Episode 246 - The Osage Reign of Terror

Cowboys, private eyes, poisonings, bomb plots, shootings, and the birth of the FBI.

This is the story of how in the 1920s, one Native American tribe became the richest human beings per capita in the world and the diabolical conspiracy that led to hundreds of their people being murdered in cold blood.

Sources:

Book: Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MI036

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1404375

https://osagenation.s3.amazonaws.com/G/G.1.a.ReignTerrorFactSheet.pdf

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-forgotten-murders-of-the-osage-people-for-the-oil-beneath-their-land

https://www.shortform.com/blog/martha-vaughan-osage/

https://www.litcharts.com/lit/killers-of-the-flower-moon/chapter-1-the-vanishing

https://www.bookcompanion.com/killers_of_the_flower_moon_character_list2.html

https://edmondlifeandleisure.com/a-look-at-the-osage-indian-murders-p11200-76.htm

https://eu.examiner-enterprise.com/story/news/2014/11/27/part-5-to-destroy-with/27370985007/

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/inside-the-story-of-the-systematic-murder-of-osage-indians-in-the-20s-2

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/osage-murders-photos-killers-of-flower-moon

https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/news-events/news/did-you-know-osage-murders

https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2378-the-osage-reign-of-terror-murder-trials-an-account

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvs3V-spwLA

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/killers-of-the-flower-moon-inside-david-granns-new-true-crime-epic-122690/

https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2376-the-osage-reign-of-terror-murder-trials-a-chronology

https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2381-osage-reign-of-terror-murder-trials-images

https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2379-maps-of-osage-county-murder-locations

https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2378-the-osage-reign-of-terror-murder-trials-an-account

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/osage-indians/

https://eu.examiner-enterprise.com/story/lifestyle/2021/12/15/chief-bigheart-leaves-legacy/6506942001/

https://osagenation.s3.amazonaws.com/B/B.5.a.Lands&Minerals1872-TodayFactSheet.pdf

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=OS006

https://www.litcharts.com/lit/killers-of-the-flower-moon/characters

https://www.shortform.com/blog/guardianship-laws-osage/