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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EP85: The Spokane Serial Killer

EP85: The Spokane Serial Killer

The Spokane Serial Killer, Robert Lee Yates, Jr., went on a killing spree that spanned 14-months in the late 1990s. But cold case detectives discovered his first victims were murdered over 25 years ea...

24 Maj 202144min

EP84: The Frat Boy Flesh Eater

EP84: The Frat Boy Flesh Eater

On a warm August night in Tequesta, Florida, Michelle and John Stevens were sitting in their garage drinking a beer when 19-year-old Austin Harrouff viscously attacked them in a crazed frenzy. A neig...

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EP83: Mothers Day Massacre

EP83: Mothers Day Massacre

WARNING: THIS EPISODE IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. Violence against children and a family pet is featured.On Mother’s Day 2008, Barbara Freiberg was looking forward to receiving a call from her daughter, Lis...

9 Maj 202142min

Ep82: A Wolf on the Sheep Farm

Ep82: A Wolf on the Sheep Farm

On Memorial Day in 2007, farmhand Shane Hill called 911 twice requesting emergency response services. He told the dispatchers that he shot at a coyote stalking his sheep and somehow his gun misfired,...

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EP81: Stalked to Death

EP81: Stalked to Death

Cindy James was enjoying her newly single life, after divorcing her husband in early 1982. However, her joy was short-lived, when only seven months after her separation, Cindy became a victim of a sta...

26 Apr 202148min

EP80: The Big Ten Campus Killer

EP80: The Big Ten Campus Killer

19-year-old Michigan State University student Martha Young disappeared on New Year's Eve in 1976. Ten months later, her clothes were found meticulously laid out in a field, as if she had vaporized in...

19 Apr 202159min

EP79: Chatroom Confessions of Murder

EP79: Chatroom Confessions of Murder

Imagine you are a member of an internet support group for problem drinkers. One day as you are perusing through the chatroom discussions, you stumble upon a disturbing post from a regular named Larry...

12 Apr 202139min

EP78: Dead Inside

EP78: Dead Inside

Jeremiah Rodgers and Jonathan Lawrence were two young men who met in a mental institute for the criminally insane. They quickly formed a friendship, bonding over the anger and rage brewing inside the...

5 Apr 202156min

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