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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