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The Waco siege has been the subject of numerous documentary films and books. The first film was a made-for television docudrama film, In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco, which was made during the siege, before the April 19 assault on the church, and presented the initial firefight of February 28, 1993 as an ambush. The film's writer, Phil ...
David Koresh ( / kəˈrɛʃ /; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader [ 2] 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.
The events at Waco spurred criminal prosecution and civil litigation. A federal grand jury indicted 12 of the surviving Branch Davidians – including Clive Doyle, Brad Branch, Ruth Riddle, and Livingstone Fagan – charging them with aiding and abetting in murder of federal officers, and unlawful possession and use of various firearms.
On the morning of February 28, 1993, seventy-six agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco (ATF) descended on the compound, planning to enter the building, locate the stockpile of ...
On April 16th, Waco: The Aftermath will air on Showtime. The project is a sequel to the Paramount miniseries, and it follows Branch Davidians like Kathy Schroeder and David Thibodeau who survived ...
Over the course of 51 days, from Feb. 28 to April 19, 1993, various U.S. federal government agencies were in a tragic and violent standoff with the religious group, Branch Davidians led by cult ...
Waco: American Apocalypse. Waco: American Apocalypse is an American documentary television miniseries about the Waco siege in 1993 between the US federal government and the Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh. It was released on Netflix on March 22, 2023, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the siege.
The New Mount Carmel Center was a large group of buildings used by the Branch Davidian religious group located near Axtell, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Waco. The Branch Davidians were established by Benjamin Roden in 1959 as a breakaway sect from Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, and was later led by David Koresh starting in the 1980s.