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John Joseph Mathews (Osage), set his novel Sundown (1934) in the period of the murders. [19] "The Osage Indian Murders", a dramatization of the case first broadcast on August 3, 1935, was the third episode of the radio series G-Men, created and produced by Phillips Lord with cooperation of the FBI. [61] [62]
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).
While the FBI was able to solve the murder cases of Osage Indian tribe members Anna Brown, her sister Rita Smith, and Henry Roan, the tribe was still left with the pain of Osage Indians whose ...
After both Hale and Ernest were arrested in January 1926 for the murders of Rita, Bill, and Nellie, Ernest ended up confessing to his role in the crimes and identified Hale as the mastermind of ...
The movie is adapted from the book of the same name, which details how the FBI investigated the murders of indigenous people in Osage County, Oklahoma, during the early 1920s.
Lizzie and the Osage council blame the white residents and urge the tribe to fight back. The 1921 Tulsa race massacre causes further concern amongst the Osage that they could suffer similarly. Lizzie's ancestors welcome her to the afterlife as she dies. Hale has Ernest arrange the murder of Mollie's first husband, Henry Roan, but Ernest's ...
In Killers, De Niro’s Hale plays the self-proclaimed “King” of the Osage, a shrewd political mastermind in Osage County, Oklahoma, in the 1920s. He’s also the uncle to Ernest Burkhart ...