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The true story behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

The highly anticipated Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon is out today. We speak to journalist David Grann about his book and the true story behind the movie.
Members of the Osage Nation attended the premiere of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Members of the Osage Nation attended the premiere of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Canadian Press)

In the 1920s, something nefarious started happening to members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. Within four years, at least 60 people were murdered or disappeared. Journalist David Grann takes us through the true crime story that inspired his book, and now a movie, Killers of the Flower Moon

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