![]() Many of the women who were there that day died with the children. There were only nine survivors of the fire that ended the standoff. One Black British survivor of the cult, Livingstone Fagan, has written several books on his continuing analysis of Branch Davidian theology. ![]() You can find more diverse perspectives in podcasts (though not about Waco, I really loved Glynn Washington’s podcast about Heaven’s Gate) and TikTok (though remember what I said about the militia content - thehistory_hub, youcancallmepatches, and trustmecultpodcast are all interesting TikTok accounts that discuss cults). While there were people of color within the compound, the diversity of authors writing about Waco is frankly lacking. The full Waco report was not available until 2000. I tried to focus this list on books published in the last 20 years since more information has come out since the initial round of books about Waco. ![]() Today there is a Branch Davidian church at the site of the siege, though they don’t claim association with Koresh. It is very clear that what happened at Waco didn’t end at Waco. ![]() ![]() Waco and an earlier siege at Ruby Ridge in Idaho fueled the fire of the sovereign citizen movement, and both events were cited as inspiration by Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber. ![]()
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