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 ...

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 ...

The well of true crime stories for Netflix to examine has yet to run dry, and fans of the streaming network's documentaries will have another to add to their watch-list: Waco: American Apocalypse. In ...

Between late February and April 1993, police officials were engaged in a bloody standoff with David Koresh at his Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. What began as a search and arrest warrant ...

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.

The leader of a heavily armed religious cult holed up after a gunfight with federal agents is becoming irritable and has rejected proposals to end the weeklong standoff, an FBI agent said Sunday.

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 ...

Listen to the story audio: Your browser does not support the audio element. April 19, 2023, is the 30th anniversary of the fire that erupted at the Branch Davidian ...

“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 ...

The Branch Davidians were a bunch of weird people who just wanted to be left the fuck alone. The buzzing hivemind of the mainstream maelstrom will scream otherwise on every conceivable platform that ...