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Carter Roy
This is Crime House. We all have an origin story, a person, a place, or even an idea that shaped us. For Adolf Coors, that origin story began in the late 1800s in Germany with a bottle of beer. From that moment onwards, he was determined to open his own brewery. But he didn't think Germany was the place to do it. In search of more opportunities, he stowed away on a ship bound for America. He arrived with nothing more than a dream and a whole lot of grit. Three generations later, that dream had flourished into a multimillion dollar empire. By then, the Kor's name and the man who started it was known around the globe. The company had weathered countless storms, from Prohibition to two world wars. Through it all, the Coors family stood tall, seemingly untouchable until 1960, when Adolph Coors III was abducted near his home in Morrison, Colorado. It was a twist that no one saw coming and one that rewrote the Coors family story forever. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. It's not just a saying, it's a means of survival. Because in the world we're entering, trust is a trap and betrayal is often fatal. I'm Carter Roy and this is Scams, Money and Murder.
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And I'm Vanessa Richardson. Every Thursday, we'll explore the story of a money motivated crime gone wrong. Whether it's a notorious con, fraud, burglary, or even murder.
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Carter Roy
This episode comes from the Archives of Murder True Crime Stories. This is the first of two episodes on the 1960 abduction and murder of Adolph Coors III in Morrison, Colorado. Today we'll meet the Coors family. After their humble beginnings in Germany, they became rulers of a beer empire on the American frontier. But the whole business was put in jeopardy when Adolph Coors III, better known as AD suddenly vanished in the winter of 1960. Next time we'll follow detectives as they search for AD. Within days of his disappearance, the FBI launched its largest manhunt since the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Eventually, they did find A.D. but the investigation wasn't over. Not even close. All that and more coming up.
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By 1960, 45 year old Adolph Coors III was living out his dreams. His family owned and operated the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado, and Adolf, better known as ad, was the company's CEO. But he was more interested in the ranch he'd recently built in nearby Morrison. There he raised horses and tended to the land. Because the truth was, the brewery had never been his ultimate goal. It had been his grandfather's. That's where the core story began. Back in 1847, Ad's grandpa, the first Adolf Coors, was born in Germany in 1847, then called Prussia. It was a time when the region was marred by famine and fighting. To help his family get by, Adolf started work at a very young age. Mostly, he took whatever odd jobs he could get. But at 15, he got an opportunity that changed his life. In 1862, Adolf apprenticed with a master brewer, learning the craft of beer making. From then on, it was his dream to open his own brewery. But that would be easier said than done. Back then, Germany wasn't a country yet. It was more like a loosely affiliated collection of nation states that were constantly at war with one another. The political and economic instability made it nearly impossible to start a business. And eventually Adolf realized he'd have to look elsewhere to make his dreams come true. Six years later, the 21 year old was ready to take the leap. In 1868, he stowed away on a ship bound for America. Adolf first landed in Baltimore, Maryland. From there he took whatever jobs he could get, moving around the country to make ends meet. Eventually, he made his way to Colorado in 1872. For a while he lived in Denver, working six days a week as the manager of a bottle making plant. He saved all his money and by 1873 he was one step closer to his ultimate goal. That year, 26 year old Adolf and a friend purchased an old tannery building a place where animal hides are turned into leather. It was located in a small town called golden. Founded in 1859, the Frontier Mining town had recently been named the capital of the Colorado Territory. It was nestled in a valley at the base of the southern Rocky Mountains and built around a river called Clear Creek. And while many people were drawn to the town because of a gold rush, Adolf was focused on liquid gold. Any decent brewer knows that to make good beer you need good water. And according to Adolf, the water in golden was unlike anything he'd ever tasted. At that moment, he knew this was the place he'd been looking for. The same year he and his partner purchased the tannery. In 1873, they converted it into Golden Brewery. Thanks to the soft water that flowed from Clear Creek, Adolf's beer was light and bright. It was much more refreshing and easier to drink than other popular beers, which tended to be rich and filling. That also meant people bought a lot more of it. By 1887, years after first opening, the brewery was doing so well that 32 year old Adolf was able to buy out his partner as the sole owner. He renamed it Adolph Coors Golden Brewery. But that wasn't the only big change in his life around that time. In April of 1879, Adolph Adolf married 17 year old Louisa Weber. She was the daughter of a high level employee at the local railroad company. And their family grew just as quickly as the brewery. By 1890. They had six children, three sons and three daughters. The boys were primed to become executives at their father's company, with the oldest, Adolph Jr. Set to inherit the title of CEO. And he had some pretty big shoes to fill. Adolf Sr. Wasn't like other businessmen. He was passionate about making beer, not money. His background as a working class immigrant made him more sympathetic to his employees, paying them a decent salary and allowing them to unionize. But even though the business side of things wasn't his priority, he, Adolf was still a savvy entrepreneur. Like other brewery owners, he paid close attention to the growing temperance movement. In the early 1900s, as it gained momentum, politicians started to push for a nationwide ban on alcohol production and consumption. Other brewery owners tried to fight back, lobbying against the proposals. But Adolf had a different strategy. He decided to diversify his products. In 1915, the owner of the Harold Pottery and China Company located near the Coors Brewery, retired. Adolf had invested in them years before and took the opportunity to buy out the business. 