Welcome to the Prepper News page from SHTF Blog. What follows is an updated collection of legitimate news articles that either feature or discuss preppers, prepping, and survivalism.
2022
September
9/28 – Storm preppers wait hours for sandbags in Brevard County – Click Orlando
9/24 – Billionaire bunkers: How the world’s wealthiest are paying to escape reality – NY Post
9/21 – Billionaire Doomsday Preppers: The (High) Cost of the Apocalypse – Luxury Lifestyle Magazine
9/9 – Embrace a Bit of Prepper Mindset for the Next Emergency – Even the Government Approves – reason
9/4 – The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse – The Guardian
9/2 – 10 Craziest Times Being a Prepper Went Horribly Wrong – Nation lk
August
8/25 – A ‘city’ mother transforms her family into ‘disaster preppers,’ hunting and making their own toothpaste – Techno Trenz
8/24 – Ultimate meal prepper mum has 426 meals ready to feed her family for the next eight months – Mirror UK
8/19 – The Hoarder Next Door: Chinese Preppers Stay One Step Ahead – That’s Shanghai
8/19 – Billionaire PayPal founder Peter Thiel loses bid to build a $10m doomsday mansion – Daily Mail
8/7 – “Change is coming”: Meet the Englishman prepping for climate apocalypse in an old German barracks – The Observer
8/3 – Doomer Techno-optimism – CoinDesk
July
7/18 – These might be the ultimate trucks for the doomsday prepper – Market Watch
7/17 – Swedish Preppers – A Nation Rehearsing Disaster – DW
7/12 – Prepper’s Dream: Highly Affordable, Decommissioned Island Fort for Sale – Daily Wire
May
5/28 – Off-the-grdie cabins, bunkers, and estates that preppers will love – MSN
5/27 – Documents Shed Light on Secret U.S. Plans for Apocalyptic Scenarios – New York Times
5/26 – The Baby Formula Shortage and the Rise of Rational Disaster Preppers – The New Republic
5/14 – Surviving a day of doom at a Florida prepper convention – New Hampshire Union Leader
5/7 – Dr. Kral Kruszelnicki reveals he was once a doomsday prepper who fled to the Blue Mountains because he believed a massive tidal wave would swamp Sydney – Daily Mail UK
5/4 – Ultimate Prepper’s Property – With a Gold Mine – Available for $5.75M – Realtor.com
April
4/22 – Are Preppers Crazy or Smart? – Varsity
4/7 – Prepping for Doomsday, Feminist Edition – SLATE
4/6 – The Idaho Realtor Whose Clients Want Less Government in Their Lives – CURBED
4/6 – Real preppers aren’t panicking about nuclear war because they’ve always been ready with a plan in place – Inews UK
March
3/31 – This Prepper Is Building a Post-Apocalyptic Internet – Vice
3/30 – British Preppers Are Stocked Up, Well Prepared, And ‘Detached From The Chaos’ – The Epoch Times
3/30 – How Prepper Moms Tackled the Pandemic – KCM
3/28 – The Schism Breaking Apart the “Prepper” Community – Slate
3/24 – Doomsday preppers stock up as conflict and disruptions grow – CNBC
3/22 – Laugh at survivalists all you want, but maybe they have a point – The New Statesman
3/22 – Doomsday Prepper Spent $20,000 on Bunker and Supplies – Daily Mail
3/4 – Doomsday Prepper Go Into Overdrive After Russia Shelled a Nuclear Plant in Ukraine – Daily Beast
3/4 – Miso Soup Won’t Protect You in a Nuclear War – TNR
3/3 – Banking on the end of the world – This Harvard grad is on a mission to bring bunkers to the masses – Deseret News
3/3 – Missouri Prepper Paradise – Survival Bunker Hidden in the Ozarks – KHMO AM 1070
3/3 – Steel Bunkers, Iodine Pills, and Canned Food: Fear of the Nuclear Apocalypse is Back – Vice News
February
2/26 – Manufacturers report a spike in demand for underground shelters since Russia invaded Ukraine – Business Insider
2/18 – Prepper mum offers tips on storm and earthquake survival – Wales Online UK
2/10 – $940k Prepper Palace in Indiana has a Well-Hidden Underground Bunker – Realtor.com
2/2 – Bug Out to Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo for $380k – The Drive
2/1 – If doomsday prepping has taught me anything, it’s that we can’t survive alone – Waging Nonviolence
January
1/29 – I’m a doomsday prepper and here’s how you could survive nuke disaster as Ukraine-Russia tensions threaten WW3 – The U.S. Sun
1/20 – If You’re a Doomsday Prepper You’ll Love This Michigan Mansion – Mix 95.7
1/20 – Construction experts see 32% increase in preppers building bunkers and safehouses – Wales Online U.K.
