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Ep. 66: David Koresh, The Branch Davidians, and the Siege of Waco (Cult Stories / True Crime)

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I'm Dying, All My Followers and All My Children Are Dying With Me

Koresh signed his own children's metaphorical death certificates. He made the decision, if i'm dying, all my followers and all my children are dying with me. I think we can portray these kids as real people who never got chance to show us what they were going to become. If there had never been a raid, it's likely that some of these children would have grown up to be cult members. It's still not ok that all 20 of them weren't given the choice. This is almost less about the children's death for me, and more about their lack of freedom,. What's about their lives?

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