1999/12/30
Jerusalem Syndrome again: the curious tale of the many prophets of the Petra Hotel: (WIRED News)
Besides his job of saving the world, Miles confesses to a dark side. He claims he is also the Antichrist, linguistically tied to Romulus, the founder of Rome who murdered his brother, and to alleged Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. Bad things tend to occur when he is angry or in pain, he said.
The police still haven't cleared the Petra of all its prophets. "There's still plenty of crazy people around here," said one of the hotel's clerks, who declined to be identified.