20. Books and Videos About the Waco Holocaust

Books about the Waco Holocaust

New books are produced every year, and these will never be comprehensive lists. Here are a few books that recognize the humanity and rights of the Davidians.

1994: DeVault, Jack, The Waco Whitewash
1994: Fawcett, Ken, Blind Justice
2017: Fagan, Livingstone, Understanding Waco & Salvation
1993: Cole, Ron, Sinister Twilight, Augie Enriquez

Among others, the following also address the subject. Without endorsing

1993: U.S. Department of Treasury, ATF Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell, also Known as David Koresh, PB Publishing
1993: Breault, Marc, Inside the Cult: A Member's Exclusive Chilling Account of Madness and Depravity in David Koresh, Signet
1993: King, Martin and Breault, Marc, Preacher of Death: The Shocking Inside Story of David Koresh and the Waco Siege, BCA
1993: Leppard, David, Fire and Blood: The True Story of David Koresh and the Waco Siege, Fourth Estate Classic House
1993: Linedecker, Clifford, Massacre at Waco: The Shocking True Story of Cult Leader David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, True Crime
1993: Madigan, Tim, See No Evil: Blind Devotion and Bloodshed in David Koresh's Holy War, Summit Group
1993: U.S. Department of Treasury, Report of the Department of the Treasury on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell Also Known as David Koresh, U.S. Government Printing House
1993: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas, U.S. Government Printing House
1993: United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary, Events Surrounding the Branch Davidian Cult Standoff in Waco, Texas: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, April 28, 1993, U.S. Government Printing House
1994: Samples, Kenneth R., Prophets of the Apocalypse: David Koresh and Other American Messiahs, Baker Pub Group
1995: Davidson, Ronald, Bushwacked by Bushmasters: Waco, The Raw Truth, R. Davidson
1995: Moore, Carol, Davidian Massacre: Disturbing Questions About Waco Which Must Be Answered, Legacy Communications
1995: Reavis, Dick J., The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation, New York: Simon & Schuster
1995: Tabor, James D. and Gallagher, Eugene V., Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America, Berkeley: University of California Press
1995: Wright, Stuart A., ed. Armageddon in Waco: Critical Perspectives on the Branch Davidian Conflict, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
1996: Stern, Kenneth S., A Force Upon the Plain: The American Militia Movement and the Politics of Hate, Simon & Schuster
1997: Kopel, David B. and Blackman, Paul H., No More Wacos: What's Wrong with Federal Law Enforcement and How to Fix It, Prometheus
1997: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary Materials Relating to the Investigation Into the Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians, U.S. Government Printing Office
1999: Thibodeau, David and Whitson, Leon, A Place Called Waco: A Survivor's Story, Grand Central Publishing
2004: Craig, Emily, Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes, Crown Publishing Group
2006: Newport, Kenneth G. C., The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect, Oxford University Press
2007: Haldeman, Bonnie and Wessinger, Catherine, Memories of the Branch Davidians: The Autobiography of David Koresh's Mother, Baylor University Press
2009: Martin, Sheila, When They Were Mine: Memories of a Branch Davidian Wife and Mother, Baylor University Press
2009: Old School History, The Branch Davidians and the Waco Siege
2012: Doyle, Clive, A Journey to Waco: Autobiography of a Branch Davidian, Bloomsbury Academic
2012: Federal Bureau of Investigations, David Koresh - The FBI Files, PB Publishing
2015: Charles River Editors, The Waco Siege: The History of the Federal Government's Standoff with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, CreateSpace Publishing
2015: Gateley, Duncan, The Esoteric Codex: Branch Davidians, Lulu.com
2015: Rosewood, Jack and Walker, Dwayne, The Waco Siege: An American Tragedy, CreateSpace Publishing
2017: Charles River Editors and Clem, Scott, Ruby Ridge and Waco: The History and Legacy of the Federal Government's Notorious Sieges of the Weaver Family and Branch Davidians, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
2018: Mitchell, Douglas Francis, Waco Untold: How David Koresh Stole the Identity of the Branch Davidians, Ten Strings Publishing
2021: Charles River Editors, The Branch Davidians, the Peoples Temple, and Heaven's Gate: The History of 20th Century America's Most Notorious Cults, Charles River Editors
2022: Dennis, Edward S.G., Jr., Evaluation of the Handling of the Branch Davidian Stand-off in Waco, Texas Redacted Version (reprint of 1993 Dept. of Justice publication), Unforgotten Classics
2023: Cook, Kevin, Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias, Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
2023: Sears, Brian, The Legacy of David Koresh: The Truth about the Waco Tragedy, Independently published
2023: Talty, Stephan, Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco, HarperCollins
2024: Agsar, Wendy Biddlecombe, Cults: A True Crime Collection: The Shocking True Stories of Heaven's Gate, the Manson Family, Jim Jones, the Branch Davidians, and More Deathly Cases, Ulysses Press
2025: Gibbs, Michelle D., The Waco Siege: The True Story of David Koresh, the FBI, and the Tragic 51-Day Standoff, Independently published
2025: Morgan, Richard and Koresh, David, The Collected Works of David Koresh, Independently published
2025: Morris, Dan, Ranch Apocalypse: 51 Days in Waco: The Untold Story, Independently published
2025: United States Congress House of Representatives, Investigation Into The Activities Of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward The Branch Davidians, Hutson Street Press
2025: Winterbottom, Thomas, Charles Manson, Jim Jones, and David Koresh: Are Americans Prone to Cults?, Independently Published

