Encore: Waco | Broken Promises | 5

American Scandal

Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, History Daily, American History Tellers, Lindsay Graham

4.6 • 18.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Branch Davidians remain locked in a tense standoff with the federal government. And with the FBI now in charge, negotiators try to secure a peaceful surrender. But the FBI—and the Davidians—face a major obstacle: the always-unpredictable David Koresh.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American Scandal add-free on Amazon music, download
0:05.8	the app today.
0:08.7	This is a special encore presentation of our series on the Standoff in Waco, Texas, which
0:13.4	originally aired in 2020.
0:14.9	It's an investigation of a shocking story that sparked a national debate about religious
0:19.4	freedom and the power of the federal government.
0:21.7	We hope you enjoy.
0:22.7	A listener note, this episode contains references to adult content and language, and contains
0:28.2	material that some might find offensive.
0:35.2	It's 10pm on February 28, 1993.
0:45.6	At a small air strip outside Waco, Texas, a prop plane comes in for a landing.
0:50.3	On board the plane, Gary Nessner leans back in his seat.
0:53.9	He feels relieved because finally his long day of travel has come to an end.
0:58.5	Nessner is an FBI hostage negotiator, and earlier today while he was at home in Virginia, he
1:04.0	got a call from the Bureau.
1:05.7	He learned that a disastrous raid had just taken place in Texas, one that had turned into
1:10.1	a bloody shootout.
1:11.9	Federal forces had gone head to head with a religious group called the Branch Davidians,
1:15.9	and in the end, four agents were left dead, with nearly 30 wounded.
1:21.9	As the plane touches down, Nessner files away a stack of folders and snaps his briefcase
1:26.5	shut.
1:27.5	He spent the entire flight reading up on the incident, and he's quickly becoming an expert
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