The grisly true story of the Osage murders, the inspiration behind Martin Scorsese's star-studded Western crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon.
Martin Scorsese's star-studded Western crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the grisly true story of the Osage murders. The film will star longtime Scorsese collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, as well as Lily Gladstone, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, and many more.
Convinced that the Osage didn't know how to properly handle their newfound wealth, a guardian program was established consisting entirely of white Oklahomans, and even the smallest purchases were monitored and required approval. The FBI was in its infancy, but since anyone who investigated the murders was killed themselves, a young J. Edgar Hoover took up the case, and it became the organization's first major murder investigation.
How Many People Were Charged For The Osage Murders Unfortunately, most of the Osage murders were never prosecuted, but a few perpetrators were convicted, including cattle baron William Hale, who ordered Anna Brown to be murdered by Kelsie Morrison to gain control of her oil rights. Hale led a crime ring known as "King of the Osage Hills" with his nephews Bryan and Ernest Burkhart, all of whom conspired to gain the headrights of prominent tribal members.
In 1935, the Osage murders were dramatized in an episode of G-Men made with FBI cooperation, but even by the 1940s and 1950s, public recollection of the Osage murders was already fading. Not even Jimmy Stewart's 1959 movie The FBI Story, which mentioned the Kyle family murders, did much to raise public awareness.
Which Real-Life Characters Appear In Killers Of The Flower Moon Killers of the Flower Moon has several real-life characters in it, including William Hale , his nephew Ernest Burkhart , Ernest's wife Mollie Burkhart , her mother Lizzie Q , Texas Ranger Tom White , Legislative Assembly member W.S. Hamilton , and Prosecutor Leaward . Supporting characters include Mollie's sister Anna Brown , her cousin Henry Roan , and petty criminal Kelsie Morrison .
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