Criswell Predicts From Now to the Year 2000!

Criswell Predicts From Now to the Year 2000!

1968 • 142 pages

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Obviously I only read this because I recently saw Plan 9 from Outer Space and I found Criswell's narration absolutely hilarious. I found the book as hilarious as I thought it would be. The predictions are ridiculous, self-contradictory, and repetitive.
If you look at it as a comedy book, an oddity made by someone just crazy enough to think he could predict the future but not crazy enough to become a cult leader and murderer, and not something to be taken completely seriously, you might see that it's a complete success. It's also oddly poetic.
The most shocking part of this book that absolutely nobody talks about is that he predicted that Bob Dylan would kill himself.
On page 63: “I PREDICT that America's foremost Rock-Folk Singer will commit suicide during Easter Week, 1969.”

March 17, 2025