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Sep 2025
47m 41s

CULTS: The Branch Davidians

Crime House
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In 1993, a cult outside Waco, Texas went to war with the U.S. government. Seventy-six people, including 25 children, didn’t survive. In this episode, "Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes" unravels the terrifying rise of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians...and how belief in a coming apocalypse turned deadly. Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes is a C ... Show More
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