The Cult, Standoff, & Conspiracy of Waco 

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"I don't know what psychological warfare is." That is, hands-down, the funniest testimony I've ever heard from an FBI agent.

The ATF got this weird talent of being always the villain, no matter how fuckin deranged their opponent is lmfao

"why didnt he just come out" my guy nearly died trying to surrender

I think it’s sick how Vernon says to the negotiator “don’t burn our building down” and the negotiator replies “awe we won’t do that” all condescending like. It’s dark. Really dark.

ATF: "Okay we messed up at Ruby Ridge so let's try and do better next time." Also ATF: **as the compound burns to the ground** "We did it boys. Cultism is no more."

"Why didn't David just come out?" He did in the beginning, with his hands up, and the feds shot him twice. That might have affected things a wee bit.

"The devil often hides behind the cross" also hides behind 3 letter agencies

Not to mention (if ive heard correctly) regarding the two shotguns that started the Ruby ridge thing. They were in fact created by the father at the request of an undercover ATF agent. An undercover federal agent asked him to make two illegal guns... which is entrapment. I have been informed this is wrong it was a civilian informant not an agent and according to them Weaver approached them about the guns first. So not entrapment still a very bad situation all around.

So you want to arrest a guy who married a teenager, do you: A.) make it illegal to marry a teenager regardless of parental consent or B.) play dolphin noises on loud speakers and commit arson

Damn, gonna really miss Wendigoon. Can't believe he just drowned in a kiddy pool despite being an excellent swimmer, then shot himself twice in the back of the head while hanging himself, all while the FBI found 500 TB of CP on a Windows 95 computer in his basement, despite the fact his house doesn't have a basement

So as a chemist, I have to mention that dichloromethane (methylene chloride, DCM) isn’t that flammable. It will burn, but it needs a decent amount of energy input to get it to burn. I once tested this by putting a couple drops on a microscope slide, tried to light it on fire, and it took some effort. When it does finally start to burn, it burns with a weak, dirty flame. That is at least when it’s a liquid that’s not thoroughly mixed with air. DCM is also very volatile meaning it vaporizes very easily; it has a boiling point of about 40 C (or about 103 F which for a solvent is a very low boiling point), and a very high vapor pressure meaning it readily jumps from the liquid phase to the gas phase. When mixed very thoroughly with air, and in it’s vapor phase it’s probably easier to ignite. However, it’s nothing like ethyl ether (which will easily ignite on a hot surface; it doesn’t even require a spark), or even something like ethanol which is still pretty flammable. Regardless, I hope DCM has been phased out for aerosolizing tear gases because the main risk of DCM is it’s toxicity. It’s not as toxic as something like cyanides. It’s not even the most toxic solvent that’s still used (that dubious honor goes to tetrachloromethane, aka carbon tetrachloride, or maybe carbon disulfide), but it’s still toxic. Exposure to large quantities can cause serious damage to organs. Oh, and it’s thought to be a possible carcinogen. If its intended use is to be a component of a non-lethal weapon used by police then the solvent should at least be nontoxic, so people aren’t accidentally poisoned by it. Anyway, I don’t believe the cultists lit the fire themselves. Too many lies from the government to believe anything they say. This is just my input on the solvent used to aerosolize CS since I’ve worked with DCM in the laboratory many, many times as a solvent for reactions, extractions, etc.

this entire event is the culmination of "what the fuck were they thinking" and "so that was a fucking lie".

David Koresh: “Don’t burn our building down”. FBI negotiator: “Aww we won’t do that”. Narrator: They would in fact do that.

Cant believe Wendigoon was found with 3 Self inflicted bullet wounds to The head, after The government found out he planned to build an unauthorized shack on his garden. His house also mysteriously caught on fire, his car dissapeared, and cat was ran over by a moped.

"Keep Your Rifle by Your Side" playing in the background of the intro was a nice touch.

Just watched a CBS documentary on the standoff with my family. Have to say that it was a treat to have watched this beforehand and then be able to compare your story to the one on the television. Lots of differences in what they chose to report on. Thank you for providing a fact-based assessment of the event while still expressing that Koresh was not entirely innocent. I appreciate the honesty shown here.

