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Infamous America

OSAGE MURDERS Ep. 5 | “The Confession”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Throughout 1925, Special Agent Tom White and his team produced more results than all the other investigators combined. But even White’s investigation stalled. And then, he received a miracle: a inmate in an Oklahoma prison possessed vital information about the murders. The inmate’s confession led to shocking revelations and the first arrests in the cases of the Osage Murders. Check out the Jordan Harbinger show today! jordanharbinger.com/start Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Noiser+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “JOIN” on the Infamous America YouTube homepage. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4V_wVD7N1gEB045t7-V0w/featured For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Throughout the second half of 1925, from July to December, the Osage witnessed a monumental

0:51.3

amount of progress in their murder cases.

0:54.4

The previous four years, from the discovery of the bodies of Anna Brown and Charles

0:58.9

Whitehorn in 1921 to June of 1925, must have seemed like they were moving at a snail's

1:05.9

pace.

1:07.1

They crept forward in tiny increments, and frequently stopped and waited for more progress,

1:13.4

all while watching their friends and family members die.

1:17.2

But now, they were rocketing forward at a profound speed.

1:21.4

In July of 1925, the acting director of the Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover,

1:28.1

assigned special agent Tom White to the case of the Osage murders.

1:32.9

White was the quintessential old school frontier lawman.

1:36.7

He was a former Texas ranger who didn't have much use for fancy scientific methods of

1:41.8

investigation.

1:43.2

He looked at the evidence, talked to witnesses, identified suspects, and then went after

1:48.2

them.

1:49.6

On the surface, it seemed like a pretty simple formula.

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