The King of the Osage Hills
True Crime Historian
Richard O Jones
4.4 • 729 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2023
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
About the murders that inspired Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Episode 214 digs deep into the files of the FBI and one of its early successful investigations during the tenure of J.Edgar Hoover, when the Bureau of Investigations looked into the murder of as many as 60 to 70 Osage Indians. The file includes a report by Agent Frank Smith as well as statements by informants who helped break the conspiracy. True Crime Historian welcomes guest reader Susan Ferman as Katherine Cole, one of these informants.
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| 0:00.0 | Popular |
| 0:02.0 | .com |
| 0:04.0 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 0:09.0 | January 4th, 1926 |
| 0:13.0 | The Osage murder mystery, |
| 0:18.0 | as dramatic as any created by novelist's pen, today seemed nearer a solution. |
| 0:24.6 | Federal and state officers working in unison were closing a net around suspected members of a murder ring |
| 0:31.6 | that is believed to have been responsible for the deaths of nearly a score of Osage Indians and white persons. |
| 0:39.4 | Action was divided today between Guthrie, where a federal grand jury is convening to consider |
| 0:44.9 | the testimony of about 140 witnesses, and the Osage country, where state officials are |
| 0:51.2 | expected to arrest several suspects. The murders are believed the |
| 0:56.1 | outgrowth of conspiracy to gain possession of the fortunes of the victims estimated to total |
| 1:01.2 | $2 million. Although the most recent of the crimes was committed about three years ago, |
| 1:08.1 | none of the perpetrators has yet been brought to justice. Numerous investigations |
| 1:12.6 | have been launched and seemingly have been abandoned because it seemed impossible to obtain information. |
| 1:19.5 | Federal Secret Servicemen have been working quietly on the cases, however, and two weeks ago |
| 1:24.8 | the state was invited to participate in a roundup of the suspects. |
| 1:29.9 | It seemed probable solution of the case would revolve around the dynamiting of the W.E. Smith home in Fairfax three years ago. |
| 1:38.2 | Smith, his wife, and Anna Brookshire, a servant, were killed by the explosion. |
| 1:45.0 | Some of the persons whose deaths were seemingly connected with the case were |
| 1:50.0 | Anna Brown, wealthy Osage woman, shot to death. |
| 1:56.0 | Ace Kirby, white man, shot. |
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