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William King Hale (December 24, 1874 – August 15, 1962) was an American political and crime boss in Osage County, Oklahoma, who was responsible for the Osage Indian murders, for which he was later convicted. He made a fortune through cattle ranching, contract killings, and insurance fraud.
Oct 20, 2023 · William Hale’s Brutal Role in the Osage Murders. The self-styled 'King of the Osage Hills' masterminded a heinous spate of killings targeting oil-rich Indians. By: Greg Daugherty.
Oct 18, 2023 · Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons round out the cast as Ernest’s uncle, a cattle rancher-turned-political boss named William Hale, and federal agent Tom White, respectively.
Oct 19, 2023 · As the real-life William Hale, a cattle baron in 1920s Oklahoma, he is deluded in thinking that the Osage Nation would move past the memory that dozens of their members who had become...
Oct 14, 2023 · A prominent local rancher, philanthropist, deputy sheriff, bank owner, and more, Hale inveigled his way into Osage's confidences at a time when the tribe struck rich through oil. According to the FBI, he hired assassins to remove people from the equation so he could receive life insurance money.
Jan 12, 2024 · Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon recounts the real Osage murders committed by William Hale (Robert DeNiro). Here's the true story of the grisly crime.
Oct 20, 2023 · Who was William King Hale? Hale, the self-proclaimed “King of the Osage Hills,” was a well-connected and politically influential white cattle rancher who appeared to be a staunch ally of the...
Oct 20, 2023 · Based on journalist David Grann's 2017 best-selling book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon recounts the true story of how a white businessman and self-proclaimed...
Apr 30, 2020 · In Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon (2021), veteran actor Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Irishman) will play a significant role as William Hale, a...
Sep 27, 2023 · But what happened to the land owned by rancher William K. Hale, the alleged mastermind of the conspiracy and a convicted murderer?
