature fulfillment of the prediction I made on the The Early 21st Century: 2001 page regarding a US naval ship being attacked in the Persian Gulf in May 2001, I do not know. If a great war comes to the Middle East, incidents such as the one that occurred today may happen more frequently.
Trouble for New York City and/or East Coast
Quatrain 10.49
Garden of the world near the new city,
In the road of the hollow mountains (skyscrapers):
Will be seized and plunged into the Tank (Ocean),
Forced to drink waters poisoned by sulfur.
Garden of the world near the new city,
In the road of the hollow mountains (skyscrapers):
Will be seized and plunged into the Tank (Ocean),
Forced to drink waters poisoned by sulfur.
New Jersey is known as the Garden State. It appears that much of the Atlantic Coastal Plain will be submerged by water. Line 4 indicates pollution of the Atlantic Ocean by volcanic debris and lava spewed out in the torrid regions of South and Central America. Then again, the poison could be the result of a nuclear meltdown. The deluge itself could even be man-made should Russian and US submarines or Chinese and US submarines engage in a nuclear battle 10-20 miles off the coast of New York City. Also, with China now thrown into the equation, it is possible that the city in question could lie on the US west coast.
UPDATE (12/20/00): At this writing this is a less-than-24 hour advance alert. I hope it will prove to be completely unneccessary. About sixteen hours ago, I received a minor planet alert via email from Sky & Telescope. Here is the essential part of the message:
UPDATE (12/20/00): At this writing this is a less-than-24 hour advance alert. I hope it will prove to be completely unneccessary. About sixteen hours ago, I received a minor planet alert via email from Sky & Telescope. Here is the essential part of the message:
Minor Planet AstroAlert: 2000 YA
The minor planet 2000 YA will fly by Earth at only 0.0049 astronomical unit -- twice the Earth-Moon distance -- early on December 22nd (Universal Time). That's Thursday evening (December 21) in North America. In the hours leading up to this close encounter, 2000 YA is expected to become as bright as magnitude 15 as it races through Andromeda at several degrees per hour. The hitherto unknown asteroid was picked up this past weekend by the Lowell Observatory - LONEOS survey, with Brian A. Skiff at the controls of the 0.59-meter Schmidt telescope and Bruce Koehn making the measurements ... IAU Circular 7544, issued December 18th by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), reports that Richard P. Binzel and A. S. Rivkin (MIT) and Alan W. Harris (JPL) obtained spectra of this object with the Palomar 200-inch reflector on Sunday night. These show 2000 YA to be an S-type asteroid (relatively high albedo) and suggest that it may be only about 50 meters in diameters -- half the length of a football field ...
The minor planet 2000 YA will fly by Earth at only 0.0049 astronomical unit -- twice the Earth-Moon distance -- early on December 22nd (Universal Time). That's Thursday evening (December 21) in North America. In the hours leading up to this close encounter, 2000 YA is expected to become as bright as magnitude 15 as it races through Andromeda at several degrees per hour. The hitherto unknown asteroid was picked up this past weekend by the Lowell Observatory - LONEOS survey, with Brian A. Skiff at the controls of the 0.59-meter Schmidt telescope and Bruce Koehn making the measurements ... IAU Circular 7544, issued December 18th by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), reports that Richard P. Binzel and A. S. Rivkin (MIT) and Alan W. Harris (JPL) obtained spectra of this object with the Palomar 200-inch reflector on Sunday night. These show 2000 YA to be an S-type asteroid (relatively high albedo) and suggest that it may be only about 50 meters in diameters -- half the length of a football field ...
As it turns out there have only been twelve other instances since NASA first began tracking asteroids where one came as close as this one will. Each case has allowed for a small margin of error in calculation. Put another way, there is a small chance that 2000 YA may deviate slightly and hit the earth. Even though 2000 YA is only 50 meters in diameter, that is large enough to destroy a city. It is believed that the asteroid that blew up over Siberia in 1908, the "Tanguska Event," was not much larger than 2000 YA. It destroyed an area the size of London.
Note well Quatrain 10.49 above (and my well-crafted image of a giant tsunami towering above a large city). There is another that warns of a similar happening ... at the time of the winter solstice!
Note well Quatrain 10.49 above (and my well-crafted image of a giant tsunami towering above a large city). There is another that warns of a similar happening ... at the time of the winter solstice!
The "winter solstice" occurs December 21. YA 2000 will make its pass (or strike) in the evening hours of December 21 (EST) - Thursday night. In Nostradamus' day, the "maritime Ocean" would have been considered the Atlantic Ocean. Thus, the great city in question may well be New York City. If Quatrain 9.48 is related in any way to 2000 YA, take cover any way you can!
UPDATE (12/23/00): It appears that my concerns regarding YA 2000 striking an Atlantic Ocean country were well-founded. Had it moved a hair closer, London, rather than New York City, would have been vaporized:
UPDATE (12/23/00): It appears that my concerns regarding YA 2000 striking an Atlantic Ocean country were well-founded. Had it moved a hair closer, London, rather than New York City, would have been vaporized:
Asteroid misses Earth 'by whisker'
Saturday, 23 December, 2000, 13:49 GMT LONDON (BBC News) -- An asteroid capable of wiping out a city has missed the Earth by an astronomical whisker. The 50-yard space rock travelled over London at more than 20 miles per second before missing the planet by just 480,000 miles - twice the distance to the moon but a near miss in astronomical terms. If it had collided with Earth it would have left a hole three quarters of a mile across. |
The asteroid, still visible through a reasonably powerful telescope in the constellation of Ophiuchus, appeared without warning above the capital at 2400GMT on Friday. Robin Scagell, vice-president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, said astronomers can track kilometre-wide asteroids - but spotting smaller objects is much harder. "Not long ago something like this would have been totally overlooked," he said. "Now with the advanced image detectors available today we are beginning to realise that we're in a bit of a shooting gallery." The asteroid, which has been given the name 2000 YA, is big enough to have devastated London, Mr Scagell added. "An object this size would leave a crater three quarters of a mile across," he said. "Imagine that in Piccadilly Circus."
"We've probably been quite lucky up to now. There are probably thousands of objects of this size out there." Professor Duncan Steel, the author of Target Earth - a book about asteroids, told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The last time the Earth was hit by something like this was in 1908 above Siberia. "It released energy equivalent to about 20 megatonnes of TNT. "If it was to enter the atmosphere above London, it would take out the whole of the city out to the M25 ..."
"We've probably been quite lucky up to now. There are probably thousands of objects of this size out there." Professor Duncan Steel, the author of Target Earth - a book about asteroids, told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The last time the Earth was hit by something like this was in 1908 above Siberia. "It released energy equivalent to about 20 megatonnes of TNT. "If it was to enter the atmosphere above London, it would take out the whole of the city out to the M25 ..."
This is a reminder of Nostradamus' Euro-centred world view. Had Quatrain 9.48 been fulfilled, the great port city in question would have been London. To be certain he does mention the New Cities and one can and should seriously consider applying these to America, but many of the French prophet's predictions deal with the cities "of Europe, Africa, and the most part of Asia."
My concern about 2000 YA went beyond Quatrain 9.48. Y and A are two prominent letters that appear in the true name of God. Also, December 22 (the date it was when 2000 YA passed over London) was the festival of Hanukah -- the celebration of light. The world -- and London especially -- narrowly escaped a catastrophe yesterday. God stayed His hand while at the same time warning the world what awaits if the current course of human events remains unchanged.
My concern about 2000 YA went beyond Quatrain 9.48. Y and A are two prominent letters that appear in the true name of God. Also, December 22 (the date it was when 2000 YA passed over London) was the festival of Hanukah -- the celebration of light. The world -- and London especially -- narrowly escaped a catastrophe yesterday. God stayed His hand while at the same time warning the world what awaits if the current course of human events remains unchanged.
UPDATE (10/7/01): This is a tardy post regarding a recognition that this prediction was itself fulfilled tardily. As listed above, terrorists struck New York City, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania (thus the East Coast was also involved). It happened in September 2001 rather than February/March 2000, making this a highly unusual adjacent fulfillment. Sadly, I do not believe that this will be the last attack on NYC and I still believe that city will destroyed entirely by nuclear weapons. As I write retaliation against the Taliban and Osama bin Laden is in progress.
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What will follow in America may be far more terrible than what occurred on September 11. Even so, we must strike back with all of our fire power at those who would use Islam to excuse their own purely evil and twisted ambitions against the United States and Western civilization.
I leave the warnings concerning danger from space active as a reminder that we must all keep our eyes always heavenward for the unexpected deadly visitor from beyond.
I leave the warnings concerning danger from space active as a reminder that we must all keep our eyes always heavenward for the unexpected deadly visitor from beyond.
Female Star in Danger of Dying in Fire
NEW PREDICTION: 11/7/99 -- This event may occur in April 2000. If, as has been the case in a number of celebrity predictions made in 1998, the danger predicted is off by two-and-a-half months or three-and-a-half months, the vector could be as early as January 2000 or as late as mid-August.
If you have read the Email Forum pages and certain other parts of (the original) web site, then you know that I believe that we are heavily into a 1960s/1970s cycle (although events from other decades are also wielding their influences). It has recently come to my attention that a famous female film celebrity (one whom I had overlooked) fell victim to tragic circumstances that claimed her life on April 10, 1965.
On that day, Hollywood film star Linda Darnell, at the young age of 41, died of burns she suffered in the house fire of her former secretary. The heroic actress's final act was a futile attempt to save a child from the burning building. Once called "the woman with the perfect face," Darnell ironically had been watching Star Dust (1940) on television, the film that had set her career in motion when she was only 17. The cause of the fire was apparently accidental. The chances of this tragedy occurring again grow smaller the nearer we come to closing the 49-year window (it closes in the year 2014). Currently, because of this, there is only a 28.6% chance that Linda Darnell's fate will happen to another female celebrity in April 2000. But the very strong 1965 influence indicates that if it is going to happen at all, it will likely be in the year 2000. Nevertheless, it is quite possible that this event is a non-repeater. |
Like Linda Darnell, we may be looking for someone who started in films in her early teens (Ms. Darnell's career began at the age of 13). She would now likely be in her late 30s or 40s.
Another factor to consider is the ironic. Linda Darnell, who died in a fire, reached the height of her career when she played opposite Cornell Wilde in 1947's Forever Amber where she survives the famed London fire.
Therefore we may be looking for someone who played a memorable scene where fire, burning, or "the infernal" is involved or is, perhaps, metaphorically alluded to in the film's title and premise.
Another factor to consider is the ironic. Linda Darnell, who died in a fire, reached the height of her career when she played opposite Cornell Wilde in 1947's Forever Amber where she survives the famed London fire.
Therefore we may be looking for someone who played a memorable scene where fire, burning, or "the infernal" is involved or is, perhaps, metaphorically alluded to in the film's title and premise.
December 27, 2001 -- (Reuters) - Actress Frances Fisher and her 8-year-old daughter with actor Clint Eastwood escaped from a Christmas Day fire at their home in Vancouver, a hospital spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Fisher, 49, who appeared in the 1997 blockbuster "Titanic" and Eastwood's Oscar-winning western "Unforgiven," suffered a severe burn to her hand in the blaze, the hospital said. Eight-year-old Francesca Eastwood was treated for smoke inhalation at Vancouver General Hospital, the spokeswoman said, and the girl's actor-director father reportedly raced to the hospital Tuesday night.
The fire, which reportedly gutted the house, erupted early Tuesday morning, and Fisher was heard screaming for help from the front lawn, neighbor Katherine Charters told The Province newspaper in Vancouver. Francesca, initially trapped in an upstairs bedroom, jumped from the burning roof of the house into the arms of her mother and some neighbors.
The prediction appears to have completed full circle -- Linda Darnell died in a fire while saving a child. Ms. Fisher suffered severe burns to her hands while saving her daughter from the flames. It was the narrowest miss yet, as dangerous and potentially fatal as the Barrymore fire, and with some injuries suffered. I would suspect this will be the end of the bad run that began in December 1999.
The next vector for death by fire and a male actor or an actress comes in early 2004. There will be a separate page for that prediction.
The fire, which reportedly gutted the house, erupted early Tuesday morning, and Fisher was heard screaming for help from the front lawn, neighbor Katherine Charters told The Province newspaper in Vancouver. Francesca, initially trapped in an upstairs bedroom, jumped from the burning roof of the house into the arms of her mother and some neighbors.
The prediction appears to have completed full circle -- Linda Darnell died in a fire while saving a child. Ms. Fisher suffered severe burns to her hands while saving her daughter from the flames. It was the narrowest miss yet, as dangerous and potentially fatal as the Barrymore fire, and with some injuries suffered. I would suspect this will be the end of the bad run that began in December 1999.
The next vector for death by fire and a male actor or an actress comes in early 2004. There will be a separate page for that prediction.
February 18, 2001. Drew Barrymore, Tom Green Escape Injury in House Fire. "Firefighters from the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills fire departments put out a blaze early Sunday at the reported home of actress Drew Barrymore. Camera crews at the scene report seeing Barrymore and her fiancé, comedian Tom Green, leaving the home, on the border of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles..."
February 18, 2001 -- LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Firefighters from the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills fire departments put out a blaze early Sunday at the reported home of actress Drew Barrymore. Camera crews at the scene report seeing Barrymore and her fiancé, comedian Tom Green, leaving the home, on the border of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles in the 90210 ZIP code. There were no injuries. Fire officials responded at 3:25 a.m. (6:25 a.m. EST) to find the home and the adjacent brush-covered hillside in flames. Damage to the two-story home was estimated at $700,000, said Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells. More than a dozen fire crews and two helicopters fought the blaze that engulfed the attic and second floor. It took 60 firefighters 54 minutes to put out the fire in the 5,000-square-foot home. The fire is under investigation.
This fire-related incident appears to be the most serious one that has occurred thus far (or at least on par with Cybill Shepherd's close call in November) ... Note that we are gradually closing in on one year from the April 2000 vector. Thus far, four predictions that I made for 2000 have been fulfilled in late 1999, 2000, and this year (2001).
February 18, 2001 -- LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Firefighters from the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills fire departments put out a blaze early Sunday at the reported home of actress Drew Barrymore. Camera crews at the scene report seeing Barrymore and her fiancé, comedian Tom Green, leaving the home, on the border of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles in the 90210 ZIP code. There were no injuries. Fire officials responded at 3:25 a.m. (6:25 a.m. EST) to find the home and the adjacent brush-covered hillside in flames. Damage to the two-story home was estimated at $700,000, said Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells. More than a dozen fire crews and two helicopters fought the blaze that engulfed the attic and second floor. It took 60 firefighters 54 minutes to put out the fire in the 5,000-square-foot home. The fire is under investigation.
This fire-related incident appears to be the most serious one that has occurred thus far (or at least on par with Cybill Shepherd's close call in November) ... Note that we are gradually closing in on one year from the April 2000 vector. Thus far, four predictions that I made for 2000 have been fulfilled in late 1999, 2000, and this year (2001).
November 27, 2000. Actress Cybill Shepherd Escapes House Fire. "A fire forced actress Cybill Shepherd to vacate her Memphis, Tenn., home Saturday night, The Associated Press reports. Shepherd called the fire department after seeing smoke in her attic. The brassy blonde, who hosts the new daytime talk show Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, said she believed a bedroom fireplace may have been to blame, but officials are still investigating."
War in the Middle East: Crises in Lebanon and Iraq
There have been wars in the Middle East virtually every year since 1975. They can generally be broken down into three categories:
Great conflicts of epic proportions are another matter. The last two such conflicts were instigated by Saddam Hussein (Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 and Persian Gulf War, 1991). The most dangerous and potentially destablising confrontations, however, have been Arab-Israeli in nature. The last such war was fought in October 1973.
The danger of conflict or conflicts involving Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq become more distinct in 2000. However, according to base 7, "the mother of all Middle East wars" should still not begin until October/November 2001.
It is difficult to determine what the trouble in 2000 will be. I suspect several conflicts that will gravely concern the West will be going on simultaneously.
Kurd-provoked conflicts involving Iraq and Turkey are likely to begin or, if in progress since 1999, accelerate throughout the year.
In May 2000 one of two things will happen regarding Lebanon:
In July 2000, while waging war with Saddam Hussein in Iraq, the U.S. will send a large contingent of marines, navy, and humanitarian personnel to stabilize the country and protect the Lebanese government. At this time the Iraqi president may be killed during an air attack on Baghdad.
- Clashes between Israel and Lebanon or civil conflicts within either country.
- Conflicts or military operations provoked by Saddam Hussein.
- Conflicts involving Afghanistan (with the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Iran, civil wars).
Great conflicts of epic proportions are another matter. The last two such conflicts were instigated by Saddam Hussein (Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 and Persian Gulf War, 1991). The most dangerous and potentially destablising confrontations, however, have been Arab-Israeli in nature. The last such war was fought in October 1973.
The danger of conflict or conflicts involving Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq become more distinct in 2000. However, according to base 7, "the mother of all Middle East wars" should still not begin until October/November 2001.
