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Deadspin (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... all these,' says Williams, unlocking a 6-foot-tall safe stockpiled with an arsenal that would make David Koresh blush. 'Nobody should be able to go out and buy an assault rifle. But, because the law says I can, I'm going to take advantage of it.'Williams beams that he owns $50,000 in weapons. He has a Bonnie 'n' Clyde machine gun replica; an Italian Carcano M91 rifle, the kind that...
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Religion News Blog (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
... with a special holiness or sanctity, Wessinger said.In the case of the , sex with prophet David Koresh was seen as normal and desirable, even when it involved girls as young as 14. Similarly, in the , whose members committed mass suicide in the Guyana jungle in 1978, sex with leader Jim Jones was sometimes a reward for both men and women, married and unmarried.“You would think that...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... American tales and tragedies of the 20th century, feeding on the legacies of Charles Manson, David Koresh, Jim Jones and others.The process, he says, was fascinating and grueling, amusing and heartbreaking, as he wrote and recorded demos, sometimes alone, in a small Hollywood studio. "It all started with my fascination with cults and cult music, which started in 2004, when I started...
