Mollie (right) with her sisters Anna (center) and Minnie

Newspaper photos of three victims: Henry Roan, Rita Smith, and W.W. Vaughan

William Hale

Hale-Ramsey murder case document from the Oklahoman Collection

Karen:

The Osage oil murders

Episode sources:

1. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

2. “Bloodland” by Dennis McAuliffe Jr.

3. “The forgotten murders of the Osage people for the oil beneath their land” by David Grann (PBS) 2018

4. “Osage Murders Case” (FBI)

5. “The FBI’s First Big Case: The Osage Murders” by Christopher Klein (History) 2017

6. “How Marriage and Murder Were Used to Steal Osage Oil Riches” by Vincent Schilling (History) 2023

7. “The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Osage Murders” (Oklahoma Historical Society)

8. “The Osage ‘Reign of Terror’ Murder Trials: An Account” by Douglas O. Linder (UMKC School of Law)

9. “Did You Know? Osage Murders” (Osage Nation)

10. “Granddaughter Recalls Killers of the Flower Moon Villain Played by Leonardo DiCaprio: 'Took Away My Family'” by Liam Quinn (People) 2023

11. “Who Gets Osage Oil Money? A List From BIA Raises New Questions” by Rachel Adams-Heard and Allison Herrera (Financial Post) 2022

12. “Interview: Killers of the Flower Moon Author David Grann (from 2017)” (Frotcast)

13. “For the Osage Nation, the betrayal of the murders depicted in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ still lingers” by Shannon Toll (The Conversation) 2023

14. “Confession of Kelsie Morrison to the Murder of Anna Brown” by Douglas O. Linder (via Famous Trials/UMKC School of Law)

15. “How settlers abused financial guardianship in the Osage Nation” by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder (Marketplace) 2023