Podcast 20: Genealogy of Serial Killers, Cult Leaders, Murderers, and Miscreants: Vernon Wayne Howell aka David Koresh and the Waco, TX Branch Davidians - Koresh's Parents, Koresh Himself and his rise to a Leadership Role
Supplemental and Source Materials
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Family Trees
Family Trees of David Koresh
Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Articles
Genogram
David Koresh, his wives and his children
External Links of Interest
Are Lumbia and Jean widows in 1940?
Source Documents used for the Genealogy
Sample of the source documents used in the genealogical research
References
This has all the reference material compiled into one location.
Links of Interest
Waco/Branch Davidian Compound FBI Records
United States Department of Justice Report on Events at Waco, Texas February 28 - April 19, 1993
H. Rept. 106-1037 - The Tragedy at Waco: New Evidence Examined
Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas: The Aftermath of the April 19 Fire
Survivor Testimonial Kiri Jewell
More links to come in the next Podcast Resource Collection, Podcast 21, The Aftermath
References for Podcast 20
Marc Breault, Inside the cult : a member's chilling, exclusive account of madness and depravity in David Koresh's compound (New York, New York: Penguin Books, 1993); imaged book, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/insidecultmember0000brea : accessed 18 November 2025).
Bonnie Haldeman, Memories of the Branch Davidians: The Autobiography of David Koresh's Mother (Waco, TX : Baylor University Press, 2007), 1 - 5; digital images, amazon.com (https://read.amazon.com/sample/1932792988?clientId=share : accessed 24 October 2025)
“Daly portrays David Koresh in drama "Ambush in Waco',” San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX), 23 May 1993, San Antonio, TX; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/ : accessed 13 November 2025).
Mark Horvit, “Leader of sect a product of broken home,” The Houston Post (Houston, TX), 2 March 1993, p. 11, col. 4 - 5; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-1933-sect-troubled-lead/183974556/ : accessed 30 October 2025).
“Howell: Childhood not perfect one for cult leader,” Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX), 2 May 1993, p. 4, column 1-6; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/waco-tribune-herald-1993-background-kare/183386756/ : accessed 21 October 2025).
“Howell said to have lived double life,” Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX), 2 May 1993, p. 1, col. 1 - 2; imaged, newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/waco-tribune-herald/185218035/ : accessed 18 November 2025).
Michael Whelan, “Unresolved Waco: Part 4 Sinful Messiah,” video; YouTube: Unresolved (https://unresolved.me/waco-part-four-the-sinful-messiah : accessed 23 November 2025).
“Women say Koresh fathered 12 who died in fire,” The Macon Telegraph (Macon, Georgia), 1993 September 6, p. 1, col. 3; imaged, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com : accessed 18 November 2025).