“It is at night, especially when the moon is gibbous and waning, that I see the thing.” — ‘Dagon,’ H.P. Lovecraft Panic overtook the citizens of the tiny village the day following the night that the 14th-century clock tower became exposed. The town was hidden from prying eyes since the villager’s subjection to Nazi experiments…

Once arrested, John Ramsey confessed to participation in the murder of Roan. He said that Hale had promised him five hundred dollars and a new car for the killing. Ramsey said he met Roan outside of Fairfax, where they drank whiskey together. Then Ramsey shot Roan in the head, though he later claimed that the…

In 1925, Police officer James Pyle asked the Bureau of Investigation (BOI,) the agency preceding the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI,) for help. They sent Tom White to lead an investigation. Because of the perception that the police were corrupt, White decided the agents would work undercover. After two years, agents uncovered Hale’s scheme. Hale…

Two lab rats were conversing with one another by their water bottle. “So, have you taken the COVID-19 shots yet?” the one asked the other. “No,” the second one answered. “Have you?” “Not yet,” the first one stated, “I don’t think the human trials are over.” “Well, better them than us,” the second one said.…

Charles Whitehorn, Brown’s cousin, was discovered shot to death near Pawhuska the same day. Two months later, Lizzie Q. Kyle, who had rights for herself and had inherited the rights from her late husband and two daughters, was murdered. On February 6, 1923, Henry Roan, another cousin of Brown, was found in his car on…

My Cousin Elmo says, “The CDC has announced you can stop wearing your socks with sandals.”

Some background before going any further… On the first page of Chapter 1, “The Vanishing,” in Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, author David Gann explains the story behind the title of the book: “In April, millions of tiny flowers spread over the blackjack hills and vast prairies…

I began my newspaper article with, “It was midmorning, Wednesday, May 5, when Virginia & Truckee Engine 29, better known as the “Robt. C. Gray” pulled out of Virginia City with four 1920-era Pullman cars in tow.” “The train, the cars, and her crew headed for Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and the movie set of “Killers of…

Sometime one’s timing is jus’ right. One of the neighbors’ boys out in a storm floating a paper boat in the gutter. To top it off, I jus’ learned that my cellphone will allow me to video-tape in black and white, or edit color shots into monochrome. Makes me think of my childhood memories.

My Cousin Elmo says, “What with the price of ammo, lumber and gas, being a Redneck is getting to be expensive.”