Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

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 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 Jesus or the Holy Ghost—not sure which one wants all those wives.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands

Cite your sources:

Benson, Eric. "At Bible Study With David Koresh's Last Followers." Texas Monthly (TX), sec. Religion, 26 Mar. 2018. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FA07302A8AE5340&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews/16ECDC5F952C93F8. Accessed 25 Feb. 2023.

Benson, Eric. "The FBI Agent Who Can't Stop Thinking About Waco." Texas Monthly (TX), sec. History, 21 Mar. 2018. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FA07302A8AE5340&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews/16ECDC5DEE01B9A8. Accessed 17 Feb. 2023.

Burton, Tara Isabella. “The Waco tragedy, explained.” Vox, 19 April 2018, https://www.vox.com/2018/4/19/17246732/waco-tragedy-explained-david-koresh-mount-carmel-branch-davidian-cult-25-year-anniversary. Accessed 20 February 2023.          cdhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/waco/davidkoresh.html. Accessed 20 February 2023.

Cartwright, Gary. “The Enemy Within – Texas Monthly.” Texas Monthly, June 1993, https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-enemy-within-2/. Accessed 21 February 2023.

Cook, Kevin. Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias. Henry Holt and Company, 2023.

Davies, Dave, and Jeff Guinn. “'Waco' author Jeff Guinn discusses the demagoguery of David Koresh.” NPR, 25 January 2023, https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1151283229. Accessed 22 February 2023.

Gladwell, Malcolm. “Sacred And Profane.” The New Yorker, 31 March 2014, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/31/sacred-and-profane-4. Accessed 23 February 2023.

Gray, Jacquelyn. “Uncovering What Really Happened at the Waco Siege.” A&E, 24 January 2023, https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/what-happened-waco-siege. Accessed 23 February 2023.

Guinn, Jeff. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage. Simon & Schuster, 2023.

Hibbert, A. Anthony. Before the Flames: Story of David Koresh and the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists. Seaburn Pub., 1996.

Ling, Justin. “How a Crazy Plan to Rebuild Waco Compound Gave Us Alex Jones.” The Daily Beast, 26 November 2021, https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-crazy-plan-to-rebuild-waco-compound-gave-us-alex-jones. Accessed 20 February 2023.

Moore, James. “What Really Happened at Waco.” HuffPost, 28 February 2007, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-really-happened-at-w_b_42326. Accessed 23 February 2023.

Smith, J.B.  "The Waco tragedy at 25: How the story overtook the storytellers." Bristol Herald Courier (VA), sec. News, 26 Feb. 2018. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FA07302A8AE5340&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews/16A5B43D9721F770. Accessed 21 Feb. 2023.

Thibodeau, David, and Leon Whiteson. A place called Waco : a survivor's story. PublicAffairs, 1999.

Wilson, Jason. “Ruby Ridge, 1992: the day the American militia movement was born.” The Guardian, 26 August 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/26/ruby-ridge-1992-modern-american-militia-charlottesville. Accessed 20 February 2023.