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 ...

One of the most publicized tragedies of the 1990s is one of the top series on Netflix at the moment. Waco, the miniseries that originally premiered on the Paramount Network in 2018, tells the ...

Joann Vaega was 6 years old when she survived the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, an event that claimed the lives of dozens. Her parents, who died in the fire that engulfed ...

The 2018 miniseries Waco is now streaming on Netflix, which means millions of people may be discovering the story of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians for the first time. The 1993 standoff between ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The television series “Waco” devotes a good portion of its screen time to character David Thibodeau, a drummer who met Branch Davidian leader David Koresh (Taylor Kitsch) at a Los Angeles bar. Koresh ...

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 ...

According to the Texas State Historical Association, Victor T. Houteff established the Davidians, a small Adventist reform movement. A Bulgarian immigrant, Houteff left the Bulgarian Orthodox Church ...