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Today we’ll take a look at one of the most disturbing serial murder cases in American history, one largely forgotten because the victims were Native Americans on a reservation. In the 1920s, after oil deposits discovered in Oklahoma, members of Osage Indian Nation were among the wealthiest people in the world. Journalist David Grann says an appalling series of murders followed as local whites targeted the Osage for their money. “These were crimes committed by people who the victims trusted, in many cases thought they loved,” says Grann. “It involved a level of betrayal, an almost Shakespearean level of dishonesty, of hiding your face, hiding the conspiracy.” We’ll talk with Grann about his book, The Killers of the Flower Moon. ‘

Photo: Mollie Burkhart (second from right) lost all three of her sisters under suspicious circumstances. Rita Smith (left) died in an explosion, Anna Brown (second from left) was shot in the head and Minnie Smith (right) died of what doctors referred to as a “peculiar wasting illness.” The Osage National Museum/Courtesy of Doubleday

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Largely Forgotten Osage Murders Reveal A Conspiracy Against Wealthy Native Americans

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