Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for strict new gun control laws following a confrontation between federal authorities and an…
The Pokémon Trading Card Game (or PTCG) is a collectible card game based on the Pokémon franchise created by Nintendo. The cards and game were first published in Japan in October of 1996. The game allows its players to take on the role of a Pokémon…
The Alma Metro Station located in Belgium was a Metro Station that was introduced in order to divert the Metro through the campus of the University of Louvain with the constraint requiring that not only the Metro Station be included in the concept…
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, or ATF, use of tear gas was one of the more controversial decisions of the siege. The stalemate between the ATF and the Davidians led the attorney general, Janet Reno, to authorize the use of…
Examining the allegations of child abuse is important not only in understanding attorney general Janet Reno’s approval of tear gas and subsequent demise of the Branch Davidian compound, but also for the culture of the Branch Davidians and David…
During the fifty-one-day Branch Davidian Siege, several different group members within the compound were interviewed by phone by FBI Agents. The primary goal of these conversations were to confirm the safety of the occupants during the…
This photograph of David Koresh, his wife Rachel, and their son Cyrus was taken outside their home in Texas by Elizabeth Baranyai, a member of the Branch Davidians. Baranyai is credited with most if not all of the photographs of the Branch Davidians…
The siege of the Mount Carmel Compound by the ATF was supposed to expose the religious sect as malicious, as the government agency wanted to search the grounds for illegal weaponry and in response to multiple claims of abuse and neglect within the…