2021
December
12/15 – Bunkering Down – doomsday prepper converts missile silo into underground skyscraper to survive nuke disaster – The U.S. Sun
November
11/19 – Prepper’s Estate with four houses and 20-person bunker under six-inches of steel hits the market for $6.5 million – Daily Mail
11/10 – Preppers is a deep reading of colonial violence – and a hilarious, must-watch Aussie TV comedy – The Conversation
11/4 – HUNKER DOWN China sparks ‘doomsday prepper’ frenzy amid fears of Taiwan war after calling on residents to stockpile food – The Sun
11/4 – ‘Doomsday prepper’ mom who lives ‘off-grid’ in Alaska details VERY drastic steps she’s taken to get ready for an apocalypse – (our very own SHTF Blog contributor Morgan Rogue) – Daily Mail UK
11/2 – ‘Doomsday prepper’ runs shop in Cornwall selling supplies for the end of the world – Metro UK
October
10/30 – Brit ‘preppers’ always ready for Armageddon were dismissed as paranoid – then Covid hit – Mirror UK
September
9/28 – Prepping for a possibility of survival challenges – Downtown Newsmagazine
9/17 – Germany is not as stable as we think. Just ask its preppers. – The Economist
9/17 – The Silicon Valley Wealthy Have Become Super Doomsday Preppers – Business Insider Australia
August
8/7 – Opinion: What a community of preppers taught me about survival – CNN
July
7/20 – Wisconsin Doomsday Shelter is a Million Dollar Prepper Paradise – Q98.5
7/5 – The Future Dystopic Hellscape is Upon Us – The Intercept
June
6/30 – Doomsday Prepping Goes Mainstream – NPR
6/10 – Secretive ‘prepping’ community growing amid pandemic, racial unrest – WRAL, North Carolina
6/7 – From Doomsday Preppers to Doomsday Plotters – New York Times
May
5/7 – End of the World Comedy ‘Preppers’ Now Filming in Australia – Variety
5/4 – What’s the minimum number of people needed to survive an apocalypse? – Live Science
April
4/25 – Secret luxury bunkers of the world’s super-rich – MSN Money
4/9 – What is ‘survivalism’ and why is it getting so popular in Spain? – euronews
4/6 – Were the Doomsday Preppers Right? Psychology Today
March
3/29 – No Armageddon: NASA says Earth free of asteroid risk for next 100 years – The Jerusalem Post
3/20 – University of Arizona preppers propose lunar ark to store backup copy of Earth’s bounty – Tuscon.com
3/3 – Self-Reliance In The Modern Age: What Can We Learn From Texas Survivalists Prepping For The Worst? – Texas Public Radio
February
2/19 – Texas doomsday preppers poised for power outage as winter storm sparks end of world fears (Express UK)
2/4 – Preparing to Fail – We’re ‘collapsologists’ living off the land in case civilization crumbles (The Sun)
January
1/13 – Dear social media addicts and survivalists, a state of perpetual anxiety is no way to live (The Scotsman)
1/10 – As a survivalist, I’m teaching how to turn ordeals into adventures during the pandemic (Independent)
1/6 – Looking for a doomsday bunker? Former KY lawmaker is selling his for $6.5 million (Lexington Herald Leader)
1/5 – Pharmacist Who Sabotaged COVID Vaccines Is a Conspiracy Theorist and Prepper (Vice News)
2020
December
12/30 – The preppers are ready: Why you should be too (Travel Daily News)
12/29 – ‘Hope for the best, prepare for the worst:’ More Canadians interested in survivalism (The Hamilton Spectator)
12/24 – Joe Rogan reveals insane plans for 2000 acre doomsday ranch (Dexerto)
12/15 – From COVID-19 quarantine to Brexit stockpiling: the British ‘preppers’ who saw trouble coming (National Geographic)
12/14 – ‘It’ll be chaos’: Brexit preppers share their fears for 2021 (Independent)
12/10 – Why ‘preppers’ are going mainstream (BBC)
12/8 – Interest in going off grid, being a survivalist growing during the pandemic (CBC)
November