It is difficult to determine what the trouble in 2000 will be. I suspect several conflicts that will gravely concern the West will be going on simultaneously.
Kurd-provoked conflicts involving Iraq and Turkey are likely to begin or, if in progress since 1999, accelerate throughout the year.
In May 2000 one of two things will happen regarding Lebanon:
- A protracted invasion and occupation by Israel such as the one that occurred in June 1982 will begin.
- The Beirut government will be challenged by Lebanese rebels supported by Syria. These may include members of Hezbollah.
In July 2000, while waging war with Saddam Hussein in Iraq, the U.S. will send a large contingent of marines, navy, and humanitarian personnel to stabilize the country and protect the Lebanese government. At this time the Iraqi president may be killed during an air attack on Baghdad.
UPDATE (5/22/00): This is it. I knew the trouble in Lebanon that I correctly forecast to begin in May 2000 would have to be something more than just another series of border clashes. It is the chaos of fleeing civilians under attack and internal fighting between Lebanese Christians and the Syrian-backed Hezbollah brought on by Israel pulling out of Lebanon. Prior announcement of Ehud Barak's intention to pull out of the security zone has also inspired Hezbollah into provoking some of the worst attacks by Israel -- in February and again this month -- on Lebanese civilian targets since 1996. It remains to be seen whether this gets worse and involves the Beirut government in full scale civil war or triggers another war such as Israel fought in 1982 or 1996.
It has also been announced on CNN that Kofi Annan is considering a major buildup of U.N. peacekeepers to the region. Whether this will include US troops remains too be seen. In any event, enough has happened as of today for me declare my prediction for May 2000 as FULFILLED. From this point on it can only ease or become worse.
UPDATE (1/3/01): We can effectively break up the Lebanon crisis into two stages: 1) two weeks of bombing raids by Israel on Lebanon beginning May 5, 2000 and ending May 22-23 with an Israeli withdrawal from the security zone accompanied by the chaos of fleeing refugees and internal conflict; 2) fresh rocket attacks by Hezbollah from the border into northern Israel and Israeli jets bombarding targets in southern Lebanon in retaliation -- all the result of urban warfare between Israelis and Palestinians begun September 28. Part two remains in progress at this writing. All this has occurred against a backdrop of angry Lebanese demonstrations calling for an end to occupation by Syrian troops.
Also see my presentation of the great Middle East war I believe will begin in October/November 2001.
It has also been announced on CNN that Kofi Annan is considering a major buildup of U.N. peacekeepers to the region. Whether this will include US troops remains too be seen. In any event, enough has happened as of today for me declare my prediction for May 2000 as FULFILLED. From this point on it can only ease or become worse.
UPDATE (1/3/01): We can effectively break up the Lebanon crisis into two stages: 1) two weeks of bombing raids by Israel on Lebanon beginning May 5, 2000 and ending May 22-23 with an Israeli withdrawal from the security zone accompanied by the chaos of fleeing refugees and internal conflict; 2) fresh rocket attacks by Hezbollah from the border into northern Israel and Israeli jets bombarding targets in southern Lebanon in retaliation -- all the result of urban warfare between Israelis and Palestinians begun September 28. Part two remains in progress at this writing. All this has occurred against a backdrop of angry Lebanese demonstrations calling for an end to occupation by Syrian troops.
Also see my presentation of the great Middle East war I believe will begin in October/November 2001.
Another Major Comet to be Sighted in 2000
Nostradamus mentions the arrival of many comets in his quatrains, one of which may have been 1997's Comet Hale-Bopp. Another comet which has yet to come is the death star that may portend the death of Saddam Hussein. The base 7 system suggests at least one last major comet will be seen before the true start of the millennium. The potential vector is October 2000. This 2000 visitor should be perfectly aligned with the 1965 appearance of Comet Ikeya-Seki -- one of the most spectacular comets of this century before Comet Hale-Bopp.
UPDATE (8/12/00): It would appear that Comet Linear S4 became a major media event after all, even being reported on CNN. While a naked eye disappointment, Linear still managed to catch the attention of everyone by erupting in space like a volcano on July 7.
Now it captures our attention yet again. Spectacular photos by Hubble show the breaking up process of Comet Linear into individual fragments. I did not find the most recent CNN article released on August 10 about the comet break-up particularly illuminating. Therefore, below the July 28 CNN article about the July 7 eruption are two articles, both dated August 8, which provide a better perspective of the still-unfolding event.
Now it captures our attention yet again. Spectacular photos by Hubble show the breaking up process of Comet Linear into individual fragments. I did not find the most recent CNN article released on August 10 about the comet break-up particularly illuminating. Therefore, below the July 28 CNN article about the July 7 eruption are two articles, both dated August 8, which provide a better perspective of the still-unfolding event.
Several Actresses or Supermodels in Danger of Premature Death or Suicide in September
NEW PREDICTION: 7/7/99 -- It has been said that "a picture is worth a thousand words." It should be quite clear from the title, pictures and captions above that I am concerned about the welfare of several potential female celebrities in the year 2000 whose first name will either be "Gia" or a synthesis of "Jean" and "Gia." However, the specific danger facing her/them is still unclear, although the ultimate result is sadly quite apparent.
The doom vector I have calculated, thus far, is broad: June-November 2000. The onus currently appears to be more on September than any of the other months.
Despite the similarity of the first or middle names of the influences above, the doom of one, some, or all of these ill-fated women may be repeated by female celebrities who do not necessarily share a similar first name or a name such as "Jean." But the potential that this will be the case is a strong one (although uncertain).
The doom vector I have calculated, thus far, is broad: June-November 2000. The onus currently appears to be more on September than any of the other months.
Despite the similarity of the first or middle names of the influences above, the doom of one, some, or all of these ill-fated women may be repeated by female celebrities who do not necessarily share a similar first name or a name such as "Jean." But the potential that this will be the case is a strong one (although uncertain).
UPDATE (3/9/00): Was AIDS-Stricken Superstar Ofra Haza an Israeli Gia? Was this a FULFILLMENT of the "Gia Carangi scenario"? Sadly, AIDS apparently links Ofra Haza in 2000 to Gia Carangi in 1986 and weighs in the possibility that she may not be the last: that an actual supermodel may be in peril.
UPDATE (3/9/00): There is no way of knowing how Ofra Haza contracted AIDS, but it is striking that she has died of the same cause as supermodel Gia Carangi did in 1986 (two cycles of 7 years ago). It is now beginning to appear that the Jean and Gia influences may not claim victims with a "Gee" first name, although it is far too early to tell. An outstanding vector of danger still exists for June-November 2000. According to the C-E curve (a term I recently named and will explain in a future web page dealing with my base 7 system of divination), the two most dominate influences this year should be 1965 and 1979. |
Since it is only March it is too early to tell whether Haza's unhappy fate was an anomaly or a direct result of the Gia Carangi influence. Obviously, the two women would not have to both been supermodels, but both were beautiful superstars. I fear it is possible that AIDS may strike yet another celebrity this year.
Thus far the situation is a rather unsettling one. The Dorothy Dandridge influence has caused injury to a young black actress and the Gia Carangi influence may have led to the death of a young Israeli singer.
Thus far the situation is a rather unsettling one. The Dorothy Dandridge influence has caused injury to a young black actress and the Gia Carangi influence may have led to the death of a young Israeli singer.
UPDATE (9/18/00): On September 8, 1979, French-Belgian actress Jean Seberg was discovered dead in a parked car on a seldom traveled back street. Barbiturates and alcohol were found near her partially-clad body. Death was eventually ruled a suicide. Ironically, Seberg was found on the same exact day and month as was the body of Dorothy Jean Dandridge 14 years earlier - September 8. Dandridge also died from an intentional drug overdose. Her body was found lying naked on the bathroom floor of her apartment by her manager.
UPDATE (9/19/00): Was the apparent suicide death of British TV star Paula Yates a FULFILLMENT of the Jean Seberg and Dorothy Dandridge scenarios? Seberg committed suicide in 1979 and Dandridge in 1965 -- both on the same base 7 time line as 2000. Both were found dead on September 8 and Yates's body was discovered September 17. The MO for all three is remarkably similar including the state of the bodies. The ages were also close: Seberg 40, Yates 41, and Dandridge 42. And like Seberg, the trauma of another's death may have led to the television star's own death. Heroin, pain-killers, and alcohol were found next to her body. Dandridge was a heroin addict. Yates's body was found naked, like Dandridge's. |
Like Seberg, Paula Yates had a history of suicide attempts over the last three years (Seberg's suicidal behavior began seven years prior to her successful attempt in 1979). The death of Paula Yates will likely be officially ruled a suicide when all the facts of the investigation are released, unless in an attempt to cover up the truth the cause is attributed to an accidental overdose. Given Yates's past "erratic behavior" and suicide attempts, along with the state of the body when it was found, I would be quite skeptical about an "accidental" cause. Yates most likely fulfilled the Jean Seberg scenario for the September 2000 vector.
Massive Quake Strikes India -- Turkey and Greece Plagued by War or Earthquakes
Quatrain 3.3.
Mars and Mercury and the silver (moon) joined together,
Towards the south great drought:
At the bottom of Asia a trembling of the earth is reported,
Corinth (Greece) and Ephesus (Turkey) then in perplexity.
Mars and Mercury and the silver (moon) joined together,
Towards the south great drought:
At the bottom of Asia a trembling of the earth is reported,
Corinth (Greece) and Ephesus (Turkey) then in perplexity.
The base 7 system indicates powerful influences from two previous seismic events will result in a massive earthquake in India or Sri Lanka in September 2000. However, according to Quatrain 3.3, astrological evidence provided by commentator John Hogue (1997) states such a quake is most likely to occur between July 1 and August 2, 2000. Interestingly, the astrological dating comes quite close to the September 2000 vector dated by the base 7 system. It also appears that at the time of the quake Greece and Turkey will become involved in a war or will be plagued by terrorism, possibly Kurd-related. It is also possible that these two countries will instead be rattled by major earthshocks again as they were in 1999 at the time of the India quake.
Other possible causes of "trembling of the earth":
1) There have been an unusual number of large meteor sightings reported in the US and Canada. A very large meteor impacted the west coast of Australia on July 9. Speculation continues to mount that a field of debris from a comet impact with Mars is headed our way. Perhaps these are only the smaller pieces that have been seen and felt thus far.
2) A nuclear strike or a nuclear test can also cause the earth to tremble and would certainly be heavily "reported."
Other possible causes of "trembling of the earth":
1) There have been an unusual number of large meteor sightings reported in the US and Canada. A very large meteor impacted the west coast of Australia on July 9. Speculation continues to mount that a field of debris from a comet impact with Mars is headed our way. Perhaps these are only the smaller pieces that have been seen and felt thus far.
2) A nuclear strike or a nuclear test can also cause the earth to tremble and would certainly be heavily "reported."
UPDATE (1/26/01): My apologies with the tardy FULFILLMENT of this prediction. But I have warned repeatedly in my letters, newsletters, the email forums, and various pages on this site that my projections can be off by as much as four months. I made a point of repeating this warning at the time of the El Salvador quake and advised to keep an eye on predictions projected on this page for September to December 2000. I repeat this warning again.
I do not know whether this earthquake fulfills line 3 of Nostradamus' prophesy in Quatrain 3.3 above. If it does, then much blood may soon be shed in Turkey and Greece as well. In any case, today's temblor does match my base 7 prediction for a massive September 2000 quake in India -- four months late.
This earthshock, along with the one in El Salvador, may be the trigger for a chain reaction of massive earthquakes worldwide. The ultimate result may be the universal catastrophe prophesied by Edgar Cayce and the Book of Revelation.
I do not know whether this earthquake fulfills line 3 of Nostradamus' prophesy in Quatrain 3.3 above. If it does, then much blood may soon be shed in Turkey and Greece as well. In any case, today's temblor does match my base 7 prediction for a massive September 2000 quake in India -- four months late.
This earthshock, along with the one in El Salvador, may be the trigger for a chain reaction of massive earthquakes worldwide. The ultimate result may be the universal catastrophe prophesied by Edgar Cayce and the Book of Revelation.
Major Earthquake Rocks El Salvador
NEW PREDICTION: 9/24/00 -- A devastating earthquake will strike El Salvador in October 2000. It will be a 7.5 or greater, but if lower, no less destructive.
UPDATE (1/13/01): This prediction has been FULFILLED in all respects. Even the projected magnitude is correct.
The timing and ferocity of this earthquake is also intimately related to the Central America Earthquake prediction near bottom of page.
UPDATE (1/13/01): This prediction has been FULFILLED in all respects. Even the projected magnitude is correct.
The timing and ferocity of this earthquake is also intimately related to the Central America Earthquake prediction near bottom of page.
Update from Reuters (1/16/01) -- SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador raised the confirmed death toll from the devastating earthquake in El Salvador to more than 600 with about 500 people still missing and feared dead. Strong aftershocks from the 7.6 magnitude quake on Saturday rattled buildings and triggered fresh landslides throughout the day, frustrating rescuers whose hopes of digging out more survivors were all but gone. Police raised the known toll late on Monday from about 400 dead to 609, with 2,365 people injured and about 38,000 homes throughout the small Central American nation partly or totally destroyed.
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Russian or US Invasion of Afghanistan
NEW PREDICTION: 11/22/00 -- The date above may say 11/22/00, but this one's been on my books since September. Since Russia invaded Chechnya a second time it has occurred to me that maybe Russia will invade Afghanistan a second time. We'll see. I'm calling it for December 2000, twenty-one (3 x 7) years after the 1979 invasion. The city of Kabul may be bombarded daily just as Grozny was in 1994-95 and again in 1999-2000. I have also noted that instead of a political crisis in Russia evolving in October, there has instead been a political crisis in the US since November 7.
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Therefore, I am expanding this prediction to include the possibility that it may instead be the United States that will invade Afghanistan. I can think of no reason why Russia would invade, but the US might over Osama bin Laden.
19 October, 2001, 07:18 GMT 08:18 UK -- (BBC News) - Daylight air raids have been reported in Afghanistan, after a second night of American attacks across the country in the US-led "war on terrorism". Fifteen Tomahawk cruise missiles, as well as long-range bombers and carrier-based fighter bombers, were involved in overnight raids on targets including air defence systems, oil depots and military training camps near the cities of Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad.
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The ruling Taleban said attacks continued after dawn on their main stronghold, Kandahar, marking the first daytime air strike since the bombing began on Sunday. Reports from Kabul say that four Afghans have been killed when a missile hit and destroyed a building run by a UN-funded mine-clearing organisation. The northern cities of Mazar-e-Sharif and Konduz were also reported to have been hit in the strikes, designed to weaken the Taleban and disrupt Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda organisation, which the US says was behind , whom the US accuses of organising suicide attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September.
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Anti-aircraft fire lit up the sky over Kabul, the capital, where electricity was cut and Taleban radio told residents to close the blinds on their windows and remain indoors. The Pentagon said all of its aircraft had returned safely from the raids, which were on a smaller scale than the previous night and did not directly involve British forces, which instead provided logistical support.
August 2, 2023: Oddly enough, I made no comment about the fact that the prediction was fulfilled ten months late: October 2001 instead of December 2000. I was right about it being over Osama bin Laden as well who, at the time I made the prediction in November 2000, had attacked the USS Cole the previous month. It would, of course, be the twin attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001 the following year that would actually trigger the US invasion.
I had meantime been having dreams about the US going to war in Afghanistan since 1994, which was quite strange ... and very prophetic.
I had meantime been having dreams about the US going to war in Afghanistan since 1994, which was quite strange ... and very prophetic.
Killer Earthquake Rocks Pacific
Central America
NEW PREDICTION: 1/17/00 -- When? December 2000. Possibly near the Christmas holidays. It will be a catastrophe. Urban areas hit. Many casualties. 6.8 to 7.8 magnitude. This quake will be a continuation of the seismic rollercoaster begun the previous month in Tibet, Russia, and Japan.
UPDATE (7/9/00): Correction: the quake was a 5.9, not a 5.1 as reported by UPI on 7/7. I believe this quake is either a warning that the massive temblor predicted for December in Pacific Central America will strike somewhere in the vicinity of Nicaragua, or this is the one -- .9 lower and five months earlier than anticipated.
Whatever the case, caution is urged from now through the remainder of the year as I suspect this region will be especially vulnerable to any super-jolts that will come this autumn. UPDATE (12/3/00): Despite the July Nicaragua quake, Colombia is now added to Nicaragua as a likely focus of a potential major December earthquake. |
UPDATE (1/13/01): Today's El Salvadore earthquake was a 7.6. It shook and caused damage and casualties in other nations of Central America as well. The epicenter was on the Pacific coast of El Salvador. The magnitude falls within the predicted 6.8 to 7.8 range. See the El Salvador quake prediction for more.
I'm going to be jumping around a bit. Next I will focus on some predictions from 2004 and 2005. That does not mean these predictions and their outcomes will not appear sequentially. When all is said and done, all of these will appear in their original sequence, year by year. But some years were more interesting than others, so I'll skip around now, but again, all will remain in consecutive order as the page is constructed and all will be in consecutive order once the page is completed.
