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Texas Waco doc: Cult leader David Koresh ‘needed to fulfill his destiny,' resulting in horrific tragedy Netflix's 'Waco: American Apocalypse' explores 51-day standoff between U.S. government and ...
Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.
Rachel Jones was David Koresh's only legal wife, though he was said to have taken up to a dozen wives and some were as young as 12.
Who was David Koresh? The leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh was born Vernon Howell in Houston on August 17, 1959.
David Koresh had multiple wives while he was the leader of the Branch Davidian religious group, some of whom were his children.
David Koresh was a man ahead of his time. After the calamitous 1993 fire at Waco, Texas, which saw 76 of Koresh’s followers killed after a long FBI siege, the cult leader turned from a freak and ...
The Branch Davidians, a fringe religious group led by David Koresh, faced off with the FBI for 51 days in Waco in 1993. Then came the fire.
After quibbling over early concessions in the negotiating process, David Koresh allowed 23 of his followers to leave the compound during the first week but the Davidians good faith was only met ...
Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell, made religious claims strikingly similar to those of Cyrus Teed, an 'eclectic physician' and alchemist who founded a commune in Estero, Florida in 1894.
Who was David Koresh? The leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, was born Vernon Howell in Houston on August 17, 1959.