koresh. >> i'm sorry some of you guys got shot, but, hey, god will have to sort that out, won't he? >> his followers called the branch davidians gathered at a compound in waco, texas in 1982 to prepare for the eminent end of the world. >> it's true i do have a lot of children. it's true i do have a lot of wives. >> he believed that he himself was the second coming of the messiah. >> the book of revelations said in the future god will sit on a throne. and he'll have a book with seven in his right hand, and he gave that book to the land. >> your followers believe you are the lamb, is that correct? >> there is a reason for that. >> when the government found out about the huge cache of weapons that koresh had stocked at his compound, it didn't end well. four years later, the world met marshall applewhite, known to his followers as do. >> we'll title this tape planet earth, about to be recycled. your only chance to survive or evacuate is to leave with us. >> applewhite believed there was an alien spaceship following behind the hale-bopp comet, just waiting to transport his followers on b