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With Michael Shannon, Giovanni Ribisi, Keean Johnson, Abbey Lee. Five-part drama series portraying the searing aftermath of the disastrous Waco standoff at the Branch Davidian compound - an event that galvanized American militia movements and helped radicalize Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
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- 2023-04-14
- Crime, Drama, History
Waco: The Aftermath is an American television miniseries developed by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle that premiered on April 16, 2023, on Showtime. The five-episode series is a sequel to the 2018 miniseries Waco , which dramatizes the 1993 standoff between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms ...
Jan 31, 2018 · How “Waco” deals with the aftermath of the fire, who caused it and whether it was set by the cultists as part of a violent, Biblical-inspired endgames, remains to be seen -- just three ...
Apr 19, 2023 · Nearly three decades ago, the Waco siege came to a disastrous end, and "Waco: The Aftermath" will premiere just days before the tragedy's 30th anniversary. The series will begin airing...
- David Koresh's Rise to Power Started with A Siege
- Koresh Used Faith to Influence His Followers
- Branch Davidians Had A Huge Stockpile of Firearms
- ATF Raid on Mount Carmel at Waco Was Doomed from Day 1
- FBI Blared Loud Music Outside Koresh's Compound
- An Apocalyptic Fire Brought The Waco Siege to An End
The Branch Davidians were founded by Benjamin Rodenin 1955 as a new religious movement. The Branch Davidians sprung from the Davidians, who were led by a Bulgarian immigrant named Victor Houteff. Upon Victor's death, his wife Florence took the leadership of the Davidians who were based out of their headquarters at Mount Carmel in Waco. When an apoc...
Koresh claimed to be the final prophet, the "Messiah," who has come to help the group survive the apocalypse destined to arrive at their doorsteps any day. He used the writings of the Book of Revelation to further build his image as the prophet of the Branch Davidians. As mentioned in the Netflix docuseries, Koresh also mandated his male followers ...
The Branch Davidians dealt guns and firearms legally, thereby explaining the group's easy access to guns. The ATF (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) was already keeping surveillance on the group months before the siege took place. The ATF had also managed to place an undercover agent, Robert Rodriguez, within the cult. A day ...
On receiving the news of the raid, the Branch Davidians decided to ready themselves for the worst, and they set up their defense to face any eventuality. The ATF also readied themselves to conduct the raid with as least resistance as possible. Apparently, Koresh wanted to talk it out with the ATF at first, as per one of the interviewees in the Netf...
In all honesty, the FBI was hellbent on making Koresh surrender as early as possible. To do so, the FBI resorted to both directly violent and indirectly violent means. Apart from parading an array of tanks, such as the Bradley tanks and Abrams tanks, and an army of law enforcement officers numbering around nine hundred, the FBI decided to force the...
By April 14, 1993, much of the negotiations between the FBI and Koresh were nearing a dead end as, by now, Koresh had promised to surrender multiple times before going back on his word. On April 14, he revealed that he wanted time to write a manuscript to share holy teachings with the world. By this time, the FBI had decided to approach Attorney Ge...
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The three-part series tells the story of Waco cult leader David Koresh and the violent siege that took place over 51 days in 1993. The new doc series includes FBI videos that’ve never been released to the public before.
May 1, 2023 · For McVeigh, Waco was the “straw that broke the back of Lady Liberty,” the “first blood of war.” A white supremacist with a grievance against the government was not a new phenomenon.
