Mollie Burkhart was an Osage woman who lived in Oklahoma in the 1920s. She was the target of a murderous conspiracy that aimed to steal her oil wealth by killing her and her family members.
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Mollie Burkhart lost her sister Anna, her mother Lizzie, and several other relatives to mysterious deaths that were later revealed to be part of a plot orchestrated by her white husband Ernest Burkhart and his uncle William Hale.
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Mollie Burkhart herself suffered from diabetes and was poisoned by her husband with the help of a corrupt doctor. She survived the ordeal and testified against her husband and his accomplices in court, helping to bring them to justice. She died in 1937, leaving behind four children.
Killers of the Flower Moon is a 2023 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Eric Roth. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro.
The movie is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror. The movie has a runtime of 2 hours and 28 minutes.
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