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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EP41: The Bad Samaritan

EP41: The Bad Samaritan

On May 27, 1997, 18-year-old Jeremy Strohmeyer was playing games in the arcade of a hotel-casino in Primm, Nevada, about 40 miles south of Las Vegas.  While he is in the arcade, he notices 7-year-old ...

20 Heinä 202037min

EP40: Murphys Creek

EP40: Murphys Creek

In 1974, two Australian nursing students, Lorraine Wilson, and Wendy Evans decided to take some time off from their work and studies to travel around Australia.  Unfortunately for the young women, Lor...

13 Heinä 202052min

EP38: The Surprise Party for Janet Chandler

EP38: The Surprise Party for Janet Chandler

In 2004, a film class at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, set out to make a documentary on the 1978 cold case murder of 22-year-old Janet Chandler. Janet was known by her family to be a conservative...

29 Kesä 202042min

EP36: Killing the Man in the Mirror

EP36: Killing the Man in the Mirror

In the summer of 1984, 14-year-old Kenny Myers left his home to go for a bike ride when he failed to return, his mother reported him missing.  His strangled body was found 30 miles away in a park.  A ...

15 Kesä 202044min

EP35: The Freezer

EP35: The Freezer

On June 2, 1991, in southern California, Denise Huber was getting ready to go to a Morrisey concert with a friend.  After the concert, she and her friend, Rob, went for drinks at a local watering hole...

8 Kesä 202054min

EP34: Casket Closed

EP34: Casket Closed

Two days before her graduation from high school, 17-year-old Shari Smith was kidnapped from her mailbox. The kidnapper called her family on eight different occasions taunting them and even threatened ...

1 Kesä 202049min

EP33: Breaking News

EP33: Breaking News

On June 27, 1995 a local newscaster from Mason City, Iowa was running late for her 3am call time at her station.  Jodi Husentruit, who had overslept, hurriedly ran out the door of her apartment, got t...

25 Touko 202052min

EP32: The Xbox Murders

EP32: The Xbox Murders

In 2004, a 22-year-old named Erin went to check on her grandmother's winter home in Deltona, Florida, like she often would, just to make sure everything was fine with it.  On July 31st, she discovered...

18 Touko 202052min

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