Videos and "documentaries"

Here are a few videos that recognize the humanity and rights of the Davidians.

1993: - Waco, the Big Lie (American Justice Federation)
1994: - Waco, the Big Lie Continues (American Justice Federation)
2024: - Dirty Campaign Against the Branch Davidians (excerpt from The Impact, authors not known)
2010: - Koresh, David - Final 24: His Final Hours

Here are a few of the English language documentaries, TV shows, podcasts, and DVDs that purport to tell the (ugly "cult") truth of the Waco Holocaust without—you guessed it—examining the autopsy evidence.

1993: - In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (Dick Lowry)
1995: - "Waco: The Inside Story" (10/17/1995 of PBS Frontline)
1997: - Waco: The Rules of Engagement (Michael McNulty)
1998: - "Waco: The Rules of Engagement" (S2.E7 of Storyville)
1998: - "A Mother & Daughter Who Were Both Married to Cult Leader David Koresh" (8/20/2020 of The Oprah Winfrey Show)
1998: - USA: Texas: 5th Anniversary of Mass Suicide by Waco Cult (AP)
1998: - 'It was completely unnecessary': Defense attorney remembers Waco siege (KPRC 2 Click2Houston)
2000: - "David Koresh: Preacher of Fire" (4/19/2000 of Biography)
2000: - Waco: A New Revelation (Michael McNulty)
2001: - The F.L.I.R. Project (Michael McNulty)
2009: - Witness to Waco: Inside the Siege (MSNBC)
2011: - Waco: Faith, Fear & Fire (CNN)
2012: - "Waco Cult" (S5.E4 of Seconds from Disaster)
2013: - "David Koresh - The Siege of Waco" (?? of Mugshots)
2014: - "David Koresh: Waco Messiah" (S2.E23 of Mugshots)
2014: - "David Koresh - Prophet of Death" (?? of Mugshots)
2014: - What Really Happened in Waco, Texas? (by The Infographics Show)
2015: - "Why Waco Is Still a Battleground in the Second Amendment Debate" (7/12/2015 Retro Report)
2015: - "The Shadow of Waco" (NY Times/Retro Report)
2016: - "Eerie Remains of the Branch Davidian Compound - Waco, TX - David Koresh" (6/27/2016 of Film it)
2017: - "Secrets of Waco" (S31.E10 of 48 Hours)
2018: - "Guns and God: David Koresh's Waco Siege" (#75 of Timesuck with Dan Cummins)
2018: - "The Secrets of Waco" (S9.E5 of 48 Hours on ID)
2018: - "Waco: Clive Doyle" (S1.E2 of In Defense Of)
2018: - "Waco siege haunts negotiator 25 years later" (Austin American-Statesman)
2018: - "The Waco Insider: Part one - The only Australian survivor of the Waco siege" (3/11/2018 of 60 Minutes Australia)
2018: - Waco: The Longest Siege (Apple TV)
2018: - Waco (Showtime TV mini-series)
2018: - Waco: Madman or Messiah (A&E TV mini-Series)
2018: - Truth and Lies: Waco (ABC TV movie)
2018: - Revelations of Waco (TV mini-series)
2018: - Who were David Koresh and the Branch Davidians? (1/4/2018 ABC News)
2018: - David Koresh and his multiple 'wives' of Waco: Part 2 (ABC News)
2018: - The Waco Siege (The History Channel)
2018: - David Koresh: The Life that Lead to Waco (Biographics)
2019: - "We talk Government Over Reach Exclusive interview with Ed Munster Friend of David Koresh which led the Branch Davidians" (S2.E21 Motorcycle Madhouse Radio Podcast w James 'Hollywood' Macecari)
2019: - "Waco: The Branch Davidian Cult and the Rise of David Koresh" (#164 of Hysteria 51)
