The End of The World Cult Pt.1

Formerly a sailor called Wayne Bent, Michael Travesser is the leader of a cult in New Mexico called Strong City.

His 56 followers - men, women and children - hang on his every word, serving him with absolute and unquestioning devotion. They say they are all preparing for death, to go to a better place as Michael claims his days on earth are numbered.

With unprecedented access, this compelling film takes viewers into an undiscovered world, into the heart of a cult whose members are preparing to meet their maker. Film-maker Ben Anthony discovers just how a cult operates and how a leader like Michael exerts his influence.

Sixty-six-year-old Travesser has a mesmerizing hold over the members of the cult. Anthony hears teenage girls talking about wanting a sexual consummation with their Leader, discovers that this consummation extended to Travesser's own son's wife and meets parents who are desperately trying to price their children from his grip.

Strong City have also come to the attention of the FBI, who are keeping a close watch over the group. As the program delves deeper in to the world of Strong City, it asks whether Michael Travesser is about to lead his cult to a tragedy of Jonestown or Waco proportions and ultimately whether he's really a master manipulator: an expert spin doctor who brainwashes his followers simply to serve his own ends?

He claims that 31 October 2007 is Doomsday and at midnight on that date there will be an event of apocalyptic proportions, marking the end of the world.

What happens to Strong City and their Messiah on 31 October? The countdown to Doomsday has begun.

Well it's now August of 2008 so we know the end of the world never happened and probably never will. This is a very interesting and disturbing documentary, a must see.

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[mygoldfisharegold]

i love how he's only been a messiah for seven years, what was he before that?

[WalksThroughFire]

Jesus must've been the most successful cult leader of all time.

[Jordan Martin]

Crazy ass, weak people. Plain and simple. People only allow that kind of control over their minds, souls and lives are weak insecure people. The way those women look at their leader is creepy as hell.

[SuperRenata23]

why the pp are so stupid and naive believing in this crap???. This pseudo " the son of the God" is lair, manipulative scapegoat, brainwasher scam!!!

[abudziszrhs]

this is so fucked up its tragic

[JoshNortonalias]

When he says, "thru no instruction of mine" the woman starts blinking more rapidly than she was before he said that. His statement struck a nerve in her. Hmmmmm.

[Imogen Dymond]

This dickhead is in jail now.

[Crytears sunny]

While the girls were naked, inside his bedroom, all alone in middle of the night. The girls were lead to do this, to ask him for this by what WayBents other 3 wives, discussed that in order to be saved, one must lay naked, skin to skin with messiah!

If a naked man is on top a naked 14 yr old, he's kissing her breast, she's begging him to go deeper, all the way WHO is guiding this?

Satan!

This cult is nothing more than satan decieving them.

So many viewers commented about their empty eyes.

[Crytears sunny]

He keeps writing about how the states charges are nothing more than lies & that all he was doing was praying & healing these little girls of their being molested. He laid naked, on top a naked 14 yr old, kissing her breast, tongue in her mouth.

These naked healing sessions he claims are holy acts of god. Since he is THE messiah, he has a god given right doing these healings.

He says the state falsely accused him for praying wrong.

More like PREYing!

Imagine a 67 yr old naked man atop a 14 yr old

[Crytears sunny]

Don't you just love when he says..."One day, while I was sitting in my rocker, inside my trailer and God said to me "You are Messiah"...now go have sex with all the wives of the "men" in your cult & de'virginized all the young ladies!

All marriages and families disolved. Is NOT of God, is of Satan!

I pray that this WayBent-Messiah will serve every single day of his 10 yr sentence for molesting underaged girls, he calls naked healing sessions, between his sheets inside his trailer middle of night

[Crytears sunny]

just another horny creep.

cept now he's shaggin all the wives of the "men" inside his cult.

He tries weaving scripture, to justify screwing a bunch of women & little girls.

All the young ladies/virgins get to lay with messiah on their 18th birthday.

& he's dammed proud of this.

Sadly, he's destroyed numerous marriages, damaged many souls & is responsible for 3 deaths, claiming he healed them of cancers & one man killed himself when the WayBent-messiah told him his soul is lost.

Rot in prison!