David Koresh

Sub-set: "Bad" in the Venn diagram of "Cult Leaders"
Leader - tho not founder - of the Branch Dravidians - a schism from the Seventh Day Adventist Church in the 1930s, who strayed far from traditional Christian teachings under Koresh' leadership. They were involved in a highly televised 51 day siege, which started with a firearms battle with FBI agents on 23 February 1993 at their Mount Carmel compound outside the town of Waco, Texas. He and 80 of his followers died in the fire that resulted when the FBI stormed their compound in an effort to bring the siege to an end on Monday 16 April.