Mollie Kyle (also known as Mollie Burkhart and Mollie Cobb; December 1, 1886 – June 16, 1937) was an Osage woman known for surviving the Osage Indian murders.

The Osage Indian murders is a serial killing event that takes place in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States, during the 1910s–1930s. Newspapers described the increasing number of unsolved murders and deaths among young adults of the Osage Nation as the "Reign of Terror".

May 18, 2017 · Mollie Burkhart (right) with her sister Anna Brown (left) and their mother, Lizzie Q. Kyle (center). Courtesy the Osage Nation Museum. Mollie had a third sister named Rita Smith.

Oct 20, 2023 · Based on journalist David Grann's 2017 best-selling book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon recounts the true story of how a white businessman and self-proclaimed "true friend" of the...

Dec 20, 2023 · Mollie Kyle belongs to a wealthy Osage family in Oklahoma, who unwittingly falls prey to the greed of William Hale, a seemingly friendly local man with a penchant for violent manipulation. As such, after Hale’s family secures a tie to Mollie through her marriage to Ernest Burkhart, Hale’s nephew, trouble quickly knocks on the latter’s ...

Oct 19, 2023 · Yes, Mollie Burkhart is based on a real person of the same name who was one of the members of the Osage Nation who suffered a great deal of tragedy and suffering during the “Reign of Terror,” a period between 1921 and 1926, when most of her family was killed.

William K. Hale encouraged his subservient nephew Ernest Burkhart to marry Mollie Kyle, an allotted full-blood Osage. Her mother, Lizzie Q. Kyle, resided with Mollie and Ernest in Fairfax.

William K. Hale encouraged his subservient nephew Ernest Burkhart to marry Mollie Kyle, an allotted full-blood Osage. Her mother, Lizzie Q. Kyle, resided with Mollie and Ernest in Fairfax.

Jan 18, 2025 · Over the next five years, Kyle’s three sisters would pass away, one after the other: Minnie, due to a mysterious illness that was most likely poisoning; Anna, after being shot one night; Rita, in an explosion in her house that killed her and her white husband.

Dec 29, 2023 · "Wah-Kon-Tah-He-Um-Pah" or Mollie Kyle was an Osage woman known for surviving the Osage Indian murders. She gained initial prominence in newspaper coverage during the trial of William King Hale and gained renewed prominence in the 21st century when she was portrayed by Lily Gladstone in the film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).