Killers of the Flower Moon

Quiet Canines Podcast · Sep 4, 2026 · 2m

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered on their land, they rode in chauffeured cars and lived in mansions.

Then, one by one, the Osage were killed. Mollie Burkhart watched as her family became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. Other Osage were also dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who investigated the crimes were also murdered.

As the death toll rose, the case was taken over by the newly created FBI and its young, secretive director, J. Edgar Hoover. Struggling…