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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EP28:The Gitchie Girl

EP28:The Gitchie Girl

In 1973, five teenagers decided to spend their Saturday night listening to the guitar by the campfire at Gitchie Manitou State Park.  Five of them entered the park, but only one left alive.  This stor...

20 Apr 20201h

EP27: Cruisin'

EP27: Cruisin'

In 1977, young girls in the suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia were going missing. It wouldn’t be until two years later where the truth of what happened to them would come to light.  Police were tol...

13 Apr 202055min

EP25: Murders in the Mangroves

EP25: Murders in the Mangroves

Gerard Schaefer, a former Florida police officer, is one of the world's most vile and prolific serial killers.  For 10 years he tortured, mutilated, and murdered women on three different continents.  ...

30 Mar 20201h 3min

EP23: The Black Hand

EP23: The Black Hand

Carmine Lapello was a taxi cab driver during the Canadian prohibition on alcohol. He was arrested twice for using his cab to deliver alcohol to the bootleggers. In 1917, he was viciously murdered and ...

16 Mar 202051min

EP22: Sex, Lies and Conspiracies

EP22: Sex, Lies and Conspiracies

On January 25, 2012 the body of a woman was discovered in the backseat of a Mercedes SUV that had been abandoned in the City of Detroit.  The police soon discovered the woman was 57-year-old Jane Bash...

9 Mar 20201h 2min

EP21: OMFG I Was Almost Kidnapped!

EP21: OMFG I Was Almost Kidnapped!

On a July evening in 2014, 14-year-old April Millsap took her dog Penny for a walk on a popular biking trail not far from her home. At 6:28 pm she texted her boyfriend sending him a chilling message, ...

2 Mar 202047min

EP20: Uncle Clarence

EP20: Uncle Clarence

In 1998, a terrified 6-year-old girl witnessed her grandmother being beaten to death by a man who also raped and beat her.  When she awoke the morning after the attack, she told authorities she knew t...

24 Feb 202044min

EP19:  The Boy Who Murdered Children

EP19: The Boy Who Murdered Children

The city of Boston was overcome with terror in the late 1800s because a monster was torturing its' young boys.  After eight children were brutally violated, the police were finally able to nab the per...

17 Feb 202049min

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