The 1993 Waco Siege

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

One of the darkest days in the history of American law enforcement came on April 19, 1993, when the FBI’s 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian religious sect’s compound in Waco, Texas ended with a fire and 75 men, women, and children dead inside.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio.
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0:17.2	I'm Josh, and there's Chuck and Jerry's here too, and this is stuff you should know.
0:22.2	And if you're going to do it, do it right. Do it with us.
0:27.8	Is that a song?
0:29.4	Yeah, it's a George Michael's song.
0:31.7	Okay.
0:32.3	I don't remember the song.
0:34.7	He's like, baby, I'm your man. Don't you know I am?
0:40.4	I think that's wham, isn't it?
0:43.6	Maybe. Could be. They're virtually interchangeable. Sorry, Andrew.
0:48.8	Oh, my goodness.
0:50.1	Yeah. Did you know George did everything with last Christmas?
0:54.9	I mean, he wrote it, all he composed it, and he played the instruments?
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1:07.8	Now I'm sweating that it's not true.
1:10.6	Well, hopefully at the end of this episode,
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