blessing. some say it was a curse. the terrorize td osage hired private detectives to look into the murders. when nothing came of it, they sent a delegation to washington. they went to d.c. and said look we re not leaving. until you send someone to investigate. because they are killing us. they re killing us. help wasn t free. the osage had to pay the government $20,000 to take the case. the bureau of investigation was just getting launched. hoover was the first director. and he was trying to find something that would raise the profile of this bureau. and he found it. the reign of terror murders would become the first major case in the history of the fbi.