Matthew McElroy ’s Reviews > Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI > Status Update

Unfortunately, Grann saved the most interesting AND most important part of the tragedy for the final third of the story.
It seems like only two white people ever took these events seriously, Tom White and David Grann, and they did it 100 years apart.
If you are remotely familiar with history, then almost none of this will surprise you. But the story must be told.

It looks like we have a villain. And he is one helluva villain, too. The lengths that he has taken to steal this money are beyond belief. There is a true

How do we balance out the ruthless efficiency it takes to solve crimes quickly, but retain the human touch that provides justice to all parties?

Hoover is doing things all of us would do at our jobs. Creating standardized paperwork that is also easier to complete. Providing meaningful training and background checks. But he is already compiling his dossiers on politicians for his own power grab.

The tag line is "the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI". In the first chapter, they establish that, thanks to oil and minerals, the Osage are the per capita richest people in the United States.

I wonder if the FBI was formed to protect Indians or protect the money? 😒