In 1993, an incident that would shape occurred involving David Koresh, the leader of the Branch Davidian sect, who resided on a ranch near Waco, Texas. Koresh had amassed a substantial arsenal of ...
On April 19, 1993, the FBI launched a tear-gas assault on the Mount Carmel Center, a religious cult near Waco, Texas, where self-proclaimed prophet David Koresh and the Brand Davidians had been ...
April 17 -- The children in David Koresh's Branch Davidian cult grew up believing they would die young — and on April 19, 1993, 25 of them did, perishing with their parents when the cult's complex ...
As the events in Texas turn 30, there are two new major projects looking back on what happened between David Koresh and the government. Over the course of 51 days, from Feb. 28 to April 19, 1993, ...
Chris Whitcomb can vividly recall the moment he had a clear shot of doomsday cult leader David Koresh. It was 1993 and Whitcomb was a sniper with the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. A gun battle had been ...
MCLENNAN COUNTY, Texas — Thirty years ago outside of Waco, Texas at Mount Carmel 76 Branch Davidians died after federal agents ended a 51-day standoff. They were led by a cult leader named David ...
How did a rural Texas boy named Vernon Wayne Howell transform himself into David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians? And what's the long-term effect of the fiery federal raid in Waco, Texas, after ...
WACO, Texas — Thirty-two years ago, the world watched a deadly standoff unfold just outside Waco, Texas — a siege that would leave 76 people dead and spark decades of debate, documentaries and ...
Novelist Bret Anthony Johnston was in his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas, when the news came from outside Waco, about 300 miles away. A 51-day standoff between federal agents and followers of the ...