2004 Predictions
Queen Mary 2, the Greatest Ocean Liner of Our Time, Sinks. Over 1,800 Lives Lost
Terrorism or Accident: Unknown.
NEW PREDICTION: 1/9/04 -- This is one potential zero rating I am going to risk because something really does not feel right.
There have been exactly two of you who have mentioned dreams or visions of a disaster at sea, but nothing really specific. Until now, I had only considered the possibility of naval warfare in the Taiwan Strait or Yellow Sea this spring or, perhaps, a terrorist attack on a naval ship.
I will not completely rule out the possibility of terrorism. But I have felt a sudden surge of concern for the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary 2.
Seven years ago, Britain -- and much of the world -- suffered a tremendous loss when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash. And it certainly is possible Britain or America will witness something similar again in the form of yet another tragic death of a famous individual.
Yet, it need not be a singular human tragedy that occurs in 2004. Something dreadful, I fear, is right around the corner, perhaps only days away or perhaps as early as next month.
This time, like 9/11, it may be a collective tragedy -- a disaster of a kind not seen in many years.
The opening months of 2004 still are subject to the influence of the previous year, 2003, a year linked in time back to another, unbelievable national tragedy. A shocking and thoroughly unexpected catastrophe that was the result, not of terrorism, but human error.
On April 10, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic - "The Unsinkable" - set out on her maiden voyage. She was the greatest state-of-the-art ocean liner of her day, impressive even by today's standards. She never completed her Atlantic journey. On the evening of April 13, the underwater shelf of an iceberg sheared her hull, tearing out a 250 foot expanse of holes, immediately flooding six of her twelve compartments. At 2:10 am of April 14 the unsinkable Titanic sank to the bottom of the ocean floor, carrying off 1,517 souls to a black, cold, and watery grave.
Eerily, just before Christmas 1997, while the world still mourned the passing of Diana, a spectacular film dramatising the 1912 Titanic disaster was released in theatres, becoming the biggest box office sensation of all time (until the recent release of the Lord of the Rings trilogy).
Now another great state-of-the-art ocean liner sets off for her maiden voyage on January 12, 2004: Queen Mary 2, dubbed "the greatest ocean liner of our time." With a destination set for Florida, her journey will last 14 days.
I fear she will never reach port.
The lives of 2,620 people may be at stake if this voyage is allowed to take place. It may be terrorism that will be the cause of her destruction - I don't know. It may very well be human error again, for no other ship since the Titanic has been the subject of so much boasting. QM2 is "the largest, longest, tallest, greatest, widest, and grandest ocean liner in the world" and "the cutting edge of cruise ship design."
"There's almost one crew member for every two passengers." Likewise was the case aboard the R.M.S. Titanic over 91 years ago. She has enough power to light a small city. She has theatres, casinos, pools, art galleries ...
And so the boasts and the toasts go on as January 12 approaches.
After the maiden voyage, if she survives it, QM2 will embark on a series of voyages between Britain and America, and perhaps it will be then she will become vulnerable.
April 2004 promises to be a seriously deadly vector for terrorism - including terror on the high seas.
The prediction then is to beware going aboard the Queen Mary 2 this month, January 2004, and through the month of May. I still fear the maiden voyage will be the last.
Watch January 14-16 and again January 22-23.
There have been exactly two of you who have mentioned dreams or visions of a disaster at sea, but nothing really specific. Until now, I had only considered the possibility of naval warfare in the Taiwan Strait or Yellow Sea this spring or, perhaps, a terrorist attack on a naval ship.
I will not completely rule out the possibility of terrorism. But I have felt a sudden surge of concern for the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary 2.
Seven years ago, Britain -- and much of the world -- suffered a tremendous loss when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash. And it certainly is possible Britain or America will witness something similar again in the form of yet another tragic death of a famous individual.
Yet, it need not be a singular human tragedy that occurs in 2004. Something dreadful, I fear, is right around the corner, perhaps only days away or perhaps as early as next month.
This time, like 9/11, it may be a collective tragedy -- a disaster of a kind not seen in many years.
The opening months of 2004 still are subject to the influence of the previous year, 2003, a year linked in time back to another, unbelievable national tragedy. A shocking and thoroughly unexpected catastrophe that was the result, not of terrorism, but human error.
On April 10, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic - "The Unsinkable" - set out on her maiden voyage. She was the greatest state-of-the-art ocean liner of her day, impressive even by today's standards. She never completed her Atlantic journey. On the evening of April 13, the underwater shelf of an iceberg sheared her hull, tearing out a 250 foot expanse of holes, immediately flooding six of her twelve compartments. At 2:10 am of April 14 the unsinkable Titanic sank to the bottom of the ocean floor, carrying off 1,517 souls to a black, cold, and watery grave.
Eerily, just before Christmas 1997, while the world still mourned the passing of Diana, a spectacular film dramatising the 1912 Titanic disaster was released in theatres, becoming the biggest box office sensation of all time (until the recent release of the Lord of the Rings trilogy).
Now another great state-of-the-art ocean liner sets off for her maiden voyage on January 12, 2004: Queen Mary 2, dubbed "the greatest ocean liner of our time." With a destination set for Florida, her journey will last 14 days.
I fear she will never reach port.
The lives of 2,620 people may be at stake if this voyage is allowed to take place. It may be terrorism that will be the cause of her destruction - I don't know. It may very well be human error again, for no other ship since the Titanic has been the subject of so much boasting. QM2 is "the largest, longest, tallest, greatest, widest, and grandest ocean liner in the world" and "the cutting edge of cruise ship design."
"There's almost one crew member for every two passengers." Likewise was the case aboard the R.M.S. Titanic over 91 years ago. She has enough power to light a small city. She has theatres, casinos, pools, art galleries ...
And so the boasts and the toasts go on as January 12 approaches.
After the maiden voyage, if she survives it, QM2 will embark on a series of voyages between Britain and America, and perhaps it will be then she will become vulnerable.
April 2004 promises to be a seriously deadly vector for terrorism - including terror on the high seas.
The prediction then is to beware going aboard the Queen Mary 2 this month, January 2004, and through the month of May. I still fear the maiden voyage will be the last.
Watch January 14-16 and again January 22-23.
COMMENTS (12/8/04): Right scenario, right time, wrong ship. PREDICTION PARTIALLY FULFILLED.
Superferry 14 Terrorist Attack
2/26/2004 - A huge fire broke out on a ferry entering the Manila bay, in the Philippines. The ferry had more than 800 people aboard. Most of them escaped the ship but 135 lives were lost.
At first, the government classified the event as an incident, but later, in a phone call to a radio station, a man who said to be an Abu Sayyaf leader claimed one of his group's members brought bombs on the ship and activated them. Some witnesses' accounts also suggested that the cause of the fire was a bomb blast.
Superferry 14 Terrorist Attack
2/26/2004 - A huge fire broke out on a ferry entering the Manila bay, in the Philippines. The ferry had more than 800 people aboard. Most of them escaped the ship but 135 lives were lost.
At first, the government classified the event as an incident, but later, in a phone call to a radio station, a man who said to be an Abu Sayyaf leader claimed one of his group's members brought bombs on the ship and activated them. Some witnesses' accounts also suggested that the cause of the fire was a bomb blast.
Many missing in Manila Superferry 14 fire
Friday, 27 February, 2004, 08:23 GMT
BBC NEWS
More than 100 people are missing after a fire on board a Philippines ferry forced many to abandon ship. More than 600 other passengers and crew were rescued and there are hopes that the missing people were picked up by other ships. At least one person is known to have died after the fire broke out, two hours into the boat's journey from Manila to Bacolod, central Philippines. Rescue vessels have been deployed in the area, the coast guard said ...
There are conflicting reports as to whether the fire started in the galley or an air-conditioning unit. A local radio station quoted relatives of some of the passengers as saying they were told by mobile phone there was an explosion before the fire. "We rushed toward the main deck," Christie Cayetona, one of the rescued passengers, told the DZRH radio station. "There was smoke all over," she added ...
Friday, 27 February, 2004, 08:23 GMT
BBC NEWS
More than 100 people are missing after a fire on board a Philippines ferry forced many to abandon ship. More than 600 other passengers and crew were rescued and there are hopes that the missing people were picked up by other ships. At least one person is known to have died after the fire broke out, two hours into the boat's journey from Manila to Bacolod, central Philippines. Rescue vessels have been deployed in the area, the coast guard said ...
There are conflicting reports as to whether the fire started in the galley or an air-conditioning unit. A local radio station quoted relatives of some of the passengers as saying they were told by mobile phone there was an explosion before the fire. "We rushed toward the main deck," Christie Cayetona, one of the rescued passengers, told the DZRH radio station. "There was smoke all over," she added ...
Bomb caused Philippine ferry fire
Monday, 11 October, 2004, 07:25 GMT 08:25 UK
BBC NEWS
A ferry fire in the Philippines that killed more than 100 people was caused by a bomb, a report has concluded. President Gloria Arroyo, who initially downplayed claims of responsibility from the Abu Sayyaf group, has admitted that militants were behind the attack.
Monday, 11 October, 2004, 07:25 GMT 08:25 UK
BBC NEWS
A ferry fire in the Philippines that killed more than 100 people was caused by a bomb, a report has concluded. President Gloria Arroyo, who initially downplayed claims of responsibility from the Abu Sayyaf group, has admitted that militants were behind the attack.
She said six members of Abu Sayyaf had been charged with murder and attempted murder over the attack in February. Two of the six were arrested in March, but the other four - including two of the group's leaders - remain at large.
The 10,000 ton Superferry 14 was heading for Bacolod in the central Philippines when it caught fire, on 27 February 2004. According to officials, 116 of the 900 people onboard are now presumed to have died, although only 63 bodies have been recovered. The report into the fire has now concluded it was caused by "an explosive device," national police spokesman Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil said in a statement ... |
Investigators believe the Superferry was targeted because its owners, WG&A, refused a request for $1m in protection money from Abu Sayyaf in 2003. The Abu Sayyaf group claimed responsibility soon after the incident, but the government initially dismissed the claim as a "propaganda ploy"...
Philippines Concedes Terrorists Caused Ferry Disaster
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief
October 12, 2004
Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Seven months after insisting that a deadly fire onboard a passenger ferry was not related to terrorism, Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has acknowledged that terrorists detonated a bomb which sparked the devastating blaze.
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief
October 12, 2004
Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Seven months after insisting that a deadly fire onboard a passenger ferry was not related to terrorism, Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has acknowledged that terrorists detonated a bomb which sparked the devastating blaze.
Her government has filed criminal charges against six members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), a terrorist gang with historic links to al Qaeda, in connection with the attack last February. Sixty-three bodies were recovered although police say 116 people perished, making it the worst terror attack in the country's history ...
The 10,000 ton Superferry 14, one of many large vessels plying routes between the islands making up the Philippine archipelago, caught fire on Feb. 27, about 90 minutes after leaving the port of Manila with 900 passengers onboard. National police spokesman Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil said an investigation has now concluded that "an explosive device" caused the fire ... |
Assailant Kills Cult Film Actor or Rock Legend
NEW PREDICTION: 11/6/03 -- In February 1976, actor Sal Mineo was murdered by a mugger in a street behind his apartment. Seven years ago, in December 1996, actor Jack Nance, who appeared in many of David Lynch's films, was badly beaten in a brawl and died later that night in his apartment from head injuries and a concussion. Four years ago, in late December 1999, the late George Harrison was nearly killed by a knife-wielding maniac in his home.
These events, two of them multiples of seven and one of them the mysterious "four-year factor" ("half" a cycle of seven), conspire to form a nasty possibility in December 2003-February 2004: that a major film star of cult films, probably male, or a major rock legend (MIck Jagger, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, etc) will be physically assaulted and may possibly die from injuries sustained. However, it is also possible the individual may survive the murderous attack (this may be the function of the George Harrison ordeal in 1999).
These events, two of them multiples of seven and one of them the mysterious "four-year factor" ("half" a cycle of seven), conspire to form a nasty possibility in December 2003-February 2004: that a major film star of cult films, probably male, or a major rock legend (MIck Jagger, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, etc) will be physically assaulted and may possibly die from injuries sustained. However, it is also possible the individual may survive the murderous attack (this may be the function of the George Harrison ordeal in 1999).
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, former Pantera guitarist, among 4 killed at club
Thursday, December 9, 2004 Posted: 2243 GMT (0643 HKT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- A 25-year-old man stormed the stage at a heavy-metal rock concert Wednesday night, shooting and killing Pantera founder and Damageplan guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three others before a police officer shot and killed him, Columbus police said.
On Thursday, police identified the suspect as Nathan Gale of nearby Marysville. A spokesman said police had no information about a motive or possible link to the band. "Right now we don't see any connection at all, but that could change," Columbus police Sgt. Brent Mull said. "Unless he left a note or there's something else, we may never know the motive." At least two people also were wounded in the attack, which occurred shortly after Damageplan began its performance at the Alrosa Villa nightclub on Columbus' north side ...
Thursday, December 9, 2004 Posted: 2243 GMT (0643 HKT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- A 25-year-old man stormed the stage at a heavy-metal rock concert Wednesday night, shooting and killing Pantera founder and Damageplan guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three others before a police officer shot and killed him, Columbus police said.
On Thursday, police identified the suspect as Nathan Gale of nearby Marysville. A spokesman said police had no information about a motive or possible link to the band. "Right now we don't see any connection at all, but that could change," Columbus police Sgt. Brent Mull said. "Unless he left a note or there's something else, we may never know the motive." At least two people also were wounded in the attack, which occurred shortly after Damageplan began its performance at the Alrosa Villa nightclub on Columbus' north side ...
'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott killed at 38 -- Pantera founder considered a leading light of metal
Thursday, December 9, 2004 Posted: 2231 GMT (0631 HKT)
(AP) -- "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was fatally shot during a performance, was a frenetic, ear-shattering guitarist whose riffs for Pantera and more recently Damageplan were a staple of heavy metal music. He was 38. Abbott was shot to death as he took the stage Wednesday with Damageplan and began to play the first song of the concert at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio. Three other people also were fatally shot before a police officer shot to death the gunman.
The deaths shook the heavy metal music industry as colleagues reeled from the news and fans flooded Web sites to share their grief. "This is insane and this is beyond travesty," Killswitch Engage frontman and former Damageplan tour partner Howard Jones told MTV. "This is beyond anything I've ever heard. This shouldn't happen in or outside of the rock and metal community. He will be missed and mourned as a person, as a musician, and as a friend." Rob Blasko Nicholson, the former Ozzy Osbourne bassist, told the music channel Abbott was a legend."I'm speechless," he said. "This is totally unreal." "When you think of '90s heavy metal or hard rock, Pantera is one of these seminal bands. They are quoted today as influences by many bands," said Tom Calderone, MTV's executive vice president. "Hard rock has lost a legendary guitar player."
Thursday, December 9, 2004 Posted: 2231 GMT (0631 HKT)
(AP) -- "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was fatally shot during a performance, was a frenetic, ear-shattering guitarist whose riffs for Pantera and more recently Damageplan were a staple of heavy metal music. He was 38. Abbott was shot to death as he took the stage Wednesday with Damageplan and began to play the first song of the concert at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio. Three other people also were fatally shot before a police officer shot to death the gunman.
The deaths shook the heavy metal music industry as colleagues reeled from the news and fans flooded Web sites to share their grief. "This is insane and this is beyond travesty," Killswitch Engage frontman and former Damageplan tour partner Howard Jones told MTV. "This is beyond anything I've ever heard. This shouldn't happen in or outside of the rock and metal community. He will be missed and mourned as a person, as a musician, and as a friend." Rob Blasko Nicholson, the former Ozzy Osbourne bassist, told the music channel Abbott was a legend."I'm speechless," he said. "This is totally unreal." "When you think of '90s heavy metal or hard rock, Pantera is one of these seminal bands. They are quoted today as influences by many bands," said Tom Calderone, MTV's executive vice president. "Hard rock has lost a legendary guitar player."
Sudden Death of Female Singer/Songwriter Shocks Fans
NEW PREDICTION: 11/19/03 -- This person will be well-known, but likely a more major voice in the past than now. Probably in her mid-30s to late 50s. Not to be confused with the prediction on the next page concerning the famous blonde celebrity. The identity of this person is unknown. She will have written and sung a number of hit songs during the course of her career. She will probably die from natural causes in February 2004. It will be quite sudden and unexpected. Something unnatural, but medical -- such as anorexia -- may even be a possibility.
Singer Laura Branigan dies at 47
Sunday, August 29, 2004 Posted: 1035 GMT (1835 HKT)
Sunday, August 29, 2004 Posted: 1035 GMT (1835 HKT)
EAST QUOGUE, New York (AP) -- Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died. She was 47. Branigan died Thursday at home in her sleep, said her manager, John Bowers. He would not disclose the cause, although her official Web site listed it as a brain aneurysm.
