Award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author Jeff Guinn chats with Trey Elling about WACO: DAVID KORESH, THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS, AND A LEGACY OF RAGE. In the first- or a two-part conversation, Jeff and Trey discuss the evolution of the Branch Davidians and David Koresh’s rise within the religious organization. Topics include:
- The book’s genesis (1:26)
- 20 ATF agents going on-record about Waco for the first time (2:51)
- How the group originally settled in Waco, TX in the early 1930s (5:44)
- Legally becoming the “Branch Davidians” (8:24)
- Koresh’s early days with the Branch Davidians (12:00)
- Koresh’s first taste of a gun fight (18:41)
- How the Branch Davidians got into illegal firearms in the early 1990s (21:00)
- Koresh’s sexual proclamations and the cost of losing Marc Breault as a follower (25:44)
- Why some defend Koresh’s pedophilia (29:12)