EP286: The Cost of an Heir

EP286: The Cost of an Heir

On a quiet February morning in 1960, one of America’s most powerful brewing dynasties collided with every parent’s worst nightmare. Adolph Coors III—heir to a beer empire, devoted father, and fixture of Colorado’s elite—vanished on his way to work, leaving behind an abandoned car, a single shoe, and a trail of unanswered questions. What followed was a tense, high-stakes drama that gripped the nation: cryptic demands, frantic negotiations, and a family forced to make impossible decisions under the glare of public attention. This is the story of a disappearance that exposed the vulnerabilities of immense wealth—and set off a chain of events no one could control.

SOURCES:
1) A Look Back on the Coors Kidnapping
2) Coors Kidnapping Ransom Note
3) On This Day in History: Coors brewery heir kidnapped
4) Adolph Coors III
5) Joseph Corbett v. The People of the State of Colorado 6) Archivegrid: Adolph Coors III investigation collection

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EP310: Forty-Five Years (Pt. 2)

EP310: Forty-Five Years (Pt. 2)

For more than forty-five years, Richard Phillips lived under a sentence that told him he would die in prison. Outside, his children grew up, Detroit changed, and the man whose testimony had helped con...

26 Loka 42min

EP309: Forty-Five Years Pt. 1

EP309: Forty-Five Years Pt. 1

For more than forty-five years, Richard Phillips lived under a sentence that told him he would die in prison. Outside, his children grew up, Detroit changed, and the man whose testimony had helped con...

16 Loka 45min

EP308: She Tried To Tell Them

EP308: She Tried To Tell Them

In the fall of 2019, Tiffany Hill was trying to build a safer life for herself and her three children in Vancouver, Washington. The thirty-five-year-old former Marine had spent years learning how to r...

23 Syys 41min

EP307: The Casanova Killer Paul John Knowles - part 2

EP307: The Casanova Killer Paul John Knowles - part 2

In 1974, Paul John Knowles embarked on a violent, cross-country crime spree that would leave a trail of murder from Florida to the Pacific Northwest. Charming, handsome, and dangerously unpredictable,...

14 Syys 39min

EP306: The Casanova Killer - Paul John Knowles

EP306: The Casanova Killer - Paul John Knowles

In 1974, Paul John Knowles embarked on a violent, cross-country crime spree that would leave a trail of murder from Florida to the Pacific Northwest. Charming, handsome, and dangerously unpredictable,...

10 Syys 36min

EP305: The Girl in the Television Box

EP305: The Girl in the Television Box

In the summer of 1988, Philadelphia was shaken by the murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn, a little girl whose disappearance would become one of the city's most haunting mysteries. For years, de...

18 Elo 49min

EP304: The Last Christmas at the Lawson Farm

EP304: The Last Christmas at the Lawson Farm

On a cold December morning in 1929, the Lawson family gathered on their farm outside Germanton, North Carolina, surrounded by the familiar rhythms of rural life. Christmas had arrived with the promise...

4 Elo 43min

EP303: Doctor Death Christopher Duntsch

EP303: Doctor Death Christopher Duntsch

Christopher Duntsch was once hailed as a brilliant young neurosurgeon with a promising future, but behind his impressive credentials was a physician who left a trail of death and devastation. In just ...

29 Heinä 1h 9min

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