"Gloria," a signature song from her debut album "Branigan," stayed atop the pop charts for 36 weeks and earned her a Grammy nomination for best female pop vocalist, the first of four nominations in her career. She also made television appearances, including guest spots on "CHIPS," and in the films "Mugsy's Girls" and "Backstage." Branigan released seven albums after her debut "Branigan," including "Solitaire," "Self Control," and "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," which was co-written with Michael Bolton. Her songs also appeared on soundtracks for the films "Flashdance" and "Ghostbusters." |
Branigan, born July 3, 1957, and raised in Brewster, New York, attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. During the late 1970s, she toured Europe as a backing vocalist for Canadian singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen. She signed as a solo artist with Atlantic Records in 1982.
After her run of success in the 1980s, her releases in the early 1990s attracted little attention. In 1994, she sang a duet with David Hasselhoff called "I Believe" for the soundtrack of the television show "Baywatch." She released a 13-track "Best of Branigan" LP the next year. After the death of her husband, Lawrence Kruteck, in 1996, Branigan stopped performing but returned to the stage in 2001. In 2002 she starred as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway musical "Love, Janis," which earned her rave reviews. Branigan recently had been working on material for a new release.
After her run of success in the 1980s, her releases in the early 1990s attracted little attention. In 1994, she sang a duet with David Hasselhoff called "I Believe" for the soundtrack of the television show "Baywatch." She released a 13-track "Best of Branigan" LP the next year. After the death of her husband, Lawrence Kruteck, in 1996, Branigan stopped performing but returned to the stage in 2001. In 2002 she starred as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway musical "Love, Janis," which earned her rave reviews. Branigan recently had been working on material for a new release.
COMMENTS (8/29/04): This is without a doubt a very tragic case of a PREDICTION FULFILLED. I was considering using the case of singer/songwriter Laura Nyro, who died seven years ago, as a name sound clue for this year. But the chances of a female singer or singer/songwriter from the past dying young with the same first name -- Laura -- would have been astronomical. Yet it has now happened: another Laura singer has died. The death of Laura Branigan must be a shock to many people. It is certainly a shock to me. 47 is young. It seems like I was playing "Gloria" and other later hits by Branigan as a nightclub disc jockey not very long ago. 1982 and the rest of the "retro" period, unlike the 1960s and farther back, does not seem like some hoary, B&W, cobwebbed period in time. Also, this is the career of someone who was still performing (I read about the Janis Joplin musical she was doing not very long ago) and planning release of new material. A very troubling and tragic development, with at least a hint of uncertainty as to the cause of this talented singer's death.
Another Rap Star Gunned Down ... Just Like Notorious B.I.G.
NEW PREDICTION: 1/10/04 -- Whoz it gonna be? He's going to be killed in a drive-by shooting while sitting in his car. It will be revenge.
I think it will be whoever was behind the murder of Jam Master Jay back in October 2002. This rap star, whoever it is, should get his sometime in March 2004 ... just like Biggie.
I think it will be whoever was behind the murder of Jam Master Jay back in October 2002. This rap star, whoever it is, should get his sometime in March 2004 ... just like Biggie.
West Coast Rapper Mac Dre Murdered
Rap News Direct Staff
11/1/2004 5:22:43 PM
West coast rapper Mac Dre from Vallejo, CA, died early Monday morning after the car he was riding in was attack by a gunman.
Rap News Direct Staff
11/1/2004 5:22:43 PM
West coast rapper Mac Dre from Vallejo, CA, died early Monday morning after the car he was riding in was attack by a gunman.
According to police in Kansas City, Mo., two men in a van were headed north on the highway around 4:30 a.m. when another vehicle pulled up and an occupant opened fire. The driver of the van crossed over into the southbound lanes of Highway 71 and went down into a deep ravine. Mac Dre was the passenger in the van.
Authorities said Mac Dre; who's real name was Andre Hick, died of gunshot wounds. The driver escaped from the van and crawled up the ravine and walked to a convenience store at 85th Street for help. The driver told police he did not see the shooter because he ducked when the shooting started. The case was turned over to to homicide investigators. Mac Dre (34 yrs. old) was from Vallejo,CA. He made his rap debut in 1989 with the Young Black Brotha EP. He has released some 20 lp’s in his career. |
COMMENTS (12/1/04): My thanks go out to one of this website's frequent visitors for bringing this to my attention. Otherwise, I would have never known about it. PREDICTION FULFILLED.
Religious Cult Commits Mass Suicide/Murder, Possibly Due to Space-Related Events
NEW PREDICTION: 3/31/03
Hello, people of earth. My name is Marshall Applewhite, but some of you may remember me as "Do." I am reporting to you from the mother ship Hale-Bopp in the "level above human." How are you? We are all fine, but rather bored as there is not much to do when you are dead.
Anyway, I volunteered to present Michael's latest prediction. It seems there are going to be many more of our brothers and sisters from various disciplines and faiths not unlike our own Heaven's Gate fellowship who will be shedding their earthly containers next year, around the time of March 2004.
Although I am not at liberty to say exactly why this will happen, it may be related to the glorious starship some of you are calling Planet X or Nibiru. I realize many of you expect to see this wondrous sight this year (2003). However, I fear my friends the Zetas may have been a bit presumptuous about X arriving on May 15, 2003. Anyway, even if they are right, X will return a second time in short order according to one of your earth prophets, Mother Shipton. Sorry I can provide no details or dates, but even here at "the level above human" we are kept in the dark about a great many things.
It is Michael who insists on projecting a March 2004 vector for this great shuffling off of earthly containers, but you know how he is with his months. Half the time he is close and half the time he is way off, but he almost always gets the year right -- and that's what really counts doesn't it?
Of course, another factor could be our "sister ship" -- what your astronomers are calling Comet NEAT Q4 -- which should brighten very rapidly from invisible to the naked eye in April 2004 and reach mag -3.8 when it swings by on May 29th. Also, in September 2004, you will all be given another rare treat: an up close view of a friendly visitor from space your men of science call asteroid Toutatis. All in all, 2004 looks to be a very opportunistic year for inter-dimensional and extra-spacial travel.
So, don't be "left behind" this time around: stock up on your favorite apple sauces and puddings and go out and buy some nice new Nike sneakers, because "Ti" and I will be swinging by your way very soon to pick up more eager space explorers before the great calamity that is to befall your planet.
Yours truly,
"Do"
Hello, people of earth. My name is Marshall Applewhite, but some of you may remember me as "Do." I am reporting to you from the mother ship Hale-Bopp in the "level above human." How are you? We are all fine, but rather bored as there is not much to do when you are dead.
Anyway, I volunteered to present Michael's latest prediction. It seems there are going to be many more of our brothers and sisters from various disciplines and faiths not unlike our own Heaven's Gate fellowship who will be shedding their earthly containers next year, around the time of March 2004.
Although I am not at liberty to say exactly why this will happen, it may be related to the glorious starship some of you are calling Planet X or Nibiru. I realize many of you expect to see this wondrous sight this year (2003). However, I fear my friends the Zetas may have been a bit presumptuous about X arriving on May 15, 2003. Anyway, even if they are right, X will return a second time in short order according to one of your earth prophets, Mother Shipton. Sorry I can provide no details or dates, but even here at "the level above human" we are kept in the dark about a great many things.
It is Michael who insists on projecting a March 2004 vector for this great shuffling off of earthly containers, but you know how he is with his months. Half the time he is close and half the time he is way off, but he almost always gets the year right -- and that's what really counts doesn't it?
Of course, another factor could be our "sister ship" -- what your astronomers are calling Comet NEAT Q4 -- which should brighten very rapidly from invisible to the naked eye in April 2004 and reach mag -3.8 when it swings by on May 29th. Also, in September 2004, you will all be given another rare treat: an up close view of a friendly visitor from space your men of science call asteroid Toutatis. All in all, 2004 looks to be a very opportunistic year for inter-dimensional and extra-spacial travel.
So, don't be "left behind" this time around: stock up on your favorite apple sauces and puddings and go out and buy some nice new Nike sneakers, because "Ti" and I will be swinging by your way very soon to pick up more eager space explorers before the great calamity that is to befall your planet.
Yours truly,
"Do"
NOTE (3/12/04): My co-pilot and companion, "Ti," has reminded me that, since the great starships LINEAR T7 and NEAT Q4 will become visible in late April, May, and June, and because Mike's prediction has a high probability of being related to a "comet," the projected month of fulfillment should be extended to June, thus March-June 2004.
Yours in the level above human,
"Do"
Yours in the level above human,
"Do"
THE INTERNET: A HI-TECH CULT FOR THE MASS-SUICIDAL
1997 2004-05
February 24, 2005 - In late March 1997 the world witnessed the eerie discovery of the first mass suicide by a religious cult whose members ran a web site that persuaded viewers to join them in "shedding off their earthly containers before it was too late." For "Do" and the members of Heaven's Gate, Death = Rapture and the time to get out before Armageddon was during the passage of Comet Hale-Bopp. The web site was maintained for a number of years as a kind of bizarre memorial or tribute to the space-based cult and their innovative manipulation of the Internet.
Today, it is in the relative anonymity of the chat room where suicide pacts are formed. Usually obscure events involving a few people, since October of 2004 these oftentimes grim grey and black interfaces have produced two shocking mass suicide phenomena on both sides of the world. This time around, it seems, the "cult" is the Internet itself!
Today, it is in the relative anonymity of the chat room where suicide pacts are formed. Usually obscure events involving a few people, since October of 2004 these oftentimes grim grey and black interfaces have produced two shocking mass suicide phenomena on both sides of the world. This time around, it seems, the "cult" is the Internet itself!
THE VALENTINE'S DAY SUICIDE PARTY: Man is accused of trying to set up a mass Valentine's Day suicide party over the Internet involving 32 women, 5 teenage children, and himself at his Klamath Falls residence. An unknown number of others were to kill themselves at home or were exposed to his chat site.
Police Trace Internet Records To Find Members Of Valentine's Day Suicide Pact
Plan Included Mom Who Was To Kill Kids
4:39 pm EST February 10, 2005
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Investigators are subpoenaing records from Internet chat rooms to try to contact people who may be planning to take part in a Valentine's Day mass suicide.
The move follows Wednesday's arrest of a man in Oregon who is accused of using a chat room to try to set up the mass suicide. Sheriffs deputies in Klamath Falls, Ore., said Gerald Krein faces charges of solicitation to commit murder. They said as many as 32 people in the United States and Canada may be involved.
Plan Included Mom Who Was To Kill Kids
4:39 pm EST February 10, 2005
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Investigators are subpoenaing records from Internet chat rooms to try to contact people who may be planning to take part in a Valentine's Day mass suicide.
The move follows Wednesday's arrest of a man in Oregon who is accused of using a chat room to try to set up the mass suicide. Sheriffs deputies in Klamath Falls, Ore., said Gerald Krein faces charges of solicitation to commit murder. They said as many as 32 people in the United States and Canada may be involved.
As you can see from the initial report above, no details were provided. Not even the gender of those who were to participate. People. I found the article mildly interesting and possibly useful in proving the prediction I made for 2004 was about a year late, not something that had not already happened before a few times. So, I posted this to my site, and went out to an Arby's where I got 32 ounces of Pepsi for about 30 cents if I brought my own container, one they had provided months earlier. Every additional container of Pepsi was free. No, I wasn't a coffee addict yet, but on my way. So as I sipped Pepsi through the long plastic straw from the huge drinking container,I turned on the FM radio in my car to a classic rock station. After a few songs played and they cut to a commercial, an extremely excited disk jockey came on and blurted out the details in a mixture of disbelief, amusement, and mild shock ... to million of listeners in Western New York and Ontario, Canada.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This WAS even more bizarre than Heaven's Gate ever was. I think he inflated the number of women involved to about 37 or 38 rather than the 32 that were actually about to descend from Canada and all over the US on a small Oregon community for the express purpose of committing mass suicide by hanging at the home of a sex fiend. Yes, they were all going to have sex, a huge orgy, and then hang naked from a huge wooden beam. All 32 of them, and possibly 5 more, teenage kids of two mothers who were on their way, and of course the master of ceremonies, Gerald Krein himself. The disk jockey was practically gasping for air, when he wasn't laughing or incredulously and emphatically expressing every detail he knew about. It wouldn't stop there, no way. An unknown number were planning to participate remotely via web cam! And the target date was Valentine's Day! The cops were out in force trying to track these crazy females down and no one knew where any of them were. Man, I couldn't wait to get back home and check the internet out to see what the latest word was. Millions of New Yorkers and Ontarians likewise were making a beeline for that waiting PC humming in the darkness of their bedrooms and dens I'm sure.
Anyway, this is a cautionary presentation. It is a reminder how crazy the world was in 2005 and how much crazier it is now. What did NOT ultimately happen in Klamath Falls, OR on February 14, 2005 DID happen 13 years later on July 1, 2018, in Burari, Delhi, India when 11 people did what 32 did not. Somehow I do not believe the ghost of Klamath Falls is not lurking and waiting somewhere to play out for real.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This WAS even more bizarre than Heaven's Gate ever was. I think he inflated the number of women involved to about 37 or 38 rather than the 32 that were actually about to descend from Canada and all over the US on a small Oregon community for the express purpose of committing mass suicide by hanging at the home of a sex fiend. Yes, they were all going to have sex, a huge orgy, and then hang naked from a huge wooden beam. All 32 of them, and possibly 5 more, teenage kids of two mothers who were on their way, and of course the master of ceremonies, Gerald Krein himself. The disk jockey was practically gasping for air, when he wasn't laughing or incredulously and emphatically expressing every detail he knew about. It wouldn't stop there, no way. An unknown number were planning to participate remotely via web cam! And the target date was Valentine's Day! The cops were out in force trying to track these crazy females down and no one knew where any of them were. Man, I couldn't wait to get back home and check the internet out to see what the latest word was. Millions of New Yorkers and Ontarians likewise were making a beeline for that waiting PC humming in the darkness of their bedrooms and dens I'm sure.
Anyway, this is a cautionary presentation. It is a reminder how crazy the world was in 2005 and how much crazier it is now. What did NOT ultimately happen in Klamath Falls, OR on February 14, 2005 DID happen 13 years later on July 1, 2018, in Burari, Delhi, India when 11 people did what 32 did not. Somehow I do not believe the ghost of Klamath Falls is not lurking and waiting somewhere to play out for real.
Man Sent to Hospital in Suicide Party Plan
The Associated Press
June 21, 2006 3:21 PM US/Eastern
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.
The Associated Press
June 21, 2006 3:21 PM US/Eastern
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.
A man who tried to organize a Valentine's Day mass suicide has been sentenced to up to 20 years in a state mental hospital.
Gerald Krein Jr., 27, had been charged with solicitation to commit murder after allegedly forming a Yahoo chat room to organize "Suicide Party 2005," asking women to hang themselves naked on Valentine's Day.
Krein was arrested Feb. 9, 2005, and was taken to a state hospital in October after a psychiatrist determined he suffered from "a myriad of mental health disorders."
Prosecutor Ed Caleb said Krein could be released early. "He will stay there until they are convinced he is no longer a threat to the community," Caleb said Tuesday.
A woman concerned that children might be harmed alerted authorities to the suicide plot. Detectives found six women who expressed interest, including a few who were mothers, but they denied planning to murder their children.
Gerald Krein Jr., 27, had been charged with solicitation to commit murder after allegedly forming a Yahoo chat room to organize "Suicide Party 2005," asking women to hang themselves naked on Valentine's Day.
Krein was arrested Feb. 9, 2005, and was taken to a state hospital in October after a psychiatrist determined he suffered from "a myriad of mental health disorders."
Prosecutor Ed Caleb said Krein could be released early. "He will stay there until they are convinced he is no longer a threat to the community," Caleb said Tuesday.
A woman concerned that children might be harmed alerted authorities to the suicide plot. Detectives found six women who expressed interest, including a few who were mothers, but they denied planning to murder their children.
Coordinator of suicide party found guilty, insane
6/21/2006, 10:59 a.m. PT
The Associated Press
6/21/2006, 10:59 a.m. PT
The Associated Press
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A Klamath Falls man who tried to organize a Valentine's Day suicide party and was charged with solicitation to commit murder has been sentenced to the state mental hospital.
A Klamath County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday sentenced Gerald Krein Jr., 27, to up to 20 years in the custody of the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board. Under state law, suspects found guilty "except for insanity" are sent to the State Hospital rather than jail or prison.
In 2005, Krein formed a Yahoo chat room to organize "Suicide Party 2005," asking women to hang themselves naked on Valentine's Day. But a woman concerned that children might be harmed alerted authorities.
Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger said detectives found six women who expressed interest, including a few with children, but those women denied planning a murder of their children. They included women from Virginia, Missouri, Georgia and Canada.
Krein was arrested Feb. 9, 2005 and indicted on Valentine's Day. He was taken to the state hospital in October after a psychiatrist determined he suffered from "a myriad of mental health disorders."
Klamath County District Attorney Ed Caleb said Krein will remain in custody and be supervised and evaluated daily. He could be released early depending on his mental status, Caleb said. "He will stay there until they are convinced he is no longer a threat to the community," Caleb said.
