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While visitors to Koreshan State Park in Estero have often asked whether there was any connection between Cyrus Teed Koresh — the man who founded The Koreshan Unity which called the land home beginning in the early 1800s, and David Koresh — the man who led the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas from the mid 1980s until the group’s fiery demise during an FBI siege gone wrong on their Mount Carmel compound on April 19th, 1993 — the answer was always no, there is no connection between the two ...

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While visitors to Koreshan State Park in Estero have often asked whether there was any connection between Cyrus Teed Koresh — the man who founded The Koreshan Unity which called the land home beginning in the early 1800s, and David Koresh — the man who led the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas from the mid 1980s until the group’s fiery demise during an FBI siege gone wrong on their Mount Carmel compound on April 19th, 1993 — the answer was always no, there is no connection between the two ...

Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell, made religious claims strikingly similar to those of Cyrus Teed, an eclectic physician and alchemist who founded a commune in Estero, Florida in 1894.

Thirty years after the Waco siege, we dive into the world of the little-known Florida doctor and cult leader, now credited as David Koresh's predecessor.

Koreshan State Park, 135 acres along the Estero River near Fort Myers, preserves several of the cult’s buildings, and all of the history of a group of people who thought of the world in a different way.

Spooky theaters, haunted highways and creepy lighthouses abound in Florida. Here are some of the Sunshine States most haunted places

As Florida Gulf Coast University’s academic year comes to a close, we reflect back on the first year of the university Journalism program’s “Democracy Watch” initiative. It’s a collaboration between FGCU’s Journalism BA program and the WGCU-FM news team designed to give exceptional upper-level students real-world experience reporting in the field while also enhancing and expanding WGCU’s coverage of important local government actions that often go overlooked and unreported. We refl...

Experts say Gov. DeSantis has no jurisdiction over Big Tech Published: February 3, 2021 5:46 PM EST Recommended Gov. Ron DeSantis is ready to take on “Big Tech” with sanctions on companies like Facebook and Twitter for censoring conservative voices. Social media companies de-platformed former President Donald Trump for his role in the insurrection at the nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6. DeSantis made the announcement during a news conference at the State Capitol on Tuesday. One proposal introd...

Talking Points to kick off with gun safety advocate By BIG ARTS - | Jan 21, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Fred Guttenberg Perhaps the worst nightmare for any parent is to learn their child has been shot in school. Fred Guttenberg’s nightmare started on Valentine’s Day 2018 when his 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, was shot and killed at Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland. On Jan. 28 at 4 p.m., BIG ARTS Talking Points will launch its 2021 season with a virtual conversation with Guttenberg. ...