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1. www.history.com › news › william-k-hale-osage-murdersWilliam Hale's Brutal Role in the Osage Murders | HISTORY

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   Oct 20, 2023 · Over half a decade, at least nine people would die in the murder spree Hale set into motion—some shot, some poisoned, three killed in an explosion that leveled their home. Most were members of...

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   Was Hale the mastermind behind the Osage Murders?

   • Though an examination of the case by the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the FBI, suggested that Hale was the mastermind behind the murders, Grann’s research and Osage oral histories point to a more sweeping conspiracy involving the Osages’ white neighbors and their supposed friends.

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   Was William Hale convicted of murder?

   • Most of the murders were never prosecuted. Nevertheless, several perpetrators were convicted of murder, including William Hale, a powerful rancher who ordered the murders of his nephew's wife and other members of her family to gain control of their headrights and oil wealth.

   Osage Indian murders - Wikipedia

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   Was King Hale a king of the Osage Hills?

   • The self-styled 'King of the Osage Hills' masterminded a heinous spate of killings targeting oil-rich Indians. When William King Hale arrived in what is now Osage County, Oklahoma, around 1902, he was so poor he had to live in a tent. By the 1920s, he was so rich and powerful that people lived in terror of getting on his bad side.

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   Who was the king of Osage?

   • Working for two years, the agents discovered a crime ring led by Hale, known in Osage County as the "King of Osage". Hale and his nephews, Ernest and Byron Burkhart, had migrated from Texas to Osage County to find jobs in the oil fields.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_King_HaleWilliam King Hale - Wikipedia

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   William King Hale (December 24, 1874 – August 15, 1962) was an American political and crime boss in Osage County, Oklahoma, who was responsible for the Osage Indian murders, for which he was later convicted. He made a fortune through cattle ranching, contract killings, and insurance fraud.

4. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-real-historyThe Real History Behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

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   Oct 18, 2023 · Though an examination of the case by the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the FBI, suggested that Hale was the mastermind behind the murders, Grann’s research and Osage oral...

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Osage_Indian_murdersOsage Indian murders - Wikipedia

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   Nevertheless, several perpetrators were convicted of murder, including William Hale, a powerful rancher who ordered the murders of his nephew's wife and other members of her family to gain control of their headrights and oil wealth.

6. time.com › 6325586The True Story Behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon' | TIME

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   Oct 20, 2023 · Based on journalist David Grann's 2017 best-selling book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon recounts the true story of how a white businessman and self-proclaimed "true friend" of the...

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7. slate.com › culture › 2023What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Killers of the Flower Moon

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   Oct 20, 2023 · The script originally told the story of an Osage tribal family, who were murdered for their oil lease rights in the early 1920s, from the perspective of Tom White (Jesse Plemons), the agent in...

8. www.bbc.com › culture › articleKillers of the Flower Moon: How the shocking Osage murders ...

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   Oct 19, 2023 · In the early 1920s, William Hale was a powerful force in Osage County, a venal man who regarded Native Americans as less than human while pretending to be the tribe's friend and benefactor.