A Klamath County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday sentenced Gerald Krein Jr., 27, to up to 20 years in the custody of the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board. Under state law, suspects found guilty "except for insanity" are sent to the State Hospital rather than jail or prison.
In 2005, Krein formed a Yahoo chat room to organize "Suicide Party 2005," asking women to hang themselves naked on Valentine's Day. But a woman concerned that children might be harmed alerted authorities.
Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger said detectives found six women who expressed interest, including a few with children, but those women denied planning a murder of their children. They included women from Virginia, Missouri, Georgia and Canada.
Krein was arrested Feb. 9, 2005 and indicted on Valentine's Day. He was taken to the state hospital in October after a psychiatrist determined he suffered from "a myriad of mental health disorders."
Klamath County District Attorney Ed Caleb said Krein will remain in custody and be supervised and evaluated daily. He could be released early depending on his mental status, Caleb said. "He will stay there until they are convinced he is no longer a threat to the community," Caleb said.
Valentine’s Day suicide man tried to entice women for years
Irish Examiner
15/02/05
Irish Examiner
15/02/05
AN Oregon man who used an internet chat room to try to set up a mass suicide on Valentine’s Day had been trying to persuade women for at least five years to engage in sex acts with him and then kill themselves, a sheriff said. Gerald Krein is charged with solicitation to commit murder and prosecutors are expected to add an attempted manslaughter charge today, said Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger.
Combing through old chat room records, investigators discovered that Krein had been trying to entice women across North America to commit suicide as far back as 2000, Mr Evinger said. Krein told investigators he'd been in touch with 32 women, authorities said.
Krein, 26, was arrested on Wednesday at his mother's home in the southern Oregon town of Klamath Falls. He had moved to Oregon about a year ago from the Sacramento, California, area to take care of his ailing father.
Combing through old chat room records, investigators discovered that Krein had been trying to entice women across North America to commit suicide as far back as 2000, Mr Evinger said. Krein told investigators he'd been in touch with 32 women, authorities said.
Krein, 26, was arrested on Wednesday at his mother's home in the southern Oregon town of Klamath Falls. He had moved to Oregon about a year ago from the Sacramento, California, area to take care of his ailing father.
"The common theme is that these were women who were vulnerable, who were depressed. He invited them to engage in certain sexual acts with him and then they were to hang themselves naked from a beam in his house," the sheriff said. "He was indicating to these women that he had a beam and that it would hold multiple people."
Klamath County Prosecutor Ed Caleb said that because Krein was living in a mobile home while organising the suicide, the idea of hanging bodies from beams may indicate the plot was a fantasy. "It's clear that he was either engaging in some kind of fantasy or he planned for it to happen somewhere else," Mr Caleb said. No deaths had been found that were linked to Krein, the sheriff said, but he added he would not be surprised if someone had killed herself as a result of Krein's alleged activities.
Klamath County Prosecutor Ed Caleb said that because Krein was living in a mobile home while organising the suicide, the idea of hanging bodies from beams may indicate the plot was a fantasy. "It's clear that he was either engaging in some kind of fantasy or he planned for it to happen somewhere else," Mr Caleb said. No deaths had been found that were linked to Krein, the sheriff said, but he added he would not be surprised if someone had killed herself as a result of Krein's alleged activities.
Detectives learned of the Valentine's Day plan from a woman in Ontario, Canada, who said she saw a message in a Yahoo chat room that had "Suicide Ideology" in the title. Chat room participants supposedly planned to commit suicide on Valentine's Day, possibly while logged on with each other. The chat room is no longer active.
The woman told detectives she was going to take part in the suicide but had second thoughts when another chat room participant talked about killing her children before taking her own life.
So far, investigators have tracked down four of the women Krein was in contact with: the woman who came forward in Canada and three others living in Oregon, Missouri and Virginia. "In the Missouri and Virginia case, he was inviting them to bring their children with them," said Mr Evinger.
The woman from Oregon shared a transcript of her online exchange with police. According to a copy obtained by CNN, the conversation went as follows:
Woman: How did you come up with the idea of a party? That's pretty creative.
Answer: Just did. So do you want to join?
Woman: Maybe.
Question: Do you want to hang?
Woman: No, gas.
The most recent chat room began in December on Yahoo, about the time Krein moved into the mobile home.
The woman told detectives she was going to take part in the suicide but had second thoughts when another chat room participant talked about killing her children before taking her own life.
So far, investigators have tracked down four of the women Krein was in contact with: the woman who came forward in Canada and three others living in Oregon, Missouri and Virginia. "In the Missouri and Virginia case, he was inviting them to bring their children with them," said Mr Evinger.
The woman from Oregon shared a transcript of her online exchange with police. According to a copy obtained by CNN, the conversation went as follows:
Woman: How did you come up with the idea of a party? That's pretty creative.
Answer: Just did. So do you want to join?
Woman: Maybe.
Question: Do you want to hang?
Woman: No, gas.
The most recent chat room began in December on Yahoo, about the time Krein moved into the mobile home.
Man's dark side revealed at suicide party
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 · Last updated 12:36 a.m. PT
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 · Last updated 12:36 a.m. PT
College senior Jaime Shockman was at home working on her computer when an instant message popped up at the bottom of her screen. It was an invitation to die. "Do you think of suicide?" the stranger asked. "Do you want to die with others," he went on, according to the instant message transcript.
Bored and convinced the message was a joke, the young woman replied. For two hours in December, she answered questions posed by 26-year-old Gerald Krein, who is now accused of attempting to lure emotionally fragile women to his Oregon home for what police are calling a Valentine's Day sex and suicide party.
It's not clear whether any of the women he allegedly contacted were sincere about killing themselves. For her part, Shockman says she engaged Krein in the conversation as a prank.
"I was convinced it was a joke," Shockman said, who believes the man picked her out because her screen name - KillToriSpelling - refers to killing.
The Portland State University student decided it was something more sinister when he told her that a mother from Portland was coming to his home in southern Oregon to commit suicide along with her five kids.
Bored and convinced the message was a joke, the young woman replied. For two hours in December, she answered questions posed by 26-year-old Gerald Krein, who is now accused of attempting to lure emotionally fragile women to his Oregon home for what police are calling a Valentine's Day sex and suicide party.
It's not clear whether any of the women he allegedly contacted were sincere about killing themselves. For her part, Shockman says she engaged Krein in the conversation as a prank.
"I was convinced it was a joke," Shockman said, who believes the man picked her out because her screen name - KillToriSpelling - refers to killing.
The Portland State University student decided it was something more sinister when he told her that a mother from Portland was coming to his home in southern Oregon to commit suicide along with her five kids.
Now, Shockman is one of five women - from Canada, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri and Virginia - out of more than two dozen allegedly contacted by Krein who have identified themselves to police. According to authorities, the women were invited to the "suicide get-together" at his house, where they were to hang themselves naked from a beam.
Krein, who was arrested Wednesday, told investigators he had been in touch with 31 women. He was indicted Monday while deputies kept watch over his house to make sure no one arrived to kill themselves. "It was suggested that they come here, that they hang with him, that they have a sex party, and if they couldn't come he would certainly entertain them, doing it over the Internet," Sheriff Tim Evinger said.
Shockman printed a copy of the instant message communication - in which he identified himself first as "Jerry," then as "Gerald Krein" - and showed it to The Associated Press. She also has shown it to police.
Krein, who was arrested Wednesday, told investigators he had been in touch with 31 women. He was indicted Monday while deputies kept watch over his house to make sure no one arrived to kill themselves. "It was suggested that they come here, that they hang with him, that they have a sex party, and if they couldn't come he would certainly entertain them, doing it over the Internet," Sheriff Tim Evinger said.
Shockman printed a copy of the instant message communication - in which he identified himself first as "Jerry," then as "Gerald Krein" - and showed it to The Associated Press. She also has shown it to police.
After he divulged his plan to commit suicide along with 15 others, Shockman asked him: "How do you want to die?"
"We was thinking hanging," he wrote back, according to the transcript.
"All at the same time in the same place?" she asked.
When he answered yes, she kidded him that the weight of the bodies would break the structure they were hung from.
"No," he replied. "Got a thing built to hold bodies."
He said it was strong enough to "hold 50" and added he had quit his job at Blockbuster to plan the party - and build the beam in his house in Klamath Falls, Ore.
In the final hour, Shockman said Krein peppered her with questions on how she wanted to die.
"We was thinking hanging," he wrote back, according to the transcript.
"All at the same time in the same place?" she asked.
When he answered yes, she kidded him that the weight of the bodies would break the structure they were hung from.
"No," he replied. "Got a thing built to hold bodies."
He said it was strong enough to "hold 50" and added he had quit his job at Blockbuster to plan the party - and build the beam in his house in Klamath Falls, Ore.
In the final hour, Shockman said Krein peppered her with questions on how she wanted to die.
Did she want to hold hands with the other women? Did she want to be blindfolded, or see the expression on the other women's faces as she died? How high should her body be above the ground? What did she want to wear?
Krein instructed her not to wear shoes because the shoes would "weigh you down."
She felt on edge when he asked her whether she wanted to die in the nude.
But it was when he mentioned that children were to be involved that she dialed 911.
"One woman is bringing her kids," he messaged.
"How many kids?" asked Shockman, from her room plastered with horror movie posters.
"5," he messaged back.
When asked why he wanted to die, he answered: "hate everything."
He asked to see a picture of her. Shockman sent him to an Oregon newspaper Web site and sent him to the image of another woman. He rated her a "10."
According to the transcript, he said that women hate him.
Then he asked: "Am I a dog to you?"
Krein instructed her not to wear shoes because the shoes would "weigh you down."
She felt on edge when he asked her whether she wanted to die in the nude.
But it was when he mentioned that children were to be involved that she dialed 911.
"One woman is bringing her kids," he messaged.
"How many kids?" asked Shockman, from her room plastered with horror movie posters.
"5," he messaged back.
When asked why he wanted to die, he answered: "hate everything."
He asked to see a picture of her. Shockman sent him to an Oregon newspaper Web site and sent him to the image of another woman. He rated her a "10."
According to the transcript, he said that women hate him.
Then he asked: "Am I a dog to you?"
Death pact: The picture gets darker
Monday, February 14, 2005 11:25 AM PST
By DYLAN DARLING
Herald and News - Klamath Falls, Oregon
Monday, February 14, 2005 11:25 AM PST
By DYLAN DARLING
Herald and News - Klamath Falls, Oregon
It was a "lonely and bored" Klamath Falls man, investigators say, who tried to lure women from around the country and Canada to come to Southern Oregon to hang themselves on Valentine's Day.
At the end of a week of working a case that attracted national and international attention, Klamath Falls investigators described a scheme in which Gerald Dean Krein Jr. trolled the Internet for victims. It now sounds less like a case of mass suicide and more like a plot to gratify its perpetrator.
Krein's interest was sexual stimulation, seeing naked women hang themselves, detectives said.
So far, four women have come forward to tell investigators they'd talked with Krein about the plan.
Krein wanted women to come to Klamath Falls where they would "hang naked - choke to death or break their necks," said Monty Holloway, a sheriff's detective. The plan wasn't a hoax, he said, but rather a fantasy Krein was trying to play out.
"He wanted to see these women hang naked," Holloway said.
At the end of a week of working a case that attracted national and international attention, Klamath Falls investigators described a scheme in which Gerald Dean Krein Jr. trolled the Internet for victims. It now sounds less like a case of mass suicide and more like a plot to gratify its perpetrator.
Krein's interest was sexual stimulation, seeing naked women hang themselves, detectives said.
So far, four women have come forward to tell investigators they'd talked with Krein about the plan.
Krein wanted women to come to Klamath Falls where they would "hang naked - choke to death or break their necks," said Monty Holloway, a sheriff's detective. The plan wasn't a hoax, he said, but rather a fantasy Krein was trying to play out.
"He wanted to see these women hang naked," Holloway said.
A day before Valentine's Day on Monday, questions remain in the minds of investigators: Did Krein intend to commit suicide himself?
Did he intend suicides to be committed elsewhere, or just in Klamath Falls? Most important, who was the woman whose talk about killing her two children alarmed investigators, and where is she?
Krein, 26, remained jailed Saturday. Bail was set at $100,000. He's charged with soliciting murder of two children. A grand jury will consider the case Monday. Authorities said more charges are possible.
Investigators say Krein worked at a computer in a mobile home at 2150 Madison Street in the south suburbs of Klamath Falls to create a Yahoo chat room called "Suicide Party 2005." Through electronic postings he told possible participants that 32 people would kill themselves on Monday, said Klamath County sheriff's detectives.
The four women talking to investigators are from Portland, Chesterfield County in Virginia, Unionville, Mo., and King City, a suburb of Toronto. Investigators said they knew Krein only from the Web contacts.
Authorities around the country and in Canada are still trying to identify the mother who said she would kill her kids, and find others who might have planned to participate.
Did he intend suicides to be committed elsewhere, or just in Klamath Falls? Most important, who was the woman whose talk about killing her two children alarmed investigators, and where is she?
Krein, 26, remained jailed Saturday. Bail was set at $100,000. He's charged with soliciting murder of two children. A grand jury will consider the case Monday. Authorities said more charges are possible.
Investigators say Krein worked at a computer in a mobile home at 2150 Madison Street in the south suburbs of Klamath Falls to create a Yahoo chat room called "Suicide Party 2005." Through electronic postings he told possible participants that 32 people would kill themselves on Monday, said Klamath County sheriff's detectives.
The four women talking to investigators are from Portland, Chesterfield County in Virginia, Unionville, Mo., and King City, a suburb of Toronto. Investigators said they knew Krein only from the Web contacts.
Authorities around the country and in Canada are still trying to identify the mother who said she would kill her kids, and find others who might have planned to participate.
In the chat room he created in December Krein bragged about watching on a Web cam as a naked woman hanged herself, authorities said. In posts and e-mails, investigators said, Krein wrote that he was turned on by this.
Via the Internet, Krein found people to connect with through his keyboard. And he found people interested in his idea of a suicide party on Valentine's Day. Detectives said Krein controlled access to his chat room and invited mostly women who said they were contemplating suicide.
It's still unclear whether Krein planned to participate himself and whether there would have been more suicides in various locations, broadcast over Web cams, said Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger.
Authorities said Krein may have been trying to get a group suicide together since at least 2000. "It appears he has been very active for quite some time in trying to entice people into killing themselves," Evinger said.
The Klamath Falls Police Department said a tipster told them in September that Krein had commented about getting together a group to commit suicide, said Officer Mike Anderson of the city police.
Police officers talked to Krein about the comment, which was general and had no planned date. "He admitted to it, but said he was joking," Anderson said.
Police decided that what Krein had said wasn't a crime, and they had no evidence he was planning a crime, Anderson said. There was no Web site, e-mail or other information available. "No further investigation was done after the initial contact," Anderson said.
No police report was filed on the incident, he said.
Via the Internet, Krein found people to connect with through his keyboard. And he found people interested in his idea of a suicide party on Valentine's Day. Detectives said Krein controlled access to his chat room and invited mostly women who said they were contemplating suicide.
It's still unclear whether Krein planned to participate himself and whether there would have been more suicides in various locations, broadcast over Web cams, said Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger.
Authorities said Krein may have been trying to get a group suicide together since at least 2000. "It appears he has been very active for quite some time in trying to entice people into killing themselves," Evinger said.
The Klamath Falls Police Department said a tipster told them in September that Krein had commented about getting together a group to commit suicide, said Officer Mike Anderson of the city police.
Police officers talked to Krein about the comment, which was general and had no planned date. "He admitted to it, but said he was joking," Anderson said.
Police decided that what Krein had said wasn't a crime, and they had no evidence he was planning a crime, Anderson said. There was no Web site, e-mail or other information available. "No further investigation was done after the initial contact," Anderson said.
No police report was filed on the incident, he said.
After news of Krein's arrest hit the national media - including the major television networks, cable television news channels and large daily newspapers - three other woman told authorities they had contacted Krein about the suicide party, detectives said.
A woman from Portland told them she had been chatting with Krein over the Internet since Christmas, and he wanted her to come to his house on Valentine's Day and kill herself. Their conversations had a sexual overtone, detectives said.
"He had asked her if she wanted to die naked," Dougherty said.
The woman said she wasn't interested in actually taking part in the suicide party, but was just "screwing" with Krein, Dougherty said.
When the woman told Krein she didn't have a car to get to Klamath Falls, he told her she could catch a ride with an out-of-state woman who would be driving through Portland. Authorities said he told the Portland woman that the woman passing through would have four children, ages 14 to 18, with her and they all planned to hang themselves at the suicide party Monday.
The Portland woman said Krein "went too far" with the idea of killing children or having them participate in the suicide, detectives said.
Now authorities are wondering if anyone is still planning to travel to Klamath Falls to kill themselves. Agencies handling the investigation locally, the sheriff's office, city police department, district attorney's office and the Oregon State Police, met Friday afternoon to discuss the case and plan how to prevent possible occurrences Monday in Klamath Falls or elsewhere.
