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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 ...
Journalist David Grann told the story of the murders, known as the Reign of Terror, in his 2017 book of the same name (which the movie is based on), focusing on the family of an Osage woman ...
Set at a point in time when the Osage were considered the richest people per capita in the world following the discovery of oil reserves under their land, the movie follows Ernest as he marries ...
The book investigates a series of murders of wealthy Osage people that took place in Osage County, Oklahoma, in the early 1920s after extensive oil deposits were discovered beneath their land. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] After the Osage are awarded headrights in court to the profits from oil deposits found on their land, the Osage people prepare to receive ...
The mastermind at the time was reportedly William Hale, a wealthy rancher who married his nephew, Ernest Burkhart, to an Osage woman named Mollie Burkhart. De Niro plays Hale in Killers of the ...