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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

86: The Murder of Adolph Coors III w/ Philip Jett - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Most Notorious, I chat with Philip Jett, author of "The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty”. He discusses the attempted kidnapping and eventual murder of Coors Brewery heir Adolph Coors III in 1960 Colorado, and the personal involvement of J. Edgar Hoover in this sensational case that drew international interest.

More information about the author can be found here: https://philipjett.com/






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0:55.0

Welcome everyone to the most notorious podcast.

1:19.5

This is the 13th and final episode of the season.

1:22.0

I'll release a couple of episodes this summer, so stay tuned.

1:25.0

And then a second season this fall.

1:28.0

And I appreciate as always, you subscribing and tuning in.

1:32.0

So let's move things right along.

1:34.0

I'm excited to have as my guest today, Philip Jet, the author of the wonderful book called The Death of an Air,

1:40.0

Adolf Kors III, and the murder that rocked an American brewing dynasty.

1:46.0

It's a fascinating story, and I really appreciate you coming on to talk about this.

1:51.0

Yeah, no, I appreciate it very much.

1:53.0

Thanks for getting my book and thinking enough of it to email me.

2:00.0

Oh, no problem at all.

2:02.0

So my first question for you is, I'd love to hear where you first heard about this story.

2:08.0

It was funny. It's very strange.

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