#312 - Jeff Guinn on WACO (part 1)

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)