Branch Davidian leader David Koresh is seen in an archival photo featured in the Netflix series Waco: American Apocalypse. (Photo: Courtesy of Netflix) Thirty years ago, America's collective gaze was ...

It began on February 28, 1993 with the biggest gunfight on American soil since the Civil War, and ended 51 days later with the deaths of more than 80 people. The siege at a religious compound near ...

Four federal agents were killed along with more than 80 Branch Davidians, including 25 children and cult leader David Koresh, during the 51-day siege A little more than 30 years ago, a gun battle ...

February 28, 1993—Day 1 of the seige: After exiting two cattle trailers amid a hail of virtually point-blank gunfire, ATF agents took what cover was available—mostly behind cars—and began returning ...

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In two series timed to the 30th anniversary of the events, the fallout from a standoff between federal agents and an apocalyptic religious sect gets a second look. By Chris Vognar Thirty years ago, a ...

In 1984, Vernon Howell revealed that God had been speaking to him since he was a child. And he announced he was “the Seventh and Final Angel,” who would lead Branch Davidians through the Apocalypse.

“Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco,” by Stephan Talty. “Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco” by Stephan Talty; Mariner Books (464 pages, $30) In ...

Thirty years ago this April 19, TV viewers looked on as Mount Carmel—the sprawling Branch Davidian compound on a bleak stretch of prairie outside Waco—was engulfed in flame and smoke. The destruction ...

Nobody came out of the 1993 Waco tragedy looking good. Not David Koresh, the messianic religious/cult leader who stockpiled illegal weapons and married underage girls in order to spread his seed for a ...

David Koresh “may have been a false prophet, but he was onto something,” the current pastor of the Branch Davidians recently remarked at his congregation’s compound near Waco, Texas. “That’s why the ...