11/19 – Survivalist community in Colorado sees increase in membership in 2020 (The Denver Channel)
11/13 – These Pandemic Preppers Are Ready for Whatever the Hell Is Next (Men’s Health)
11/12 – Bug-out Bags and Bullets: The Misguided Ideology of Doomsday Preppers (The McGill International Review)
11/4 – Preppers, Students and Financiers: How Brits Are Preparing for Lockdown 2.0 (Vice)
11/2 – Survivalist community anticipates ‘collapse mode’ post-election (Inman)
11/2 – Underground House Plan B is a Wildly Luxurious Doomsday Bunker (Boss Hunting)
October
10/30 – When the SHTF (National Review)
10/28 – Massive Asteroid Apophis to Cause Doomsday by 2068? (Latestly)
10/27 – More and more Mississippians are prepare for the apocalypse… just in case (WLBT)
10/24 – Oreo stashed its cookies in an asteroid-proof doomsday vault (CNET)
10/23 – With fears of a contested election growing, more Americans stock up to ride out the discord (Boston Globe – I am interviewed)
10/23 – We’re thinking about disaster prep all wrong (Fast Company)
10/22 – Changing The Face of the White Prepper (Forbes)
10/20 – World End Prediction: Doomsday Preacher Says Antichrist Will Rise With the Help of AI (International Business Times)
10/19 – Meet the Prepsters: Inside the World of High-End Apocalypse Gear (Inside Hook)
10/18 – Stream your next adventure: Survivalists on television (Santa Fe New Mexican)
10/13 – Ex-soldier faces gun ban and fine over illegal ‘prepper’ training in Germany (The Guardian)
10/12 – ‘Survivalist’ host Colin O’Brady helped families facing extreme tests
10/11 – ‘Humans weren’t always here. We could disappear’: meet the collapsologists
10/11 – Preppers and Fans of Post-Apocalyptic Movies – Blurring Lines (written by yours truly)
10/9 – Ronda Rousey jokes that she’s prepared for ‘zombies’ at Browsey Acres during Hot Ones interview
10/6 – In These Uncertain Times, Take Shelter in This Prepper Palace
10/6 – Doomsday community plans to open up shelters for US presidential election
10/6 – The Doomsday Plan: How the Military Responds When the President Can’t Fulfill His Duties
10/3 – Doomsday Food: All the Things that Preppers Should Hunger and Bunker Down With
10/2 – The Walking Dead vs. Real-Life Survivalists: How to Prep for the Zombie Apocalypse
10/1 – Preppers of the World, Mask Up! Survivalism and COVID-19
10/1 – It’s Going to Be a Long Winter – Stockpile Your Coping Strategies
September
9/29 – Archaeology ‘treasure trove’ exposes doomsday prophecy that ‘never made Bible’
9/27 – End of the world: 4,500-year-old Egyptian inscription warning of impending doomsday
9/26 – Russia mystery: Doomsday panic after dead crows fall from sky above secretive nuclear city
9/24 – I am Not a Housewife. I’m a Prepper.
9/24 – Celebrity survivalist Bear Grylls is opening a cool campsite in Ras Al Khaimah
9/23 – Young family honored as homesteaders
9/21 – Is 2020 the end of the world? Inside the latest doomsday prophecy
9/21 – End of the world: Ancient Viking slab decoding warns of ‘civilization’s doomsday’
9/21 – A Prepper’s Secrets to Surviving What’s Left of 2020
9/16 – Chicago’s Urban Homesteaders Open Up Their Yards For Annual Chicken Coop Tour
9/16 – Ever Wonder What It’s Like To Live Off-Grid? Here’s What To Expect
9/15 – The Bunker Magnates Hate to Say They Told You So
9/13 – ‘Room to breathe’; Young couple leaves city living to start homesteading
9/12 – Island couples turning to off-grid homestead living during pandemic
9/10 – Everything We Know About the Deeply Suspicious ‘Doomsday Couple’
9/18 – Covid is Turning Us All Into Hipsteaders
9/3 – 3D Printing for Preppers: An Overview of Disaster 3D Printing
9/3 – Prosecutors want to try ‘Doomsday’ cult couple Chad Daybell, Lori Vallow together