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Apr 13, 2018 · 1. Experts still debate whether the Branch Davidians were, in fact, a ‘cult.’. Though the dominant narrative at the time of the siege was that Koresh was a sketchy cult leader, there has never...
Apr 19, 2018 · For many people, Waco is a lurid story about a cult — a story that has lent itself to decades of sensationalist media coverage (and, recently, a television miniseries ). It’s the story of a...
Apr 17, 2024 · David Koresh in 1981 at the Mount Carmel compound of the Branch Davidians cult near Waco, Texas. AP/REX/Shutterstock Koresh claimed he could talk to God and unlock the Seven Seals in the...
David Koresh (/ k ə ˈ r ɛ ʃ /; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. [3] [4] As the head of the Branch Davidians , a religious sect and offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists , Koresh claimed to be its final prophet .
Apr 19, 2023 · Thirty years ago Wednesday, after a deadly seven-week standoff, federal agents moved in on a religious cult’s compound in Waco, Tex. Then, in a scene that would become the stuff both of...
Feb 28, 2013 · Find out what happened to the key players in the siege of the Branch Davidian cult compound on February 28, 1993. By: Jesse Greenspan. Updated: August 30, 2018 | Original: February 28, 2013. copy...
Mar 27, 2023 · Cult leader David Koresh led the Branch Davidians in a deadly 51-day standoff against the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. By Biography.com Editors and Colin McEvoy...
