Killers of the Flower Moon: The real history
In this 2017 conversation, David Grann reveals the real story behind Killers of the Flower Moon, the murder case described as the "bloodiest chapter in American crime history"
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Show Notes
Killers of the Flower Moon, the new historical epic from Martin Scorsese, dramatises a series of murders that was described by press at the time as the “bloodiest chapter in American crime history”. The crimes caught the attention of J Edgar Hoover, and became the focus of one of the fledgling FBI’s first major homicide investigations. David Grann, author of the book on which the film is based, joined Elinor Evans back in 2017 to discuss the murders' horrific impact on the Native American Osage Nation.
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