When he first met the man who called himself David Koresh, David Thibodeau was drumming for a rock band that was going nowhere fast. government.As a tie-in to the upcoming Paramount Network miniseries starring Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, and Melissa Benoist and commemorating the 25th anniversary of the siege at Waco, comes an updated reissue of the critically acclaimed A PLACE CALLED WACO by Branch Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau.įor the first time ever, a survivor of the Waco massacre tells the inside story of Branch Davidians, David Koresh, and what really happened at the religious compound in Texas. The result is a memoir that reads like a thriller - each page taking us closer to the eventual inferno - and a compelling eyewitness account of egregious wrong-doing and cover-up on the part of the U.S. Thibodeau marshals an array of evidence, some of it never previously revealed, to prove that our own government caused the Waco tragedy - including the fires. But A Place Called Waco is just as brutally honest when it comes to dissecting the actions of the United States government. Thibodeau is brutally honest - about himself, Koresh and the other members - and provides a revelatory look both at life at Mount Carmel and at one man's spiritual journey.

We meet the men, women and children of Mount Carmel, and experience the day-to-day life of the community. In this book, Thibodeau explores why so many intelligent people came to believe that Koresh was truly divinely inspired. None of the survivors has ever told the inside story of life-and death - at Mount Carmel. He remained there until April 19, 1993, when the compound was stormed and burnt to the ground, and 74 people were killed, Thibodeau was one of the nine who survived the attack.

Intrigued, and frustrated by his stalled music career, Thibodeau gradually became a follower and moved to the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. When he first met the man who called himself David Koresh, David Thibodeau - who had never been religious in the slightest - was drumming for a rock band that was going nowhere fast. Intrigued, and frustrated by his stalled music career, Thibodeau.

A place called waco a survivor's story