Clive Doyle, a Branch Davidian who survived the 1993 Waco Siege, later told PEOPLE that Koresh had a lifelong Bible fascination and “made the scriptures harmonize” and “come alive.” ...

On May 12, 1953, 72 years ago, residents of Waco, Texas, were digging through the rubble after a tornado roared through the heart of the city the previous afternoon, claiming 114 lives and leaving ...