"I would hate to have someone follow through with this," said Jim Hunter, Klamath Fall police chief. Whether anyone will commit suicide, he said, "we have no idea."
A woman from Portland told them she had been chatting with Krein over the Internet since Christmas, and he wanted her to come to his house on Valentine's Day and kill herself. Their conversations had a sexual overtone, detectives said.
"He had asked her if she wanted to die naked," Dougherty said.
The woman said she wasn't interested in actually taking part in the suicide party, but was just "screwing" with Krein, Dougherty said.
When the woman told Krein she didn't have a car to get to Klamath Falls, he told her she could catch a ride with an out-of-state woman who would be driving through Portland. Authorities said he told the Portland woman that the woman passing through would have four children, ages 14 to 18, with her and they all planned to hang themselves at the suicide party Monday.
The Portland woman said Krein "went too far" with the idea of killing children or having them participate in the suicide, detectives said.
Now authorities are wondering if anyone is still planning to travel to Klamath Falls to kill themselves. Agencies handling the investigation locally, the sheriff's office, city police department, district attorney's office and the Oregon State Police, met Friday afternoon to discuss the case and plan how to prevent possible occurrences Monday in Klamath Falls or elsewhere.
"I would hate to have someone follow through with this," said Jim Hunter, Klamath Fall police chief. Whether anyone will commit suicide, he said, "we have no idea."
Valentine's Day passes with no one showing up for suicide party -- No party goers for suicide pact
By Jeff Barnard
ASSOCIATED PRESS
By DYLAN DARLING
and MARCIA McGONIGLE
Herald and News - Klamath Falls, Oregon
February 15, 2005
By Jeff Barnard
ASSOCIATED PRESS
By DYLAN DARLING
and MARCIA McGONIGLE
Herald and News - Klamath Falls, Oregon
February 15, 2005
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Valentine's Day passed without anyone showing up for a sex and suicide party allegedly planned by a Klamath Falls man through Internet chat rooms, the Klamath County sheriff said Tuesday.
Deputies watching over the green and white mobile home where Gerald D. Krein Jr. lived with his parents talked to some relatives who came by to see Krein's mother. But no one was planning suicide with Krein, Sheriff Tim Evinger said. "We feel the imminent danger has passed," Evinger told The Associated Press "The sad part is we don't know how many people he encouraged. A reasonable person would dissuade these people."
On Monday, deputies seized three computers Krein had access to while staying at his cousin's house in Klamath Falls before moving in with his parents, Evinger said. The cousin, Joe Best, has been questioned by investigators, but has not been charged.
Klamath Falls police talked to Krein at the cousin's house last September after receiving a tip from a woman in Missouri that Krein was suicidal and might be trying to recruit people to join him. Krein denied being suicidal or in touch with the Missouri woman, and suggested someone had hacked into his Yahoo Internet account, police said. He was not charged.
A computer Krein used at his parents' house has been sent to the FBI to see if it will reveal the names of people he contacted through e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms and news groups on the Internet. "It probably will be an extended investigation," Evinger said.
A computer belonging to Jaime Shockman at her Portland apartment Monday shows part of an instant message conversation she says she had with Gerald Dean Krein Jr., who is now accused of attempting to lure women to his home for a Valentine's Day mass suicide "party."Klamath Falls police officer Mike Anderson, who went over Krein's computer before it was sent to the FBI, said he saw news group postings seeking a group of more than 20 women to join him for a sex and suicide party, and some responses questioning why he wanted more than 20. Anyone interested was asked to e-mail him.
Authorities have said Krein told a woman in Canada that he was in touch with 31 people about a Valentine's Day party where women, some bringing their children, would join him for sex, then commit suicide by hanging from the neck naked.
Based on a tip from that woman, sheriff's deputies arrested Krein Feb. 9 at his parents' home.
Police say Krein created a Yahoo chat room called "Suicide Party 2005" to lure women to carry out his plan. "It was suggested they come here ..." said Evinger. "If they couldn't come, he would certainly entertain them over the Internet."
Krein has been held in the Klamath County Jail, under special observation and separated from the other prisoners. Bail was set at $100,000.
Solicitation to commit murder carries a seven and a half year prison sentence.
Klamath County Prosecutor Ed Caleb said defense attorneys will probably ask for a psychiatric evaluation of their client. "We're hoping the defense counsel has his mental health evaluated so we can tell what we're dealing with here," Caleb said.
Deputies watching over the green and white mobile home where Gerald D. Krein Jr. lived with his parents talked to some relatives who came by to see Krein's mother. But no one was planning suicide with Krein, Sheriff Tim Evinger said. "We feel the imminent danger has passed," Evinger told The Associated Press "The sad part is we don't know how many people he encouraged. A reasonable person would dissuade these people."
On Monday, deputies seized three computers Krein had access to while staying at his cousin's house in Klamath Falls before moving in with his parents, Evinger said. The cousin, Joe Best, has been questioned by investigators, but has not been charged.
Klamath Falls police talked to Krein at the cousin's house last September after receiving a tip from a woman in Missouri that Krein was suicidal and might be trying to recruit people to join him. Krein denied being suicidal or in touch with the Missouri woman, and suggested someone had hacked into his Yahoo Internet account, police said. He was not charged.
A computer Krein used at his parents' house has been sent to the FBI to see if it will reveal the names of people he contacted through e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms and news groups on the Internet. "It probably will be an extended investigation," Evinger said.
A computer belonging to Jaime Shockman at her Portland apartment Monday shows part of an instant message conversation she says she had with Gerald Dean Krein Jr., who is now accused of attempting to lure women to his home for a Valentine's Day mass suicide "party."Klamath Falls police officer Mike Anderson, who went over Krein's computer before it was sent to the FBI, said he saw news group postings seeking a group of more than 20 women to join him for a sex and suicide party, and some responses questioning why he wanted more than 20. Anyone interested was asked to e-mail him.
Authorities have said Krein told a woman in Canada that he was in touch with 31 people about a Valentine's Day party where women, some bringing their children, would join him for sex, then commit suicide by hanging from the neck naked.
Based on a tip from that woman, sheriff's deputies arrested Krein Feb. 9 at his parents' home.
Police say Krein created a Yahoo chat room called "Suicide Party 2005" to lure women to carry out his plan. "It was suggested they come here ..." said Evinger. "If they couldn't come, he would certainly entertain them over the Internet."
Krein has been held in the Klamath County Jail, under special observation and separated from the other prisoners. Bail was set at $100,000.
Solicitation to commit murder carries a seven and a half year prison sentence.
Klamath County Prosecutor Ed Caleb said defense attorneys will probably ask for a psychiatric evaluation of their client. "We're hoping the defense counsel has his mental health evaluated so we can tell what we're dealing with here," Caleb said.
Caleb said investigators are looking into Valentine's Day suicides that have occurred since 2000. Any suicides committed Monday will be investigated as well to see if they are connected to this case.
Deputies also have been inundated with 911 calls from people around the country who have loved ones missing, concerned that they might be trying to join Krein. Caleb said national and international attention about the suicide party plans have aided investigators. "This is one of the few times the media has helped us out," he said.
Since Krein's arrest, Evinger has appeared on several CNN news broadcasts, NBC's "Today, Weekend Edition" and ABC's "Good Morning America." The story has landed in newspapers from New York City and Stockholm, Sweden, to Moscow, Russia, and Toronto.
After a weekend of breaking news about the case, Valentine's Day was quiet at the mobile home on Madison. Across the street, an unmarked sheriff's rig sat in the parking lot of Rick's Smoke Shop as deputies took turns watching for any party goers. None showed up.
Trisha Vilhauser, manager at Rick's, had a front row seat of the stakeout from her store window. The only excitement she saw happened about 10:30 a.m., when a SUV with three people pulled up to the house for a visit. Deputies swarmed in, but no arrests were made. The SUV then left the scene.
Aside from that it was, for the deputies, a day of watching and waiting. And for the neighbors, some of whom say they will continue to watch.
"A lot of people are outraged it was in our neighborhood," Vilhauser said.
Deputies also have been inundated with 911 calls from people around the country who have loved ones missing, concerned that they might be trying to join Krein. Caleb said national and international attention about the suicide party plans have aided investigators. "This is one of the few times the media has helped us out," he said.
Since Krein's arrest, Evinger has appeared on several CNN news broadcasts, NBC's "Today, Weekend Edition" and ABC's "Good Morning America." The story has landed in newspapers from New York City and Stockholm, Sweden, to Moscow, Russia, and Toronto.
After a weekend of breaking news about the case, Valentine's Day was quiet at the mobile home on Madison. Across the street, an unmarked sheriff's rig sat in the parking lot of Rick's Smoke Shop as deputies took turns watching for any party goers. None showed up.
Trisha Vilhauser, manager at Rick's, had a front row seat of the stakeout from her store window. The only excitement she saw happened about 10:30 a.m., when a SUV with three people pulled up to the house for a visit. Deputies swarmed in, but no arrests were made. The SUV then left the scene.
Aside from that it was, for the deputies, a day of watching and waiting. And for the neighbors, some of whom say they will continue to watch.
"A lot of people are outraged it was in our neighborhood," Vilhauser said.
CYBER AGE: Dark side of digital age
BY ND BATRA
The Statesmen
February 23, 2005
What would you do if you found someone shouting: “Everything’s horrible, I want to die. Who will die with me?” That’s how Reuters read the message in a Japanese Internet chatroom after four people varying in age from 19 to 30 were found to have committed suicide in a car parked on a riverbank in Hokkaido island in northern Japan last Thursday. In the digital age, you can google-froogle anything from sushi kits to death kits, and so easily that Internet pioneers might wonder what they had wrought. Of course inventors cannot control whether people would mess up with their inventions or use them to enhance the quality of life.
In 1973 when two young computer scientists, Vinton G Cerf and Robert E Kahn, came up with the revolutionary idea of making different isolated computers talk to each other through a common language – Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol – they did not foresee the whole new world that would eventually open up. Of course there were many more people who made the Internet possible, which eventually, looking at the bright side, made Bangalore, for example, become a global outsourcing hub, among other things. Cerf and Kahn did not anticipate the Internet to become such a driving force for good – and evil – in our lives. E-trading, e-pornography, e-surveillance, e-death and who knows what else is in store for us!
BY ND BATRA
The Statesmen
February 23, 2005
What would you do if you found someone shouting: “Everything’s horrible, I want to die. Who will die with me?” That’s how Reuters read the message in a Japanese Internet chatroom after four people varying in age from 19 to 30 were found to have committed suicide in a car parked on a riverbank in Hokkaido island in northern Japan last Thursday. In the digital age, you can google-froogle anything from sushi kits to death kits, and so easily that Internet pioneers might wonder what they had wrought. Of course inventors cannot control whether people would mess up with their inventions or use them to enhance the quality of life.
In 1973 when two young computer scientists, Vinton G Cerf and Robert E Kahn, came up with the revolutionary idea of making different isolated computers talk to each other through a common language – Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol – they did not foresee the whole new world that would eventually open up. Of course there were many more people who made the Internet possible, which eventually, looking at the bright side, made Bangalore, for example, become a global outsourcing hub, among other things. Cerf and Kahn did not anticipate the Internet to become such a driving force for good – and evil – in our lives. E-trading, e-pornography, e-surveillance, e-death and who knows what else is in store for us!
Welcome to the digital age, which makes networking and sharing inevitable. For example, you might wonder how a 26-year-old man, Gerald Krein from Klamath Falls, Oregon, narrowly failed in enticing 32 women in chatrooms to commit a mass suicide on Valentine’s Day.
“The common theme is that these were women who were vulnerable, who were depressed. He invited them to engage in certain sexual acts with him – and they were to hang themselves naked from a beam in his house,” Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger said. Had Krein succeeded, he might have used his Webcam to netcast the event – 32 women hanging naked by a roof beam. Sexual asphyxiation is a most extreme form of sexual act and in a land of extremes, of death by choice – Oregon has been toying with the idea of physician assisted suicide solution for terminal patients – it would have probably created a stir; and then been shrugged off as a bizarre event after the media had milked it dry.
“The common theme is that these were women who were vulnerable, who were depressed. He invited them to engage in certain sexual acts with him – and they were to hang themselves naked from a beam in his house,” Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger said. Had Krein succeeded, he might have used his Webcam to netcast the event – 32 women hanging naked by a roof beam. Sexual asphyxiation is a most extreme form of sexual act and in a land of extremes, of death by choice – Oregon has been toying with the idea of physician assisted suicide solution for terminal patients – it would have probably created a stir; and then been shrugged off as a bizarre event after the media had milked it dry.
A Canadian woman, probably a prospect for after life, who saw the message entitled Suicide Ideology in a chatroom and learned to her horror that another chatroom woman intended to kill not only herself but also her two children, promptly informed the police. Depressed women have been known to kill their children. At least 31 women had agreed to participate in the mass suicide, Krein told police investigators upon his arrest. Chatroom records show that Krein had been networking with women to solicit suicide since 2000. It is difficult to say at this stage of investigation how successful he has been. Nor do we know what was driving these people to commit a group suicide rather than doing it alone. Getting out of deep depression through extreme sex, consummated finally with collective suicide by hanging: if that’s a probable explanation, then one might also understand why some people blow themselves up in their zealous commitment to jihad, which without networking and sharing wouldn’t be so blindingly enticing. Dying alone is terrible. Dying becomes easier when people die together. The Internet provides togetherness to faceless strangers.
Group suicide of strangers who meet on the Net isn’t an infrequent occurrence in Japan where hara-kiri has been an ancient ritual. In Japanese chatrooms, bulletin boards and suicide-related websites, people come together to talk about not how best to escape from their suicidal fantasies but how to execute them – sealing themselves in a coal-burning room and dying of carbon monoxide poisoning; in cars parked in remote mountain places; overdosing on camera; jumping together from high-rise buildings. Though some succeed, others end up with terrible injuries and life-long misery. Yukio Saito, a Methodist minister, who founded and oversees a suicide hotline, Phone of Life, made a very insightful remark to Reuters: “The idea of dying together is somehow reassuring. Dying alone is lonely and takes more courage. The way these suicides are carried out is very sensational for the media, and very suggestive for people who may be thinking of taking their lives.”
Think of Jim Jones of the People’s Temple, the cult leader who led 913 followers to a mass suicide death pact in 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana. Had Rev. Jones had a website, let us say, Your Guide to Death is Beautiful, with a seductive young woman giving step by step instructions and the precise time from here to thereafter, he might have attracted millions of people to an unheard of mass suicide. You could imagine what a charismatic jihadi leader might do in future when he wraps up mass suicide bombings with a noble religious cause.
Think of Jim Jones of the People’s Temple, the cult leader who led 913 followers to a mass suicide death pact in 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana. Had Rev. Jones had a website, let us say, Your Guide to Death is Beautiful, with a seductive young woman giving step by step instructions and the precise time from here to thereafter, he might have attracted millions of people to an unheard of mass suicide. You could imagine what a charismatic jihadi leader might do in future when he wraps up mass suicide bombings with a noble religious cause.
THERE WERE 39 VICTIMS IN THE HEAVEN'S GATE MASS SUICIDE IN MARCH 1997. HAD KREIN'S PLANNED SUICIDE PARTY TAKEN PLACE IN FEBRUARY 2005, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 38 VICTIMS (ASSUMING KREIN WOULD HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED). THEIR IDENTITIES WERE EVENTUALLY UNCOVERED BY INVESTIGATORS. THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO PLANNED TO JOIN THE PARTY REMOTELY (VIA WEB CAM) FROM THEIR HOMES ON VALENTINE'S DAY, OR AT LEAST SAY GOODBYE ON CAM BEFORE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THEIR SUICIDES ELSEWHERE IN THEIR HOMES, IS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN. THEIR IDENTITIES ARE NOT KNOWN. SOME MAY EVEN HAVE HAD CHILDREN.
Mother drowns daughter, hangs herself, authorities say
Associated Press
February 14, 2005 - Valentine's Day
Associated Press
February 14, 2005 - Valentine's Day
EPPING, N.H. -- An Epping woman who apparently was depressed drowned her daughter before committing suicide by hanging herself, authorities said Monday. The terse announcement of the autopsy results for Tonya Neihart, 32, and Alexa Neihart, 6, made no mention of possible motive.
"Alexa was drowned in the bathtub and ... Tonya went downstairs and hanged herself in the garage," Assistant Attorney General Karen Huntress told reporters. She said the mother left no suicide note, but investigators "found there was some depression involved here." Huntress did not elaborate. The bodies were found by an unidentified family member Sunday night.
Neihart and her daughter moved to the Plumer Court housing complex in November from Nottingham, said condo association treasurer Geri Fichera, who recalled that Neihart said she was separated from her husband and that she and her daughter would be living alone.
Tonya Neihart's brother and stepfather died in 2001 and her mother died in 2004, according to obituaries in the Portsmouth Herald. The obituaries also named a sister, Rolinda Desjardins of Portsmouth, a husband, Jonathan Neihart of Nottingham.
Calls to the home of a Jonathan Neihart in Nottingham were not answered Monday.
