reporter david grann sent five years researching the story.is called killers of the flower moon, the osage murders and the birth of the fbi. i'm pleased to have him back at this table. how did you find this >> i heard about this from an historian and i made a trip to osage territory in oklahoma when i first heard about it and i want to the museum and there was a large panoramic photograph taken in 1924, showed members of the tribe, but a portion was missing and i asked the museum director what had happened to the missing portion? she said it contain add figure so frightening that she decided to remove it. she then pointed to that missing panel she said the devil was standing right there. and the book really trying to understand who that figure was. and the history he embodied and it led me to what i would come to realized was one of the most sinister crimes in american history. >> which was. >> the systematic targeting of the osage one by one for the oil money. >> to take over becoming the largest per capita individuals in world >> they -- whe

david grann 's new book. >> i heard about the story from an historian, and i made a trip out to osageast oklahoma when i first heard about it, and i went to the osage museum. and on the wall was this large panoramic photograph. it was taken in 1924. it showed members of the try, along with-- of the tribe along with white settlers but a portion of the photograph was missing and i asked the museum director what happened to the missing portion of the photograph and she said it contained a figure so flightening she decided to remove it. she pointed to the panel and said the devil was standing right there. the book grew out of finding who the figure was and led me to one of the most sinister crimes in u.s. history. it was the systematic targeting of osage one by one for their oil money. >> rose: to become one of the biggest business in the world. >> the chief said we should move to what was indian territory then. it would later become oklahoma. and he said we should move there because the land is rocky, it is infertile, and the white man considers it worthless and my people will finally be

reporter david grann spent five years researching the story for this book.alled "killers of the flower moon." i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. how did you find this story? david: i heard about the story from a historian. i made a trip out to osage territory when i first heard about it. i went to the osage museum. on the wall was this large panoramic photograph which was taken in 1924. it showed members of the tribe but a portion of the photograph was missing. i asked the museum director what happened to the missing portion of the photograph, and she said that it contained a picture so frightening that she removed it. she pointed to the missing panel and said the devil was standing right there. the book was trying to figure out who that figure was and the history he embodied. it led me to one of the most sinister crimes in america. charlie: which was? david: it was the systematic targeting of the osage, one by one for the oil money. charlie: to become the largest per capita individuals in the world. david: in 1870, an osage chief stepped