“Two Cult leaders forced to live with each other” Sounds like a good idea for a comedy...

The FBI joking about them needing better fire insurance before gassing the building is straight up movie villain stuff.

“The people playing dolphin noises want to know why cultists are so weird.” Bahahahaha

I legitimately had to pause the video when I got to the part about the people in the bunker. The sheer horror I felt was unreal.

“Sir we finished our investigation into those weapon manufacturers.” “What did you find?” “They appear to be manufacturing weapons.” “Dear god.”

It’s incredible to me that a triple-letter institution, having killed a woman and child in a botched raid, decide that they need to improve their image and their first idea is to do the same thing on a bigger scale.

I just LOVE the fact that he played “Keep Your Rifle by Your Side” from FarCry 5 since that game was based off of the events in Waco.

Who else's coming back to this after Wendi's Ruby Ridge video 🙋🏻

ATF be like “Children were getting abused?!?!? We’ll they’ll never be abused again now that we killed them. Mission accomplished Johnson”

RIP wendigoon he was found shot 3 times in the chest and his car exploded when he was driving which flew into the Grand Canyon leaving almost nothing around and his note said the government has no role in this

I'm a former infantryman. 10/10, can confirm dummy grenades are not rare at gun shows. I have several. Not only are they good at taking up shelf space, they're great paperweights, good at opening walnuts, and some work pretty well at getting all the toothpaste outta the tube, they hurt like an absolute bear if you ever end up in a situation where you need to throw something at a garden to get the critters out where a rifle is unnecessary or unadvised. Chucking an inert grenade at raccoons raiding your stuff and watching them scatter is funny on a whole new level. 😂

“God help us, we are the press” These people never fail to make the most distasteful jokes possible no matter the situation 💀

"Maybe God did it" - I'm sorry but the idea of two annoyed cult leaders being forced to live together, sounds like the set up for a hilarious comedy show

I am so sad to hear Wendigoon passed. Cobaining himself in the living room then walking out to his car that blew up when he tried to start it. At least he died holding his 14 favorite unserialized AR15s according the good samariton ATF agent that happened by.

Wayne Martin's 911 call is bone chilling, you can feel his fear as he's pleading to call it off. This whole story is just insanely intriguing and really gets me thinking. Great Job Wendigoon! Another wonderful video as always

“what do we do” “idk” 6 hours later “what do we do” “idk” continue for 51 days “oh i figured it out” “oops i burned the house down”

Someone: “I’m pretty sure those guys have committed a murder” Gov: “lol who cares beat it” Someone: “They also didn’t pay their taxes…” Gov: 👮🏼‍♂️👮🏼‍♂️👮🏼‍♂️real shit?????🚓🚓🚓🚔🚔🚔🚔🚁🚁🚁🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

As someone who lives in Waco, I'm going to miss you Wendigoon. So sad that his car mysteriously malfunctioned to drive him into the Canadian wilderness while he dusted himself with cocaine like that. Must've been because of his gun addiction. Tragic. 😢

In both Ruby Ridge and WACO, the triple-letter agencies played dirty, and then acted like they weren't at fault. Once is an accident. Two times is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern.

"To equate Waco to Jonestown is the most irresponsible statement that could be attributed" Are you listening, RU-vid "Context" banner?

Even when I did hear this entirely from the pov of "they were crazy cultists" I still couldn't believe they killed so many children in an effort to stop child abuse. So sickening to think about.

It's really hard to remember that David koresh was a bad guy when the ATF did such an excellent job of making themselves the super villain.

“I’m not saying this to vilify one side” don’t worry. You didn’t have to.

The fact that the ATF still exists despite Ruby Ridge and Waco should show anyone exactly how little trust the government should be given and why fighting for our rights is so important.

Put this on and accidentally fell asleep while watching. Woke up an hour later to dolphin noises and shouting confused as hell. 9/10 would recommend

The government in this situation: “We have investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong.”

