A true-crime podcast episode with my thoughts on Killers of the Flower Moon
Last summer, a private investigator contacted me. Which doesn't make a lot of sense, until you take into consideration that she is also the host of the podcast, The Unlovely Truth.
Her name is Lori Morrison and yes, she is a private investigator and a podcast host. She invited me onto her show to discuss the Osage murders made widespread public knowledge in the book, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.
Lori introduces the episode with:
“Just as J. Edgar Hoover was starting his controversial career with the FBI, several wealthy Osage Indians were found murdered under suspicious circumstances. Vast oil reserves had been found beneath their land, and outsiders quickly tried to take advantage of the Osage’s newfound prosperity. Their most common scheme involved marriage and murder.”
We specifically talked about the book, Killers of the Flower Moon, and the complex legalities for Native people in the 19th and 20th centuries, and how those legalities led to countless unsolved crimes.
This was one of the toughest interviews I’ve done because of the weighty content, but I did it because I believe it’s critical we understand these issues of the past, and how they still impact the present.