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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.
Oct 20, 2023 · William Hale was a Texas cowboy who became a wealthy and powerful oilman in Oklahoma, where he masterminded the killings of many Osage Indians to steal their oil rights. He was the first major case of the FBI, which was led by J. Edgar Hoover and adapted into a 2023 movie.
- Greg Daugherty
Oct 19, 2023 · As the real-life William Hale, a cattle baron in 1920s Oklahoma, he is deluded in thinking that the Osage Nation would move past the memory that dozens of their members who had become...
Oct 20, 2023 · Who was William King Hale? Hale, the self-proclaimed “King of the Osage Hills,” was a well-connected and politically influential white cattle rancher who appeared to be a staunch ally of the...
- Sarah Bahr
Jan 12, 2024 · Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon recounts the real Osage murders committed by William Hale (Robert DeNiro). Here's the true story of the grisly crime.
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Oct 14, 2023 · Robert De Niro plays William Hale in Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" - but what happened to the real-life Hale? Here's what we know.