5 End of the World Tapes You Were Never Supposed to See

If you are watching this, it means the world is ending. That was the premise behind one of the most haunting pieces of television ever made—yet never meant to be seen. Not until everything else was gone. Not until the bombs had fallen, the skies had burned, and CNN’s signal was the last flicker of American civilization. It’s only one minute long. Just a grainy image of a military band playing a slow, trembling hymn on the lawn of CNN’s old Georgia headquarters. And then—silence. Black screen. The tape’s label said it all: Hold For Release till end of the world confirmed...