2019: - "Sole Australian survivor of Waco siege breaks silence" (2/28/2019 of 60 Minutes Australia)
2019: - "Sole Australian survivor of Waco siege breaks silence" (2/28/2019 of 60 Minutes Australia)
2020: - "David Thibodeau, Inside the Waco Siege" (#26 of Reigning Blood)
2020: - "FBI Agent Who Negotiated With David Koresh During The Waco Siege" (8/30/2020 of Valuetainment)
2020: - "David Koresh - Waco Siege (8/27/2020 of Theories of the Third Kind)
2020: - "Linda Hazzard and 'Starvation Heights' & David Koresh and the Siege of Waco" (#9 of Best Served Cold)
2020: - David Koresh: The Final 24 (10/29/20 Popcornflix)
2020: - What the Waco Bodies Revealed About the Siege (7/25/2020 of Caitlin Doughty)
2021: - "The Tragedy of Waco Siege - Prism of the Past" (6/29/2021 of iilluminaughtii)
2021: - "David Koresh and The Waco Massacre" (8/22/2021 of Those Conspiracy Guys)
2021: - "Barbara Grant on What Really Happened on the Final Day of the Waco Siege" (9/24/21 of The Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews)
2021: - "Waco Burning" (S1.E3 of Deadly Standoffs)
2021: - "Waco Burning: The Story of the Demise of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians," Part 1 (12/1/2021 of ExtraNormal Podcast)
2021: - Inside the Deadly Waco Siege Negotiations (by I Was There)
2022: - "The 51 Day Siege of Waco - David Koresh" (S6.E7 of I Could Murder a Podcast)
2022: - "Cult Spotlight: Guide to David Koresh and The Branch Davidians of Waco" (12/9/2022 of The Unconventional Therapists' Guide to Nothing)
2022: - "Waco Burning: The Story of the Demise of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians," Part 3 (1/26/2022 of ExtraNormal Podcast)
2022: - "Waco Burning: The Story of the Demise of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians," Part 2 (1/14/2022 of ExtraNormal Podcast)
2022: - "David Koresh: The Waco Siege & The Branch Davidians" (S1.E3 of Mad Minds)
2022: - "The Deadly Cult Leader (David Koresh) and The Out Of Control Banker (Paul Flowers)" (S2.E14 of History's Greatest Idiots)
2022: - "David Koresh, The Branch Davidians, and the Siege of Waco (Cult Stories / True Crime)" (#66 of Leaving Eden Podcast)
2023: - "The Rise and Fall of the Branch Davidians, Waco Siege" (S2.E2 of Rise and Fall)
2023: - "Best Of: Human Trafficking After Katrina/The Waco Siege (E5494 of PBS Fresh Air)
2023: - "The Siege of Waco (David Koresh)" (4/19/2023 of The Morning Cup of Murder)
2023: - "David Koresh vs. Warren Jeffs - Reaction to "Waco: American Apocalypse"" (#2 of Growing Up in Polygamy)
2023: - "FBI Negotiator - Gary Noesner - Waco Siege Negotiating with David Koresh (6/20/2023 of Raised by Giants)
2023: - "The Siege of Waco" (#112 of The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters)
2023: - "RGB Clips: FBI Negotiator - Gary Noesner - Waco Siege Negotiating with David Koresh (6/29/2023 of Forbidden Knowledge News)
2023: - "David Koresh and the Waco Siege," Part 1 of 2 (E279 of Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast)
2023: - "David Koresh and the Waco Siege," Part 2 (E280 of Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast
2023: - "Truth And Lies: Waco" (#311 of True Crime Obsessed