David: "im the villain of this story!" The ATF: * laughs maniacally*

I think you guys should read David Thibodeau's book about his experience in Waco. According to him, most of the Davidians killed in the initial ATF raid were unarmed non-combatants.

"The children can't be abused anymore if we murder them!" -ATF

Only the ATF could make a doomsday cult look like the good guys

Man I love the “Keep your Rifle by your Side” in the beginning. Banger from Far Cry 5 and a legitimate belief I ascribe to

Just watched Wendys Other Doc on Ruby Ridge, Exited now to learn more about Waco. This dude has to be one of the hardest working RU-vidrs that I’ve come across, Just given the great amount of detail and the fluidity of the writing. I appreciate this channels dedication!

Can't believe wendigoon was found in his bathtub with a magic spoon jammed in his neck and fifteen self inflicted gunshot wounds to the chest. Never forget.

I love how Wendi just busts out the custom ARs and swaps uppers like Legos in order to help explain receiver laws, what a Chad move.

Thanks for getting this story out there. I grew up outside of Waco and when Wacoans talk about The Siege people don't understand the sheer evil the ATF and FBI did to those people. Koresh had his own issues and maybe he needed to be investigated, but this was an eradication.

Everyone seems to forget, it was all broadcast on live TV, David was shot with his hands up, ATF fired first, no if or ands about it.

Only the ATF and FBI could make a cult leader seem like the good guy of the story 💀💀 also that Ruby Ridge thing is CRAZY, I can't believe I've never heard of that. What the actual fuk

I love how the ATF was worried about their bad publicity due to ruby ridge and wanted to prove why they shouldn’t be disbanded. By then continuing to prove exactly why they should be disbanded.

Atf: lets go rescue those abused babies Also Atf: lets take pictures with the burnt bodies of those babies we were supposed to rescue but ended up killing. Humans can be so sick

1:20:09 "I'm doing what I'm told to as long as it is legal and moral" As a german this sentense makes me super unconforable

The fact that the ATF had the *audacity* to raise their flag in place of the Davidians' after killing the majority of them brutally and with no true moral high ground. Absolutely shameful and disgusting.

The fact they could’ve arrested him away from Waco so many times is insane. It’s almost as if they wanted this fire fight

I think your assessment of Jonestown would come up much more like this. The government is terrified of any communal effort gathering. They got the false allegations and ran.

"David Koresh is a cult leader who should've been arrested" and "jesus christ what the fuck is wrong with the ATF why did they handle this situation this way?" are two statements that can coexist.

Reasons to NEVER mess with Wendigoon: - Whole doomsday armory he pulls out of nowhere - "friends in those agencies"

1:06:40 Nothing says "we aren't agents of evil" like playing demonic sounds in the middle of the night with the express purpose of causing psychological damage

The now head of the atf has a picture with a sniper on his hip standing on the rubble

Now imagine how many ruby ridges and wacos happened that we'll never know about because a whole compound was burned to the ground somewhere in rural america.

Remember: it’s morally good to cyberbully the ATF

The ATF really be like “at least we got rid of the gun-crazed lunatics that harm children”… my brother in Christ you ARE gun-crazed lunatics that harm children!

My favorite part about this video is the Far Cry 5 music in the background at certain parts.

it is kind of comforting to know that foreign agencies as as inept and corrupt as the ones in my country

The ATF agent couldn't even identify gun parts correctly. That thing they are supposed to regulate, and he doesn't know...

An important part of the story of ruby ridge is that the "shotgun barrels" that Mr. Weaver cut had started off as pipes given to him by undercover atf agents who had hired him to cut them for some construction they claimed to be doing. They then used the fact that the pipes could be turned into shotgun barrels by welding a few other pieces of metal onto them and that the Weavers owned a welder as evidence that he was making short barrelled shotguns.

“We’re gonna stop if you gimme some paper I gotta right some stuff down” DC: “we should probably give them some paper” HRT:”… Nah they’re probably lying”

Great video. Over the years I've watched many videos and did many readings about this event and I think you covered it fairly and honestly. Your material meshes with what I've concluded about this event.

The ATF was like "Everyone hates us because we started a violent raid over bad information and caused innocent people to die. Let's start another one to let people know WE'RE the good guys here."

