Branch Davidians Revisited @ 30
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
It's been 30 years since the deadly stand-off in Waco, Texas that killed 75 people, including 25 children.
Among the dead was David Koresh, the leader of the Branch Davidians, one of several Doomsday cults that made news at the end of the 20th century.
On this episode of History of the 90s, first broadcast in May 2020 as part of a series on Doomsday cults we look back at what happened in Waco and why.
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Guest:
Dick Reavis, author of The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation. https://www.texasmonthly.com/author/dick-reavis/
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| 0:43.3 | This month marks 30 years since a fire killed 75 people, including 25 children, |
| 0:50.3 | and put an end to a 51-day standoff in Waco, Texas. Among the dead was David |
| 0:56.8 | Koresh, the leader of the Branch Davidians, one of several Doomsday cults that made news at the end of |
| 1:02.5 | the 20th century. During season one of History of the 90s, we aired a four-part series on Doomsday |
| 1:08.9 | cults, including an episode on the events that took place at Waco. |
| 1:13.4 | Today, we bring you a rebroadcast of that episode. |
| 1:17.2 | If you're interested in hearing the original series, |
| 1:19.7 | scroll back in your feed to May 2020. |
| 1:22.3 | I'll be back in two weeks with something brand new. |
| 1:25.2 | Until then, I hope you enjoy the show. |
| 1:31.5 | Music with something brand new. Until then, I hope you enjoy the show. On a cold, drizzly morning, an 80-vehicle convoy, which included two trucks hauling cattle |
| 1:37.9 | trailers, barrel down a dusty road in central Texas. As they approach their destination, ATF agent Pete Maston, dressed in full |
| 1:47.7 | battle gear, peered through a slit in the canvas that concealed him and his colleagues. It was |
| 1:53.7 | eerily quiet outside. There was no one around. Suddenly the front door of the main building opened. A man with long dark hair and glasses |
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