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.
2021
June
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
1/14 – Prepper fixer-upper? Missile silo in New York listed for $600,000 (Baltimore Sun)
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 Prepping (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 – Inside the Arctic Doomsday Seed Vault for the First Time 360 Video
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
9/22 – Luxury doomsday bunkers: How the mega-rich are preparing for the apocalypse
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
9/9 – Prepper Palace: Ride Out the End of the World in Georgia for Under $1M
9/8 – City of Cannon Beach wants you to be prepared for a natural disaster
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