reign of terror
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They’re currently hitting smaller home haunts across the city, but Silva says, if you go to just one this season, make it Reign of Terror.
From Los Angeles Times
Other real-life subjects include the father of the atomic bomb, a lauded American conductor and the victims and perpetrators of the Reign of Terror in the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma.
From New York Times
The film recounts a period known as the Reign of Terror, when at least 24 Osage were murdered in a conspiracy to get their mineral rights.
From Los Angeles Times
The agency conducted a sprawling investigation that culminated in the arrests of three of Brown’s relatives, including her brother-in-law, Ernest Burkhart, bringing an end to what the Osage called the Reign of Terror.
From New York Times
The era is often referred to as the Osage Reign of Terror, an odd description that wrongly implies the Osage were somehow responsible for the horrors perpetuated on them.
From New York Times
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