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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EP73: The Boy From the Newspaper

EP73: The Boy From the Newspaper

In March 1991, 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez won a kite-flying contest. Due to this award, Junny’s photo appeared in a local newspaper called Florida Today. Junny and his family had no idea that th...

1 Maalis 202138min

EP72: The Bodies in the Lake

EP72: The Bodies in the Lake

In 1996, Rachel Timmerman filed rape charges against a monster named Marvin Gabrion. As the trial approached, witnesses came up missing. Then Rachel disappeared along with her baby after going out o...

22 Helmi 202151min

EP71: Teen Models & Murder

EP71: Teen Models & Murder

On Saturday, May 16, 1987, 14-year-old Alecia and 12-year old Monica were on their way to shoot an anti-drug video in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. They were teen models who were hired through Showcase Models b...

15 Helmi 202137min

EP70: The Sinister Secrets in Atlanta

EP70: The Sinister Secrets in Atlanta

In 2017, 25-year-old Jenna Van Gelderen disappeared while house-sitting at her parent's home. Her car was found two weeks later abandoned on the side of the road in Atlanta, Georgia. During that yea...

8 Helmi 202134min

EP68: Death of a DEA Agent in Mexico

EP68: Death of a DEA Agent in Mexico

In 1983, four American Jehovah's Witnesses inadvertently knocked on the door of drug lord Ernesto Fonseca. Paranoid they were undercover DEA agents, he had his henchmen (one being El Chapo) kidnap, t...

25 Tammi 20211h 5min

EP67: The Secret Witness

EP67: The Secret Witness

The “Secret Witness” hotline was established in Shasta County, CA to take anonymous tips about crimes that occurred in the county. On the evening of June 19, 1985, a tip came in concerning a missing p...

18 Tammi 202140min

EP66: Forces of Evil/The Stocking Strangler

EP66: Forces of Evil/The Stocking Strangler

The media in Columbus, Georgia gave the name "The Stocking Strangler" to a serial killer in the area that preyed on elderly white women in 1978. In April of that year, a local newspaper and the polic...

11 Tammi 202146min

EP63: The Sunday Morning Slasher

EP63: The Sunday Morning Slasher

In the 1970s there was someone lurking, stalking, and attacking women in the Metro Detroit area. The viciousness and brutality increased with each attack until women were ending up dead in truly grote...

21 Joulu 202036min

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