Waco: American Apocalypse

You Can’t Make This Up

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True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode, we're bringing you the first in a four part special companion to the Netflix documentary series, Waco: American Apocalypse. Director Tiller Russell and reporter Lee Hancock discuss the inspiration behind the series and then paint a complex portrait of cult leader David Koresh – the controversial figure at the center of the story – and how he was able to convince over 100 people (and perhaps himself) that he was a living prophet. Featuring interviews with FBI Agent Bob Ricks, Hostage Rescue Team Sniper Chris Whitcomb, Branch Davidian Kathy Schroeder, and Heather Jones, the last child to make it out of the compound alive. Waco: American Apocalypse is out now on Netflix.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind
0:19.3	your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode, we're bringing you the first
0:24.6	in a four-part companion series To Waco, American Apocalypse, Out Now on Netflix.
0:31.1	On February 28th 1993 now on Netflix.
0:32.6	On February 28th 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms rated the
0:39.3	Waco Texas compound of the religious sect known as the Branch Davidians.
0:44.6	But the sect's leader David Kerez was tipped off about the raid.
0:48.7	A gun battle resulted in the deaths of multiple federal agents.
0:53.0	Over the next 51 days, a standoff ensued,
0:56.0	and it was the focus of every news broadcast across the nation.
1:00.0	Until, on April 19th, the compound caught fire leading to the deaths of 76
1:07.0	branch divisions. In the next four episodes, you'll hear Waco Director
1:11.5	Tiller Russell and reporter Lee Hancock who was there from the first day of the siege
1:16.9	as they talk with others who experience the events firsthand and explore the lasting
1:22.0	repercussions of those 51 days in 1993.
1:26.6	And now, episode one, who was David Kerech? fresh. Welcome to Waco, American Apocalypse, the Netflix Podcast
1:53.4	Companion Series.
1:54.9	I'm Tiller Russell, director and executive producer of the series.
1:59.4	We wanted to make this podcast to accompany the show
2:02.1	because we realized that there were some
2:03.6	incredible moments that took place in these interviews that didn't end up
2:07.3	fitting into the series. So we realized that this podcast was an opportunity to
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