Word: koresh
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...made his initial public appearance in the unfolding Waco tragedy as a substitute for a wounded David Koresh, grown weak after hours of haranguing FBI hostage negotiators. The bureau told the press that like his boss, Schneider enjoyed explicating Scripture, and that he seemed moody. But his background and character were of considerably more interest than they let on at the time...
Schneider was useful to Koresh, a ninth-grade dropout, vetting his theology and advising him on finances. The relationship was not one of equals, however. In 1989 Judy was one of Koresh's first new "wives." Schneider was reportedly appalled. When Judy had a daughter rumored to be Koresh's, Steve wrote home saying the baby...
...Schneider was the only game in town. Early in March, when he claimed he had 30 cultists ready to exit, the feds dutifully produced a bus. Koresh nixed the deal. Schneider hired a lawyer who, along with Koresh's, outlined an end- of-Passover surrender. That never happened either. "We put a lot of pressure on him that we hoped he could live up to," says Sage. "But he couldn...
After 51 days, self-styled messiah David Koresh finally realized his biblical vision; for him and 85 of his followers, the world did end in blood and fire...
Cult of Personality: The mystery of Koresh's allure...