125. David Koresh

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and the road to the Waco siege.


Sources:

  • The New Yorker: “The Children of Waco” by Peter J. Boyer

  • NPR: “30 Years after the siege, ‘Waco’ examines what led to the catastrophe” by Dave Davies

  • Vox: “The Waco tragedy, explained” by Tara Isabella Burton

  • Texas Monthly: “The Enemy Within” by Gary Cartwright

  • People: “What Was the Waco Siege? Revisiting the 51-Day Standoff and Fire that Killed Nearly 80 Cult Members” by Emily Blackwood

  • ATF website: “Remembering Waco”

  • Department of Justice: “Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas

  • Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America’s Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

  • Netflix documentary series: Waco: American Apocalypse

  • Wikipedia

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124. Randy Weaver