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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 ...
Officially, the count of the wealthy Osage victims reaches at least 20, but Grann suspects that hundreds more may have been killed because of their ties to oil. [13] The book details the newly formed FBI's investigation of the murders, and the eventual trial and conviction of cattleman William King Hale as the mastermind behind the plot.
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 ...
Scorsese’s new film is based on David Grann’s 2017 book about the Osage Indian murders
The second half of the novel is about the birth of the FBI, known then as the “Bureau of Investigation.” Sent to Osage County to investigate, J. Edgar Hoover largely viewed the Osage killings ...
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).
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 ...