"The FBI chose to not follow through on their deal because they thought the video would garner public support." holy shit that's unforgivable

I'm glad I found your work. I always enjoyed video essays (or just long form videos in general). And the way you cover things shows you do your research and do the story justice. Thank you so much for your work.

These scenarios are bizarre. I don’t understand the ATF & FBI’s process.

Imagine being an FBI agent and claiming you don’t know what psychological warfare is.

33:00 The ATF refusing to complete their investigation in a peaceful manner when offered both by the people that they are investigating and local law enforcement is a sign of an ulterior motive

Glad to know that almost 2 years after you made this video you managed to do the Ruby Ridge one. Now we want another one about the Oklahoma City bombing, I'm not from the U.S. so I don't know about the story.

Killing innocent children over taxes is so sad

it still fucks me up that the ATF and FBI killed a woman and child after an agent shot a dog without identifying himself as a marshal to a young man who wasn't expecting people to shoot his dog.

the ATF and FBI really made the cultist leader that made an underage girl pregnant not the villain of the story

I like that wendigoon gives good explanations of events for both people that know nothing about the subject and for people that know about it already. His videos and commentary and depth are enjoyable for everyone.

Love the video man! Love your presentation, calm demeanor, research done and subtle jokes. Will check out more of tour videos but for sure hope I will find some of your "airsoft" whatever content 😊

"you have to trust the people in charge" the people in charge: *teargas literal children*

I love the FBI trying to get cult experts to psychologically examine the crazy cult and those cult experts examining them instead

Omg, what a thoughtful and deeply sympathetic narrative. My uncle was in ur video, he was Granny Howells lawyer, and he was absolutely obsessed. He never got over that slaughter. He will have a good feeling after watching this. Great! heart and intellect is on show here. 👏 I usually end up screaming at tv screen at anyone trying to explain and sort this shit show out. The psyops nights were totally more insane. Thx broseph, not surprising, and yet still quite a treat. From Houston ❤

Just found your channel and watch this video I'm going to stick around and watch more of your stuff I really enjoyed how you broke everything down and just presented everything that you found let everyone make their own decision

ATF agent 1: "We think kids are being abused in that house over there." ATF agent 2: "Okay, so what's the plan to save them?" ATF agent 1: "We set the house on fire and make sure no one escapes." ATF agent 2: "How does that save the kids?" ATF agent 1: "What kids?"

“Remember kids, the only time the government cares about budget, is when it’s regarding your life” -wendigoon

“For RU-vid purposes, this is an air soft gun or whatever” Proceeds to dissemble rifle and show real steel components 😂. Love this guy

How do i make a recommendation for a topic that needs to be talked about ? Is there a website or something i jjst found thus channel and i love the way he really breaksdown what happened.i love his honesty

so sad that Wendigoon was found in a state only comparable to Rasputin. self-inflicted stab and gunshot wounds, poisoned himself, and then drowned himself.

I remember in my highschool psychology class, we had to each do a presentation on cults. And mine was, The Branch Davidians. My teacher gave us an outline on how to format our presentations, and there was a 'notable events' slide, my teacher told me Waco was supposed to be that slide. It was supposed to be one single slide. But while researching, I got so mad at the ATF, that the Waco massacre was like, half of my presentation.

Hearing keep a rifle by your side from far cry 5 in the intro was amazing

LOVE THIS!!!

David: "Don't burn our building down." Negotiater: "Oh, we won't do that." They did in fact... do that

As a part of training in the US military, the recruit must endure being gassed. I know this because I am an Air Force Veteran and went through the "gas chamber", as an informed, consenting, volunteering, adult. Tear gas is horrible. Even when you know what is happening and that it will be over soon, it's awful. Imagining children and frightened civilians being psychologically tortured, shot at, gassed, burned, suffocated, and being subjected to other atrocities is terrifying. Even more that it happened in the United States. There are no words.

I came back to watch this video after watching the Ruby Ridge one because I realized I had grown up being fed the idea that Waco was a koolaid situation too. I had no idea of either of these situations. Thank you so much for telling these stories