Encore: Waco | Day 51 | 6

American Scandal

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True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, History Daily, American History Tellers, Lindsay Graham

4.6 • 18.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Branch Davidians prepare to surrender. But their plan unravels when they face the FBI, which is under intense pressure to get quick results.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American Scandal add-free on Amazon music, download
0:05.8	the app today.
0:08.1	This is a special encore presentation of our series on the Standoff in Waco, Texas, which
0:12.8	originally aired in 2020.
0:14.3	It's an investigation of a shocking story that sparked a national debate about religious
0:18.8	freedom and the power of the federal government.
0:21.1	We hope you enjoy.
0:22.1	A listener note, this episode contains references to adult content and language, and contains
0:27.6	material that some might find offensive.
0:41.6	It's just before dawn on March 25, 1993.
0:45.7	Outside Waco, Texas, the early morning sky is still full of stars.
0:49.6	A gentle wind drives through the prairie grasses, and at Mount Carmel Center, everything
0:54.8	and everyone is still quiet.
0:57.6	But suddenly a screeching noise fills the morning air.
1:00.7	It's the high-pitched wine of a dentist's drill, and it's coming from loudspeakers, which
1:04.9	play the terrible sounds at ear-piercing levels.
1:08.4	Inside the men's dormant Mount Carmel, Steve Schneider grimaces from his bottom bunk.
1:13.1	He hears groans and muttering all around him.
1:15.8	People are stirring in the darkness, miserable.
1:17.8	It's become impossible for anyone to sleep now that the FBI is blasting torch resounds
1:23.6	through giant speakers all night.
1:26.6	And that's not the only problem inside Mount Carmel.
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