The Waco massacre in 1993 saw the deaths of 86 people after a 51-day standoff gripped viewers across the US. Netflix's recent documentary Waco: American Apocalypse shows David Koresh serving as ...

Branch Davidian leader David Koresh is shown in this police line-up in 1987 (Image: Rex). Koresh, born in Houston, Texas in 1959, had an illegal relationship with a 15-year-old girl at the age of 19.

Texas Waco doc: Cult leader David Koresh ‘needed to fulfill his destiny,' resulting in horrific tragedy Netflix's 'Waco: American Apocalypse' explores 51-day standoff between U.S. government and ...

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 ...

Thirty years ago, nearly 80 men, women and children were killed when US government agents stormed a compound in Waco, Texas, where the fanatical Branch Davidian cult and its leader David Koresh ...

David Koresh was born on August 17, 1959, in Houston, Texas, to Bonnie Clark. His real name was Vernon Howell, before changing it to copy Old Testament kings, and claiming to be God's prophet .

As the 30th anniversary of the federal government’s deadliest massacre in the post ... the jackpot when they stumbled over David Koresh. ... Ranch in the scrublands outside of Waco, Texas.

Jeff Guinn’s new book Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage, set for release January 24, explores familiar themes previously aired in government investigations, books ...

David Koresh in an image from Netflix's "Waco: American Apocalypse." Koresh and his followers were killed during an FBI standoff at the Branch Davidians compound in Waco, Texas in April 1993.

Read on to find out more about David Koresh and the Waco siege ... Originally a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, he moved to Waco, Texas, in 1981 and joined the Branch Davidians, ...