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David Koresh (/ kəˈrɛʃ / [citation needed]; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader [2] who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. [3][4] As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect, Koresh claimed to be its final prophet. His apocalyptic Biblical teachings, including ...
The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, [7][8][9][10] was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging to the religious cult known as the Branch Davidians, between February 28 and April 19, 1993. [11] The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, were headquartered at Mount Carmel ...
By 1990, Vernon Howell had legally changed his name to David Koresh – David referring to King David from the bible, and Koresh being the biblical name of Cyrus the Great, the ancient Persian ...
When Benjamin Roden died, Lois remained as the sole lawful president until her death from breast cancer in 1986. [3] Early in her presidency her leadership was challenged by her son, George Roden in a leadership election in 1979, and in late 1983 by Vernon Howell (from 1990, formally known as David Koresh). Both challengers drew away supporters ...
A chronological history of the Waco, Texas compound that burned to the ground with 76 Branch Davidian cult members still inside on April 19, 1993.
Thirty years ago, a 51-day confrontation between law enforcement and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians ended in a catastrophic fire. Clémence Michallon reports Eighty people died in Waco after an ...
George Buchanan Roden (January 17, 1938 – December 8, 1998) was an American leader of the Branch Davidian sect, a Seventh-day Adventist splinter group. In 1987, he was evicted from the Mount Carmel Center near Waco, Texas, by his rival David Koresh. [2] He was later confined in a Texas mental hospital for a 1989 murder until his own death in ...
400. ISBN. 9781982186104. OCLC. 1330895674. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage is a 2023 non-fiction book by journalist Jeff Guinn about the 1993 Waco siege. It was published by Simon & Schuster.