Case file · High strangeness

The rapture that did not come

Thousands of followers of the Dami Mission sold homes and waited in churches for the rapture at midnight on 28 October 1992.

1992 CE · 37.57, 126.98 · status: explained

The account

Police and reporters surrounded the churches; when nothing happened, followers went home. Pastor Lee Jang-rim, who had bought bonds maturing in 1993, was jailed for fraud.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Dami Mission
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