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Life imprisonment (1929) William King Hale (December 24, 1874 – August 15, 1962) was an American political and crime boss in Osage County, Oklahoma, who was responsible for the most infamous of the Osage Indian murders. He made a fortune through cattle ranching, contract killings, and insurance fraud before his arrest and conviction for murder.
OF ALL THE righteous bastards Robert De Niro has played in his career, William “King” Hale might take the cake for the worst of the worst. His Killers of the Flower Moon character marks the ...
Ernest George Burkhart (September 11, 1892 – December 1, 1986) was an American murderer who participated in the Osage Indian murders as a hitman for his uncle William King Hale 's crime ring. He was convicted for the killing of William E. Smith in 1926, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Burkhart was paroled in 1937, but was sent back to ...
Mollie Kyle (also known as Mollie Burkhart and Mollie Cobb; December 1, 1886 – June 16, 1937) was an Osage woman known for surviving the Osage Indian murders.She gained initial prominence in newspaper coverage during the trial of William King Hale and gained renewed prominence in the 21st century when she was portrayed by Lily Gladstone in the film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Grann’s investigation suggests that the unsolved killings could be tied to William King Hale, who was convicted in the murder of Roan and was suspected of several other crimes toward the Osage ...
Ernest’s first stop off the train is his uncle William “King” Hale’s place, where the well-connected cattleman (played by De Niro) welcomes him to town, glad to have the perfect patsy ...
A political cartoon depicts Mollie Burkhart and William King Hale from the Enid Morning News, Sunday edition on February 7, 1926. The Osage Tribal Council suspected that Hale was responsible for many of the deaths. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior sent four agents to act as undercover investigators.
As she walks away, the scene transitions with an unexpected ‘20s or '30s radio show with actors and musicians playing out on stage the results of Ernest and his uncle William Hale's case.