''Doomsday Castle'' is a

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, that was canceled in 2013, showing the lives of Brenton Bruns and his five children preparing for the end of the world, in a castle he has built near

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. The show is a spin-off of ''

Doomsday Preppers ''Doomsday Preppers'' was an American reality television series that aired on the National Geographic Channel from 2011 to 2014. The program profiles various survivalists, or "preppers", who are preparing to survive the various circumstances th ...

''; Bruns and his castle were originally featured on the season 2 episode "No Such Thing as a Fair Fight". Bruns says he built a castle to survive an

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, since a castle can survive without electricity and defend against raiders. It started as a bunker in 1999, and is continuously being added to. Bruns states that his property is covered with booby traps, and his neighbors are "serious preppers with lots of guns".

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

References

External links

Official website
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First episode on National Geographics official YouTube channel
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