A series of strange and violent deaths rocked Osage County, Oklahoma a century ago.

Sisters Rita, Mini, Anna and their mother Lizzie all left behind lucrative rights to the oil beneath Osage land,

while lawman Tom White was horrified by the chilling plot he uncovered.

Join me, Tim Harford, host of the Corscht Retails Podcast, for my new two-part on the Osage Killings,

the story behind the book and film Killers of the Flower Moon.

Both episodes are available now, wherever you get your podcasts.

Pushkin.

I've always noticed the most important things happen when you're not looking for them.

Back in 1977, I went on this talk show to promote a project.

I remember meeting her in the green room before the show.

The big brown eyes, the firm handshake,

the warm smile.

And in he walks, the thick white hair, those killer blue eyes.

It was like one of those shampoo commercials, where everything suddenly goes into slow motion.

Well, I knew she was bright, articulate, but she was also very sexy.

At the year of a 1953, she would have been what we Catholic boys called an impure thought.

I'm in the way, excuse me, I'm updating you.

I thought you just love this smooth show.

This felt like a first date.

Phil asked me more personal questions than I'd ever been asked in an interview.

He dug in about the man I dated and asked if there was someone special.

Looking back, it probably wasn't very professional, but it was honest.

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