Coming from a dysfunctional background, Koresh was a member and later a leader of the Branch Davidians, a movement originally led by Benjamin Roden, based at the Mount Carmel Center outside …

Mar 27, 2023 · David Koresh was the leader of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect that received national attention during a deadly standoff with federal law enforcement officials near Waco, Texas.

4 days ago · Somewhere between 70 and 76 armed agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) prepared to move on a group of wooden buildings outside the central Texas town of …

Apr 19, 2025 · Here’s everything to know about what caused the Waco Siege and the controversy surrounding the fire that ended it.

May 28, 2025 · Regardless of its source, the rapidly spreading fire claimed the lives of 76 Davidians, including David Koresh himself, forever branding the siege’s conclusion as one of American history’s …

Instead, in 1981 he went to Waco, Texas where he joined the Branch Davidians, a religious sect which in 1935 had settled 10 miles outside of Waco. At one time, it had more than 1,400 members.

In May 1992, ATF began an extensive investigation of David Koresh (a.k.a. Vernon Wayne Howell) and the Branch Davidians, a cult group residing on a large and rural property near Waco, Texas.

Waco siege, a 51-day standoff between Branch Davidians and federal agents that ended on April 19, 1993, when the group’s compound was destroyed in a fire.

Jan 2, 2018 · -- David Koresh, leader of an apocalyptic religious sect, perished with about 80 followers when the compound they shared burned to the ground.

Dec 19, 2017 · In his negotiations with the FBI during the Waco siege, Koresh claimed he was a messianic figure prophesied in the Bible and that God had given him his surname.