Nostradamus Effect

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   E1. The Third Antichrist

   Sep 9, 2009 · 45m

   It's a year that many have prophesied will bring a catastrophic end to life as we know it. Whatever is in store—a massive cosmic collision, a global environmental disaster, an Armageddon-like religious showdown, or a more subtle transformation—many believe that 2012 will mark a major shift in the history of our planet. But what is there to substantiate such fears? A detailed, historical investigation of this chilling prophecy is the mission of Nostradamus 2012, an exciting HISTORY special that casts the doomsday warning in a frighteningly modern context.

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   E2. Da Vinci's Armageddon

   Sep 16, 2009 · 45m

   Was Leonardo Da Vinci, one of history's great philosophers, artists and engineers, a secret prophet? And did he envision world destruction of such biblical proportions that it haunted him until the end of his days? Clues hidden in Da Vinci's paintings, his re-discovered prophetic "riddles" and the events of his life now suggest that he, too, was influenced by the Nostradamus Effect.

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   E3. Extinction: 2012

   Sep 23, 2009 · 45m

   Various cultures throughout history have pointed to December 21, 2012 as the end of the world, including the Mayans, Hopi Indians, Eastern Hindus and others, due to an astronomical alignment, which only occurs every 26,000 years.

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   E4. Hitler’s Blood Oath

   Sep 30, 2009 · 45m

   An investigation over whether Adolph Hitler, the Nazi Germany leader was the third antichrist predicted by Nostradamus and the role in which the occult played in his efforts to rebuild an Aryan master race.

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   E5. The Apocalypse Code

   Oct 7, 2009 · 45m

   Sir Isaac Newton is one of the greatest geniuses in history, but few know that he also predicted a shocking new date of the Apocalypse. Though famous for discovering gravity, calculus, and the basic laws of universal motion, Newton possessed a very dark and mysterious side. Thousands of his private papers, only recently made available, reveal a man secretly obsessed with alchemy and Biblical prophecy.

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   E6. Son of Nostradamus

   Oct 14, 2009 · 45m

   After the discovery of a secret manuscript in 1994 in the Vatican Library, some speculate the dire prophesies within its pages may have been penned by the eldest son of Nostradamus as a warning to the cataclysmic end of mankind.

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