Taylor Kitsch plays David Koresh in “Waco,” the Paramount Network new six-part series about the siege of the Branch Davidians’ compound in 1993 that ended in fire and death.

Originally a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, he moved to Waco, Texas, in 1981 and joined the Branch Davidians, where he played the guitar and sang in church services.

I’ve looked at it introspectively and firmly believe – and I’ve been told this by people who survived the fire – that David Koresh needed to fulfill the destiny that he perceived was his.

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 ...

Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.

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 ...