Tonya Neihart's cousin, Gregory Locke of Kittery, Maine, told The Associated Press the couple had a history of splitting up and reconciling and that Tonya Neihart had told her husband in August she planned to leave him. "The day of (her mother's) funeral, she told him she was divorcing him. There was a big scene," Locke said.
Records at Derry Family Court show the couple's divorce became final in September.
Tonya Neihart worked for an airline in Manchester, her cousin said.
Neighbor Angela Garniss said she was "horrified that it happens next to you house. Just can't believe something like that can happen next to where you live and when a little child is involved it's pretty upsetting."
"Alexa was drowned in the bathtub and ... Tonya went downstairs and hanged herself in the garage," Assistant Attorney General Karen Huntress told reporters. She said the mother left no suicide note, but investigators "found there was some depression involved here." Huntress did not elaborate. The bodies were found by an unidentified family member Sunday night.
Neihart and her daughter moved to the Plumer Court housing complex in November from Nottingham, said condo association treasurer Geri Fichera, who recalled that Neihart said she was separated from her husband and that she and her daughter would be living alone.
Tonya Neihart's brother and stepfather died in 2001 and her mother died in 2004, according to obituaries in the Portsmouth Herald. The obituaries also named a sister, Rolinda Desjardins of Portsmouth, a husband, Jonathan Neihart of Nottingham.
Calls to the home of a Jonathan Neihart in Nottingham were not answered Monday.
Tonya Neihart's cousin, Gregory Locke of Kittery, Maine, told The Associated Press the couple had a history of splitting up and reconciling and that Tonya Neihart had told her husband in August she planned to leave him. "The day of (her mother's) funeral, she told him she was divorcing him. There was a big scene," Locke said.
Records at Derry Family Court show the couple's divorce became final in September.
Tonya Neihart worked for an airline in Manchester, her cousin said.
Neighbor Angela Garniss said she was "horrified that it happens next to you house. Just can't believe something like that can happen next to where you live and when a little child is involved it's pretty upsetting."
Mom, daughter dead
February 18, 2024.
EPPING — The New Hampshire attorney general's office has wrapped up the investigation into the deaths of Tonya and Alexa Neihart, who were found dead in their Plumer Road condominium Sunday night.
The 32-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter were discovered following what the deputy chief medical examiner called a murder-suicide.
"The investigation is closed at this point," said Assistant Attorney General Karen Huntress Wednesday.
February 18, 2024.
EPPING — The New Hampshire attorney general's office has wrapped up the investigation into the deaths of Tonya and Alexa Neihart, who were found dead in their Plumer Road condominium Sunday night.
The 32-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter were discovered following what the deputy chief medical examiner called a murder-suicide.
"The investigation is closed at this point," said Assistant Attorney General Karen Huntress Wednesday.
Tonya Neihart drowned her daughter, Alexa, in the bathtub before committing suicide by hanging herself in the garage, Dr. Jennie Duval, deputy chief medical examiner, said Monday. The two were discovered about 7:22 p.m. on Sunday at their home.
According to condo association treasurer Geri Fichera, a neighbor informed her that Neihart's ex-husband, Jonathan, found the bodies.
The couple divorced in September and had joint custody of Alexa, according to documents on file in the Rockingham County Family Division Court. Jon Neihart lives on Robin Hood Drive in Nottingham.
Karen Huntress, the assistant New Hampshire attorney general in charge of the case, said Jon Neihart was not under investigation in this matter. Neihart could not be reached for comment.
Huntress said no suicide note was left. She said the AG's office has "no reason to believe the deaths were related to the Internet suicide pact" that has been widely reported on over the weekend.
According to published reports, Gerald Krein, of Klamath County, Ore., had been trying to entice women throughout North America to commit suicide by hanging themselves Monday, as a protest against Valentine's Day.
Huntress said investigators "found there was some depression involved" leading up to the alleged murder/suicide.
Tonya's brother and stepfather died in 2001 and her mother died in 2004, according to obituaries in the Portsmouth Herald.
But there was little indication in court documents or in comments made by a neighbor of Jon Neihart that there were problems between the recently divorced couple.
The couple had an uncontested divorce, the documents state, apparently with standard stipulations. The two agreed to "hold the other harmless from any and all claims of any nature whatsoever arising out of the marriage," and also that "restraints against person and/or property are not necessary and/or requested at this time."
According to the documents, neither Tonya nor Jon were entitled to receive or obligated to pay alimony or spousal support. They agreed that Jon would take ownership of the house in Nottingham, and they would split the remainder of their possessions evenly.
Documents stated Tonya would not change her name back to her maiden name, DesJardins, but keep it Neihart. The documents stated that Tonya worked for COMAir at Manchester Airport. COMAir declined comment. Jon worked for MDC Associates in Beverly, Mass., at the time of the divorce.
According to condo association treasurer Geri Fichera, a neighbor informed her that Neihart's ex-husband, Jonathan, found the bodies.
The couple divorced in September and had joint custody of Alexa, according to documents on file in the Rockingham County Family Division Court. Jon Neihart lives on Robin Hood Drive in Nottingham.
Karen Huntress, the assistant New Hampshire attorney general in charge of the case, said Jon Neihart was not under investigation in this matter. Neihart could not be reached for comment.
Huntress said no suicide note was left. She said the AG's office has "no reason to believe the deaths were related to the Internet suicide pact" that has been widely reported on over the weekend.
According to published reports, Gerald Krein, of Klamath County, Ore., had been trying to entice women throughout North America to commit suicide by hanging themselves Monday, as a protest against Valentine's Day.
Huntress said investigators "found there was some depression involved" leading up to the alleged murder/suicide.
Tonya's brother and stepfather died in 2001 and her mother died in 2004, according to obituaries in the Portsmouth Herald.
But there was little indication in court documents or in comments made by a neighbor of Jon Neihart that there were problems between the recently divorced couple.
The couple had an uncontested divorce, the documents state, apparently with standard stipulations. The two agreed to "hold the other harmless from any and all claims of any nature whatsoever arising out of the marriage," and also that "restraints against person and/or property are not necessary and/or requested at this time."
According to the documents, neither Tonya nor Jon were entitled to receive or obligated to pay alimony or spousal support. They agreed that Jon would take ownership of the house in Nottingham, and they would split the remainder of their possessions evenly.
Documents stated Tonya would not change her name back to her maiden name, DesJardins, but keep it Neihart. The documents stated that Tonya worked for COMAir at Manchester Airport. COMAir declined comment. Jon worked for MDC Associates in Beverly, Mass., at the time of the divorce.
Details emerge in Epping murder suicide
February 26, 2024.
February 26, 2024.
EPPING — The woman who killed her 6-year-old daughter and then herself had been distraught over her ex-husband dating again and threatened suicide before, according to court documents released on Friday.
Tonya Neihart, 32, drowned her daughter, Alexa, in an upstairs bathtub of her condominium and then hung herself in the garage on the evening of Feb. 13.
The documents also reveal her ex-husband, Jonathan, discovered the bodies and had the next-door neighbor call police.
The couple had divorced in September 2004 but maintained a close relationship for the sake of their daughter, according to the documents. Tonya and Alexa had spent the night of Feb. 12 at the home of Jonathan Neihart’s mother. He then dropped them off at Tonya’s condominium at 23 Plumer Court, Unit 38 about 12:30 p.m., according to an affidavit filed by Epping Police Officer Richard McFadden.
Jonathan Neihart had to attend a meeting but said he would return later that afternoon to take Alexa swimming in his mother’s indoor pool.
When he returned at 4:30 p.m., no one answered the door so he let himself in with a key to the apartment. He did not see anyone, but assumed they were sleeping. He started working on a crossword puzzle and fell asleep.
Tonya Neihart, 32, drowned her daughter, Alexa, in an upstairs bathtub of her condominium and then hung herself in the garage on the evening of Feb. 13.
The documents also reveal her ex-husband, Jonathan, discovered the bodies and had the next-door neighbor call police.
The couple had divorced in September 2004 but maintained a close relationship for the sake of their daughter, according to the documents. Tonya and Alexa had spent the night of Feb. 12 at the home of Jonathan Neihart’s mother. He then dropped them off at Tonya’s condominium at 23 Plumer Court, Unit 38 about 12:30 p.m., according to an affidavit filed by Epping Police Officer Richard McFadden.
Jonathan Neihart had to attend a meeting but said he would return later that afternoon to take Alexa swimming in his mother’s indoor pool.
When he returned at 4:30 p.m., no one answered the door so he let himself in with a key to the apartment. He did not see anyone, but assumed they were sleeping. He started working on a crossword puzzle and fell asleep.
When he woke up at about 7:11 p.m., he went upstairs to check on his ex-wife and daughter, but could not find them in the bathrooms. He then walked by the upstairs bathroom and found his daughter submerged in the tub. “He pulled her from the tub and tried to perform CPR on her, but found that he couldn’t get any air into her,” according to the affidavit.
Neihart asked a neighbor to call police and stated “what has she done to my little girl.”
McFadden arrived on scene first, followed by Officer Richard Cote and Police Chief Gary Dodge. The officers continued their search of the house and found Tonya Neihart hanging inside the garage.
Police interviewed the neighbor who had called police and, later in the evening, Jonathan Neihart.
He told police his former wife had told him about three months after the divorce was final she wanted to get back together.
“He said she was upset when she learned he wasn’t happy about that idea. He said that he had began dating again, and she was upset that he was moving on and that she was unable to,” according to the affidavit.
Neihart said his ex-wife had even previously attempted to assault his date.
“On Superbowl Sunday, he was out with a woman he has been dating and when he returned to his house, he said that Tonya Neihart was there. He said she became enraged, and tried to attack his date, and drag her out of his car,” according to the affidavit.
The affidavit goes on to say that Jonathan Neihart told detectives she had been threatening to kill herself for awhile. “He said that in the last week, she threatened suicide to him, and told him that no one else was going to raise her daughter,” according to police affidavits.
The tragedy shocked the local community. Neighbors have said Tonya and her daughter had mostly kept to themselves only lived there about four months.
Neihart asked a neighbor to call police and stated “what has she done to my little girl.”
McFadden arrived on scene first, followed by Officer Richard Cote and Police Chief Gary Dodge. The officers continued their search of the house and found Tonya Neihart hanging inside the garage.
Police interviewed the neighbor who had called police and, later in the evening, Jonathan Neihart.
He told police his former wife had told him about three months after the divorce was final she wanted to get back together.
“He said she was upset when she learned he wasn’t happy about that idea. He said that he had began dating again, and she was upset that he was moving on and that she was unable to,” according to the affidavit.
Neihart said his ex-wife had even previously attempted to assault his date.
“On Superbowl Sunday, he was out with a woman he has been dating and when he returned to his house, he said that Tonya Neihart was there. He said she became enraged, and tried to attack his date, and drag her out of his car,” according to the affidavit.
The affidavit goes on to say that Jonathan Neihart told detectives she had been threatening to kill herself for awhile. “He said that in the last week, she threatened suicide to him, and told him that no one else was going to raise her daughter,” according to police affidavits.
The tragedy shocked the local community. Neighbors have said Tonya and her daughter had mostly kept to themselves only lived there about four months.
THE ACTUAL TRUTH MAY NEVER BE KNOWN IF A CONNECTION DID EXIST BETWEEN NEIHART AND THE INTERNET PLANNED VALENTINE'S DAY SUICIDE PACT. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAID THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN.
TONYA NEIHART DID FIT THE VICTIM PROFILE ON A NUMBER OF POINTS: DEPRESSION, VULNERABILITY, AGE GROUP, BEING WILLING TO KILL HER CHILD AND THEN COMMIT SUICIDE BY HANGING (AS TWO OTHER WOMEN REPORTEDLY HAD AGREED TO DO), AND CARRYING IT OUT ON THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY
THE NEIHART MURDER-SUICIDE WAS EXACTLY THE KIND OF CASE POLICE AND INVESTIGATORS FEARED WOULD HAPPEN ON VALENTINE'S DAY AND POSSIBLY FOR DAYS AFTERWARDS. INDEED, THEY DREADED THE PROSPECT OF A FEW DOZEN NEIHART CASES ACROSS THE US AND CANADA, WITH OR WITHOUT A CHILD OR CHILDREN BEING KILLED AS WELL. DESPITE PREVENTING SEVERAL DOZEN WOMEN FROM HAVING A SUICIDE PARTY TO ATTEND BY ARRESTING THE "MASTERMIND" BEHIND IT, THEY ADMITTED IN NUMEROUS REPORTS THAT THEY WOULD TREAT ANY SUICIDE ON FEBRUARY 14 WITH SUSPICION AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE INFLUENCE KREIN'S CHATROOM MIGHT HAVE ON THE MANY PEOPLE THEY DID NOT KNOW THE IDENTITIES OF WHO MIGHT TAKE THEIR LIVES ON WEB CAM OR ELSEWHERE AT HOME OR HOW FAR REACHING HIS INFLUENCE WOULD BE. ACCORDING TO PUBLISHED REPORTS, KREIN'S SUICIDE CHATROOM WAS VISITED NOT ONLY BY WOMEN IN THE US AND CANADA, BUT ALSO BY FEMALES IN THE UK.
ONE FAMOUS UK REALITY TV STAR WAS TRAWLING THE INTERNET THROUGHOUT THE WINTER FOR SITES JUST LIKE KREIN'S CHATROOM. IT IS NOW BELIEVED OF THE MANY SITES SHE VISITED, HIS WAS ONE ... AND IT HAD A POWERFUL INFLUENCE.
TONYA NEIHART DID FIT THE VICTIM PROFILE ON A NUMBER OF POINTS: DEPRESSION, VULNERABILITY, AGE GROUP, BEING WILLING TO KILL HER CHILD AND THEN COMMIT SUICIDE BY HANGING (AS TWO OTHER WOMEN REPORTEDLY HAD AGREED TO DO), AND CARRYING IT OUT ON THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY
THE NEIHART MURDER-SUICIDE WAS EXACTLY THE KIND OF CASE POLICE AND INVESTIGATORS FEARED WOULD HAPPEN ON VALENTINE'S DAY AND POSSIBLY FOR DAYS AFTERWARDS. INDEED, THEY DREADED THE PROSPECT OF A FEW DOZEN NEIHART CASES ACROSS THE US AND CANADA, WITH OR WITHOUT A CHILD OR CHILDREN BEING KILLED AS WELL. DESPITE PREVENTING SEVERAL DOZEN WOMEN FROM HAVING A SUICIDE PARTY TO ATTEND BY ARRESTING THE "MASTERMIND" BEHIND IT, THEY ADMITTED IN NUMEROUS REPORTS THAT THEY WOULD TREAT ANY SUICIDE ON FEBRUARY 14 WITH SUSPICION AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE INFLUENCE KREIN'S CHATROOM MIGHT HAVE ON THE MANY PEOPLE THEY DID NOT KNOW THE IDENTITIES OF WHO MIGHT TAKE THEIR LIVES ON WEB CAM OR ELSEWHERE AT HOME OR HOW FAR REACHING HIS INFLUENCE WOULD BE. ACCORDING TO PUBLISHED REPORTS, KREIN'S SUICIDE CHATROOM WAS VISITED NOT ONLY BY WOMEN IN THE US AND CANADA, BUT ALSO BY FEMALES IN THE UK.
ONE FAMOUS UK REALITY TV STAR WAS TRAWLING THE INTERNET THROUGHOUT THE WINTER FOR SITES JUST LIKE KREIN'S CHATROOM. IT IS NOW BELIEVED OF THE MANY SITES SHE VISITED, HIS WAS ONE ... AND IT HAD A POWERFUL INFLUENCE.
UK web address link to online suicide plot
Tony Allen-Mills and Gareth Walsh
The Sunday Times - Britain
February 13, 2005
Tony Allen-Mills and Gareth Walsh
The Sunday Times - Britain
February 13, 2005
AN internet surfer accused of planning a bizarre Valentine’s Day mass suicide used a British chat room to recruit willing victims. Gerald Krein, a jobless drifter from Oregon in America, used an online message with the heading “Suicide party you want to join it” to direct would-be suicides to a British web address. His plot was partially foiled last week when he was arrested after a tip-off from a Canadian woman who had been following his scheme on the web.
Oregon police are searching for at least 32 people across America — and possibly others in Britain — who may have been planning to kill themselves at a set time tomorrow.
In his original internet posting Krein, 26, invited members of a chat group devoted to suicide “to come to the party to die”. Signing himself Jerry, Krein said the party would be in Klamath Falls, the Oregon town where he lived with his parents in a mobile home.
He directed respondents to a “suicide party” group with a wanadoo.co.uk net address. He also used an American address with the provider Yahoo.
Police were tipped off when a woman watching a Yahoo website read that another woman was planning to kill her two children before committing suicide. Krein’s computers were seized and police are trying to identify the owners of at least 32 e-mail addresses who had responded to the Yahoo site.
“We could just be scratching the surface since the internet is worldwide,” said Tim Evinger, the Klamath county sheriff.
Oregon police are searching for at least 32 people across America — and possibly others in Britain — who may have been planning to kill themselves at a set time tomorrow.