2023: - "The Australians of the Waco Siege" Part 2 (1986-1993) (episode 251 of Weird Crap in Australia)
2023: - "The Australians of the Waco Siege" Part 1 (1986-1993) (episode 250 of Weird Crap in Australia)
2023: - "The Australians of the Waco Siege" Part 3 (1986-1993) (episode 252 of Weird Crap in Australia)
2023: - "CAP | Inside The WACO Siege With Survivor David Thibodeau" (4/16/2023 of The CMS Network)
2023: - "Jeff Guinn: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage" (#308 of Town Hall Seattle Civics Series)
2023: - "A Deep Dive into David Koresh & What Happened At Waco (Cults Part Three) (10/29/2023 of Crime & Spirits)
2023: - "Waco & David Koresh" (4/24/2023 of Outlaws & Gunslingers)
2023: - "WACO: David Koresh & The Branch Davidians" (#38 of Dead Souls Social Club)
2023: - "David Koresh and the Waco Tragedy ft. David Bunds" (#387 of Speaking of Cults)
2023: - "Prophet or Manipulator? Waco's Apocalypse And The Untold Story of David Koresh's Last Days" (10/2/2023 of Crime & Justice)
2023: - "The Waco Massacre: 30 Years On" (10/19/23 Dark Side of the 90s VICE TV)
2023: - "Rare interview with David Koresh inside Waco compound" (4/10/2023 of A Current Affair)
2023: - Waco: The Aftermath (Showtime TV mini-series)
2023: - Waco: American Apocalypse (Netflix mini-series)
2023: - Waco Recap: Jacob Vazquez & The Branch Davidians (Paramount Network)
2023: - Siege of Waco Compound Ruins: Then and Now (by Beyond Civilization)
2023: - Waco Season 1 Recap In 15 Minutes (Paramount Network)
2023: - Waco Recap: David Koresh vs. FBI Agent Noesner (Paramount Network)
2024: - "The Waco Siege: Inside the Branch Davidians' Deadly Standoff" (12/30/2024 of Killers, Cults and Queens)
2024: - "CULTISH: Waco, David Koresh, and the Danger of Bad Theology" (10/13/2024 of The Charismatic Cheetah Podcast)
2024: - "Waco - David Koresh - The Genesis" (#220 of Seven Deadly Sinners)
2024: - "Waco - David Koresh - The Siege" (#221 of Seven Deadly Sinners)
2024: - "David Koresh: Last Stand in Waco | Waco Siege" (#24 of Twisted Tales)
2024: - What Happened To The Bodies From The Waco Siege Is Horrifying (Grunge)
2024: - The Waco Massacre (by Forgotten History - 10th Legion Pictures)
2025: - "David Koresh and the Branch Davidians: Waco" (3/10/2025 of Shrouded Realities)
2025: - "David Koresh: Inside the Final Moments of a Cult Leader / The Death of David Koresh" (5/2025 of Real Stories)
2025: - Waco 1993 - Complete Broadcast Coverage (5/17/2025 of Second Signal)

There have been many attempts to deny or sanitize the Waco Holocaust—a long stream of official and unofficial reports justifying, sanitizing, modifying, and nullifying the crimes our government committed.

Normally, conclusions about the manner, cause, and time of death of the deceased are drawn from autopsies. As you read these whitewashes of the Waco Holocaust, note that the reviewers give scant attention to the Davidian autopsy reports. The Davidian autopsy reports give the most damning and irrefutable evidence against those who committed the crimes. The Death Gallery contains the details.

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