almost over night it turned into this. with oil royalties rolling in, life for the osage changed in an instant. lincolns and cadillacs were their favorites. look at the women. golfing too. absolutely. in their dresses. with this newfound wealth, megaand sean s grandfather purchased 16 millimeter film camera. that s him there. your grandfather. behind the camera, his wife documented a life that took on a kind of hollywood glamour. look at those flames. my grandfather loved airplanes. did he own this plane? yes. these aren t things you expect to see on the reservation
anna, liz, q, rita. henry. this is the family that was targeted. but they weren t the only victims. by the summer of 1923, over two dozen osage had been murdered. the shocking number of deaths caught the media attention. they coined it the reign of terror. people were being killed. left and right. it was terrible. they never knew who was going to be next. meghan and sean tell me their grandparents feared for their lives and hired body guards. your family really felt that threat. my grandmother used to have flash backs in her late 80s. she would have nightmares. that some say it was a