Saturday, December 30, 2017

'48 Hours' A self-made 'Prophet' builds Amageddon at Waco, Texas

48 HOURS (CBS) was seen Friday evening at 8/7 p.m. It aired at 7 p.m. (central time) on the Albuquerque TV station KRQE 13. Last night’s episode on Dec. 29, 2017 was called, “Secrets of Waco.” In the overnight TV ratings it garnered 4.77 million TV viewers overall. It reached 0.6 million TV viewers in the all-important 18 to 49 adult demographic. “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC) grabbed 3.29 overall & 0.5 with adults. “Shark Tank” (ABC) nabbed 4.04 overall & 0.7 with adults.

“48 Hours” is a news program that covers crime and murder in the United States. Last night’s episode was reported and narrated by Peter Van Sant. 

“Secrets of Waco.” The state of Texas 1993. David Koresh was a self-made “prophet” who believed himself to be the son-of-God. He led a religious group who rose up to fight the federal government. There was a 51-day standoff between his “Branch Davidian Christians” and the FBI. More than 70 of those Christians died in a raging fire and it included Koresh. 

David had dozens of followers and supposedly fathered more than 20 children. He preached the-second-coming of Jesus Christ and the end of the world. Before that 51-day stand-off. He secretly bought guns from an illegal gun dealer. His hardcore Christian belief was that, he was going to lead his followers to Jesus and the beautiful-after-life.   

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(CBS photo. David Koresh at Waco, Texas).

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