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Strange Country

Sometimes you need to have a glass of wine, cuppa whatever and listen to a good old weird story. Musical score Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands.

Mar 30, 2023

We have finally reached the end of the Strange Country siege of covering the Waco Siege. In the final episode, cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss the aftermath of Waco and how the dots can be connected to such awfulness like Oklahoma City bombing and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of...


Mar 23, 2023

We’re almost there, gentle dash hounds, to the end of our siege. In part 4 of Waco, Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about the 51-day standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidians that ended disastrously.

Cite your sources:

Benson, Eric. "At Bible Study With David Koresh's Last Followers." Texas Monthly...


Mar 16, 2023

In third installment of the Waco Siege, Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss the ATF raid on Feb. 28, 1993. The ATF steamrolled ahead even when they heard the Branch Davidians knew they were coming.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands

Cite your sources:

Benson, Eric. "At Bible Study With David...


Mar 9, 2023

In this second installment of the Waco Siege, Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss some of the features of being in David Koresh’s orb. If you were a young—like really young—girl, you’d likely find yourself including in the House of David. This is what his harem of women were called. Because of God or...


Mar 2, 2023

Welcome readers to part 1 of a possibly 144K episodes about the Waco Siege. Thirty years ago, federal agents raided the Mount Carmel Center to serve a warrant on David Koresh, and it did not go well. In this first part, cohosts Beth and Kelly explore the beginnings of the religion to William Miller who made...