In his original internet posting Krein, 26, invited members of a chat group devoted to suicide “to come to the party to die”. Signing himself Jerry, Krein said the party would be in Klamath Falls, the Oregon town where he lived with his parents in a mobile home.
He directed respondents to a “suicide party” group with a wanadoo.co.uk net address. He also used an American address with the provider Yahoo.
Police were tipped off when a woman watching a Yahoo website read that another woman was planning to kill her two children before committing suicide. Krein’s computers were seized and police are trying to identify the owners of at least 32 e-mail addresses who had responded to the Yahoo site.
“We could just be scratching the surface since the internet is worldwide,” said Tim Evinger, the Klamath county sheriff.
IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THE FOLLOWING HIGH-PROFILE CASE COULD BE CONNECTED. THE YOUNG WOMAN FOUND HANGED HAD BEEN VISITING A NUMBER OF GOTHIC WEB SITES AND GAY AND SUICIDE CHATROOMS SINCE DECEMBER 2004. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE SHE FOUND KREIN'S CHATROOM IN FEBRUARY 2005 -- AND WAS INFLUENCED BY IT AND THE MEDIA COVERAGE. CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO SIMILAR CHATROOMS MAY HAVE HAD AN ACCUMULATIVE EFFECT, MAKING TV REALITY STAR CARINA STEPHENSON A DELAYED VICTIM OF THE VALENTINE'S DAY SUICIDE PARTY.
Teen reality TV show star found dead in apparent suicide
Carina Stephenson spent much of her time on internet chatroom sites during the five months prior to her suicide
Herald Sun 24 May 05
Carina Stephenson spent much of her time on internet chatroom sites during the five months prior to her suicide
Herald Sun 24 May 05
A TEENAGER whose family was filmed for a reality-TV series in Australia has been found dead two weeks before it was to go to air in Britain. Police are trying to discover whether the apparent suicide of 17-year-old Carina Stephenson was connected to the program.
Her body was found on Saturday in woods close to her home in Branton, near Doncaster, two days after she said she was going on a bike ride.
The teenager, her parents and younger brother spent four months in the Australian bush recreating the tough lives of early-19th-century colonial settlers for The Colony, a six-part series which aired in Australia on SBS in January-February and is due to air in Britain soon.
Since returning home five months ago Ms Stephenson is said to have spent much of her time on internet chatroom sites.
The reality show – a joint production between SBS, Irish network RTE and The History Channel in Britain – was said to have been a successful experience for the teenager, who was taking a year off before her final exams.
Producers of the program will consult her family before deciding whether to air the show as planned. Ms Stephenson, her father John, 43, an estate manager, her mother Liz, 38, a teaching assistant, and 13-year-old brother Tyler lived like the early settlers in Australia, working farmland without modern equipment. The Stephensons beat competition from all over the world after answering a newspaper advertisement.
Her mother Liz said Carina had been troubled by her sexuality and recently revealed to her family that she was gay.
Detectives have seized her computer and examined her chatroom conversations. SBS issued a statement yesterday saying it was "shocked and saddened" to learn of the death.
Adelaide woman Shelly Williams, who was a participant in the show, was also shocked. "She was without doubt the funniest person there," she said. "She seemed to be the most with-it person. She just seemed to have it all together. It's been a while, six months or so, (since filming) so I guess anything could have happened."
Her body was found on Saturday in woods close to her home in Branton, near Doncaster, two days after she said she was going on a bike ride.
The teenager, her parents and younger brother spent four months in the Australian bush recreating the tough lives of early-19th-century colonial settlers for The Colony, a six-part series which aired in Australia on SBS in January-February and is due to air in Britain soon.
Since returning home five months ago Ms Stephenson is said to have spent much of her time on internet chatroom sites.
The reality show – a joint production between SBS, Irish network RTE and The History Channel in Britain – was said to have been a successful experience for the teenager, who was taking a year off before her final exams.
Producers of the program will consult her family before deciding whether to air the show as planned. Ms Stephenson, her father John, 43, an estate manager, her mother Liz, 38, a teaching assistant, and 13-year-old brother Tyler lived like the early settlers in Australia, working farmland without modern equipment. The Stephensons beat competition from all over the world after answering a newspaper advertisement.
Her mother Liz said Carina had been troubled by her sexuality and recently revealed to her family that she was gay.
Detectives have seized her computer and examined her chatroom conversations. SBS issued a statement yesterday saying it was "shocked and saddened" to learn of the death.
Adelaide woman Shelly Williams, who was a participant in the show, was also shocked. "She was without doubt the funniest person there," she said. "She seemed to be the most with-it person. She just seemed to have it all together. It's been a while, six months or so, (since filming) so I guess anything could have happened."
Teen reality television star was found hanged
Yorkshire Post Today
26 May 2005
Yorkshire Post Today
26 May 2005
A SOUTH YORKSHIRE teenager who was due to star in a reality television show was found hanged from a tree and had left two notes, an inquest was told.
Carina Louise Stephenson went missing last Thursday from her home in Branton, near Doncaster, and was found by police two days later.
At the opening of an inquest yesterday, it was revealed that the 17-year-old was found hanged.
Her father, John Stephenson, confirmed to coroner Stanley Hooper two notes found at the scene were in her handwriting.
The 43-year-old estate manager said: "She was a beautiful girl and we never expected this. I hope she is happy where she is."
The Doncaster hearing was told Miss Stephenson became a Goth at 15 and had been spending a lot of time on the Internet and less time with relatives and friends.
Carina Louise Stephenson went missing last Thursday from her home in Branton, near Doncaster, and was found by police two days later.
At the opening of an inquest yesterday, it was revealed that the 17-year-old was found hanged.
Her father, John Stephenson, confirmed to coroner Stanley Hooper two notes found at the scene were in her handwriting.
The 43-year-old estate manager said: "She was a beautiful girl and we never expected this. I hope she is happy where she is."
The Doncaster hearing was told Miss Stephenson became a Goth at 15 and had been spending a lot of time on the Internet and less time with relatives and friends.
Last August she spent four months in Australia with her parents and 13-year-old brother as part of a series called Colony about how settlers lived in the early 19th century. The History Channel programme was due to be aired in two weeks' time but has been postponed until September.
Miss Stephenson's mother, Liz Taylor, told the inquest her daughter enjoyed the experience. She said: "We all loved it and Carina was always enthusiastic."
She last saw her daughter on Wednesday, May 18 when she left the family home in Gatewood Lane, Branton, saying she was going for a bicycle ride to see a friend and shouted: "I'll see you later". Miss Stephenson's body was found in a clearing in Kilham Woods, off Kilham Lane.
The inquest was adjourned.
Miss Stephenson's mother, Liz Taylor, told the inquest her daughter enjoyed the experience. She said: "We all loved it and Carina was always enthusiastic."
She last saw her daughter on Wednesday, May 18 when she left the family home in Gatewood Lane, Branton, saying she was going for a bicycle ride to see a friend and shouted: "I'll see you later". Miss Stephenson's body was found in a clearing in Kilham Woods, off Kilham Lane.
The inquest was adjourned.
SUICIDE PLAN OF TRAGIC CARINA -- girl spent time on websites concerned with suicide and death by asphyxiation
Checks on the computer in Carina's bedroom showed she had spent time on websites concerned with suicide and death by asphyxiation.
Doncaster Star News
27 July 2005
Checks on the computer in Carina's bedroom showed she had spent time on websites concerned with suicide and death by asphyxiation.
Doncaster Star News
27 July 2005
REALITY TV girl Carina Stephenson had spent months planning her own suicide, an inquest heard.
The Doncaster 17-year-old who hanged herself after filming a series in Australia had been trawling the internet looking for suicide websites for weeks, it was revealed.
Her body was found near her home at Branton last May, with items including a diagram showing how to tie knots close by.
But an inquest in Doncaster yesterday was told she was a "well balanced, normal, happy and healthy girl" who had not been bullied at Armthorpe School, where her mother Liz was also a learning support assistant.
Last year the Stephenson family, of Gatewood Lane, spent four months filming The Colony, in the Australian Outback, for the History Channel - an experience she enjoyed.
Carina, the elder child, went missing on May 18 after riding off on her bike. A police search ended three days later when she was found hanging from a tree in woods off Kilham Lane. Next to her body were found two suicide notes, a tape measure and a diagram of how to tie a knot.
When she left home she had given her mum no indication of being unhappy, but checks on the computer in Carina's bedroom showed she had spent time on websites concerned with suicide and death by asphyxiation, and had e-mailed a suicide note a month before she carried out the act.
She also posted a profile on a website saying her favourite place was a wood near her home.
"It would appear the suicide had been well planned," said the investigating officer, Pc Brandon Brown.
The Doncaster 17-year-old who hanged herself after filming a series in Australia had been trawling the internet looking for suicide websites for weeks, it was revealed.
Her body was found near her home at Branton last May, with items including a diagram showing how to tie knots close by.
But an inquest in Doncaster yesterday was told she was a "well balanced, normal, happy and healthy girl" who had not been bullied at Armthorpe School, where her mother Liz was also a learning support assistant.
Last year the Stephenson family, of Gatewood Lane, spent four months filming The Colony, in the Australian Outback, for the History Channel - an experience she enjoyed.
Carina, the elder child, went missing on May 18 after riding off on her bike. A police search ended three days later when she was found hanging from a tree in woods off Kilham Lane. Next to her body were found two suicide notes, a tape measure and a diagram of how to tie a knot.
When she left home she had given her mum no indication of being unhappy, but checks on the computer in Carina's bedroom showed she had spent time on websites concerned with suicide and death by asphyxiation, and had e-mailed a suicide note a month before she carried out the act.
She also posted a profile on a website saying her favourite place was a wood near her home.
"It would appear the suicide had been well planned," said the investigating officer, Pc Brandon Brown.
Mother's Web warning after suicide
Thursday, September 8, 2005 Posted: 1332 GMT (2132 HKT)
Thursday, September 8, 2005 Posted: 1332 GMT (2132 HKT)
LONDON, England -- The mother of a teenage girl who hanged herself after looking at suicide Web sites has warned of the dangers they pose.
Carina Stephenson, 17, was found hanged in woods near her home in the village of Branton, near Doncaster in northern England, on May 21 this year.
Before her death she spent four months filming a reality TV show in the Australian outback with her family. The program, called "The Colony," is scheduled to be shown on The History Channel from Sunday.
Carina Stephenson, 17, was found hanged in woods near her home in the village of Branton, near Doncaster in northern England, on May 21 this year.
Before her death she spent four months filming a reality TV show in the Australian outback with her family. The program, called "The Colony," is scheduled to be shown on The History Channel from Sunday.
Carina's mother, Elizabeth Taylor, said she believed her daughter would still be alive if she had not had access to Web sites glorifying suicide. She told Britain's ITV News: "It's horrendous. Some of the things on there that I have logged on to -- I've had to walk away. I've felt physically sick."
Earlier this year an inquest heard how Carina was a "well-balanced, normal, happy and healthy girl" who had not been bullied at school, according to the UK's Press Association. Her headteacher described her as a "gregarious, mature, personable and thoughtful" teenager.
But a police officer said that after Carina went missing her computer was checked, and it was found that she had visited a number of suicide sites. He said a suicide note was found in her e-mails. The court heard that two suicide notes were found close to her body.
A coroner said Carina appeared to have enjoyed her experience filming "The Colony."
The History Channel said the show did not lead to the teenager's apparent suicide. "The whole family came back from Australia nearly six months ago and were very positive about the experience," a spokeswoman told PA. "They had been living the life of a convict family, along with families from Ireland and Australia, and were given a certain amount of provisions to live on. If there had been any upset or distress they could have left and gone home at any point. It's not Big Brother."
Earlier this year an inquest heard how Carina was a "well-balanced, normal, happy and healthy girl" who had not been bullied at school, according to the UK's Press Association. Her headteacher described her as a "gregarious, mature, personable and thoughtful" teenager.
But a police officer said that after Carina went missing her computer was checked, and it was found that she had visited a number of suicide sites. He said a suicide note was found in her e-mails. The court heard that two suicide notes were found close to her body.
A coroner said Carina appeared to have enjoyed her experience filming "The Colony."
The History Channel said the show did not lead to the teenager's apparent suicide. "The whole family came back from Australia nearly six months ago and were very positive about the experience," a spokeswoman told PA. "They had been living the life of a convict family, along with families from Ireland and Australia, and were given a certain amount of provisions to live on. If there had been any upset or distress they could have left and gone home at any point. It's not Big Brother."
ULTIMATELY, IT WAS WORSE THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE GUESSED. IN THE END, THE TERRIBLE TRUTH IS FINALLY REVEALED. AS REPORTED BELOW, CARINA STEPHENSON SOUGHT OUT AND FOUND THREE OTHER GIRLS ON THE INTERNET TO FORM A SUICIDE PACT BY HANGING. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. WHO CAN SAY IN THE END IF SHE HAD NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO OR INSPIRED BY GERALD KREIN'S CHATROOM??
Grieving mother urges ban on suicide sites -- Daughter sought 'suicide pact' with three other girls on internet
Yorkshire Post Today
09 November 2005
Yorkshire Post Today
09 November 2005
A MOTHER has told how she blames herself for her daughter's suicide, never realising how she was secretly visiting horrific internet sites glorifying death.
Doncaster teenager Carina Stephenson earlier this year hanged herself in woodlands near her home at the age of just 17.
Now her mother Elizabeth Taylor is calling for a ban on such sites.
Ms Taylor was shocked to discover after her daughter's death that she had been trawling sites on how to kill yourself and had even set up a suicide pact with three other girls she had met in chatrooms.
Doncaster teenager Carina Stephenson earlier this year hanged herself in woodlands near her home at the age of just 17.
Now her mother Elizabeth Taylor is calling for a ban on such sites.
Ms Taylor was shocked to discover after her daughter's death that she had been trawling sites on how to kill yourself and had even set up a suicide pact with three other girls she had met in chatrooms.
She said: "The pain I feel is unbelievable. I keep wondering how I could have failed to see what was happening. "There is now a huge hole in our lives that is impossible to fill. Sometimes I wish Carina had been murdered, because then I would have someone to blame."
Ms Taylor has spoken about how her daughter spent a lot of time in suicide chatrooms with a macabre obsession with death.
She was also shocked to discover her deeply disturbed daughter had been self harming for a number of years prior to her death. She said: "I discovered to my horror that Carina was visiting internet sites dedicated to death ..."
She wants them banned, to save other teenagers.
Ms Taylor has spoken about how her daughter spent a lot of time in suicide chatrooms with a macabre obsession with death.
She was also shocked to discover her deeply disturbed daughter had been self harming for a number of years prior to her death. She said: "I discovered to my horror that Carina was visiting internet sites dedicated to death ..."
She wants them banned, to save other teenagers.
The Largest Mass Sighting of UFOs in History
NEW PREDICTION: 10/2/03 -- This will probably take place in the United States, but need not be confined to any one country. Hundreds of thousands, possibly many millions, of people will witness what may be the largest grouping of UFOs ever seen by humans. If not, it will certainly rival the best past mass sighting recorded thus far. Look for this to occur in March/April 2004 or just prior to the appearance of Comet NEAT Q4.
Dozens of UFO sightings excite Iran -- Colorful lights over cities spark flying-saucer fever
April 28, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern
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April 28, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern
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The latest location on planet Earth to be hit with UFO fever is Iran, as dozens of sightings have been reported in recent days in the Islamic republic. According to Reuters, state-run television today broadcast a sparkling white disc flying over the capital of Tehran, saying it was filmed last night.
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People were reported rushing out into the streets in eight towns last night to watch a bright "extraterrestrial light dipping in and out of the clouds." The Islamic Republic News Agency also reports colorful objects seen beaming out green, red, blue and purple rays over the northern cities of Tabriz and Ardebil and in the Caspian Sea province of Golestan ...
UFO blasts sky like 50,000 spotlights - 'I've seen a few satellites ... but I'd never seen anything as big as that one'
April 1, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
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April 1, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
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"Suddenly there was this flash, it's the only way I can describe it – it was so bright it was a white flash and it lit everything up. It was like somebody had turned on 50,000 spotlights." That's how Elsa Nelms described the bright light in the Australian outback around 7 p.m. local time last night, as a huge fireball reportedly crashed to Earth somewhere in the state of Queensland.
"We all looked up in the sky and there was a white smoke trail coming from the Northeast – like a firecracker smoke trail but it was too high to even be an aircraft," the Winton resident told the Australian Associated Press. Some citizens thought they might be under attack ... |
COMMENTS (5/12/04): I now consider this a PREDICTION FULFILLED and a PREDICTION IN PROGRESS with mass sightings in Iran and official photographs released by the Mexican government to CNN! Millions of people are seeing this. What do you think?
NOTE (3/2/24): Besides the above reports there were an additional 15 links to other news stories supplied concerning mass sightings of UFOs in 2004.
NOTE (3/2/24): Besides the above reports there were an additional 15 links to other news stories supplied concerning mass sightings of UFOs in 2004.