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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).
The “Killers of the Flower Moon” book and film shed light on the investigation of the murders of Osage Indians that began in Osage County, Oklahoma, in the early 1920s — famously known as ...
Martin Scorcese's epic Killers of the Flower Moon is in theaters now, and the movie tells the true story of the Osage murders.After oil was discovered on Osage Nation land, the rights belonged to ...
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.
Ernest and Byron commit armed robbery against the Osage. Ernest develops a romance with Mollie Kyle, an Osage whose family owns oil headrights. They marry in an Osage ceremony with Catholic elements and raise three children. Hale contracts the killing of multiple wealthy Osage, explaining that Ernest will inherit more headrights the more of ...
Ultimately, Ernest, Hale, Ramsey and Morrison were all sentenced to life in prison—Ernest for Rita, Bill, and Nellie's murders; Hale and Ramsey for Henry Roan's; and Morrison for Anna's.