31 year old Adolf Jr. Was named CEO. And that's when the work really began. A year later, Colorado's prohibition law went into effect. While they weren't the first state to outlaw the sale and transport of alcohol, they were among the earliest. But that wasn't the family's only challenge. In compliance with the law, the Coors brewery shifted production to malted milk. It wasn't nearly as profitable, and many breweries were forced to let workers go. Luckily for Coors employees, they were simply moved from the brewery to the newly renamed Coors Porcelain Company. There they answered to Adolf Jr. After one year at the helm, he'd already made some pretty big changes. With his degree in chemical engineering from Cornell, he knew most specialized lab equipment was made of ceramics. He also knew that almost all of that equipment was imported from Germany, which was a problem for most of the country because in April 1917, the US officially entered World War I and one of its main aggressors was Germany. That meant the US Was no longer importing any products from them, including ceramics. So Adolf Jr. Decided to increase the company's production of lab equipment. It was a very smart move. Before long, Coors porcelain was one of the biggest suppliers in the US thanks to the porcelain business, the Coors family was doing well financially. But that didn't mean the brewery was at that point, the they were barely breaking even. Adolf Senior knew he'd have to slash salaries. He hoped his workers would stand by him the way he'd tried to stand by them. Instead, they went on strike. After all the damage that Prohibition had already done, it must have felt like salt in the wound. It might have been why Adolf Sr. Listened when his son told him to fire the strikers. It was one of the final actions he took as head of the company. In 1923, 76 year old Adolph Coors Sr. Officially signed his entire company over to his son, 39 year old Adolf Jr. By then, Adolf Sr. Was unmoored. Prohibition dragged on with no end in sight. His beloved brewery was a shell of its former self, just like him. Six years later, in June 1929, 82 year old Adolf fell from the window ledge of a sixth floor hotel room in Virginia Beach, Virginia. As part of his will, he specified that his bill at the hotel be paid in full. His death was considered a suicide. It was a hard pill to swallow for the rest of the family. Adolf Sr. Had died thinking his life's work was gone forever, his empire in ruins. But just four years later, Prohibition ended and the brewery was still standing. The future was no longer as hopeless as Adolf Sr. Had imagined. But the fate of the Corps legacy was now entirely in his son's hands. And these hands ruled with an iron grip. At Designer Shoe Warehouse we believe that shoes are an important part of, well everything.
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TikTok for business is helping owners like you reach new customers every day. Head over to get started.TikTok.com TikTok ads In 1933, four years after Adolf Coors Sr. S tragic death, Prohibition ended. By then the Colorado based Coors business, including the brewery and the ceramics factory rested on the shoulders of his eldest son, the 49 year old Adolph Coors Jr. Adolph Jr. Immediately got to work restoring the brewery to its former glory. And although he wasn't starting over from scratch, there was still a lot to do. First, he needed to track down which suppliers and distributors had survived the prohibition and renegotiate those contracts. After that, he wanted to redesign and expand the brewery itself. A bigger brewery meant more staff, but it wasn't as simple as just hiring more employees. Years ago, Adolf Senior had fired a group of workers who'd gone on strike. Since then, Coors had been essentially blacklisted by the union. Not only did that make it harder to hire new employees, it was also bad optics. Coors beer was meant for the working man. No self respecting laborer would drink a union busting beer. So Adolf Jr. Put aside his personal feelings and made nice. He agreed to the 36 hour workweek they requested and even promised Christmas bonuses worth an extra month's pay. Thankfully, it was enough to get the company back in the union's good graces. That was just the first step in a very long to do list. But thankfully, Adolf Jr. Wasn't doing it alone. His two brothers were also executives at the company. And then there were Adolf Jr. S own sons, who were nearing adulthood. At this point, as a parent, Adolf Jr. Was incredibly strict. His work ethic was all consuming and his standards were very high, especially when it came to to his three sons. Coors men were expected to be perfect both in academics and in business. Which brings us back to Adolph Coors III, better known as AD to family and friends. At 18 years old, AD was Adolf Jr's eldest and he was headed to his dad's alma mater, Cornell, where he studied chemical engineering like his father. But he never got his master's degree like Adolf Jr. Wanted him to. AD was also allergic to beer, which Adolf Jr. Took as some sort of personal affront. As if AD had any choice. To make matters worse, AD also had a pretty severe stutter as a kid. It had gotten better over the years, but it still came out when he was nervous or agitated. So while the plan was for AD to someday be named CEO in accordance with the family tradition, it would almost be a symbolic title. His younger brother Bill would have to step in as brewmaster and company spokesman. It seemed like a compromise both boys were okay with. And by 1939 they'd graduated college, which meant it was time to get to work. 24 year old ad and 23 year old bill took their places at the brewery. But if they thought being college graduates would earn them some independence, they were sorely mistaken. Adolf Jr. Maintained rigid control over his sons from their salaries down to what they wore. While Adolf Jr. Wore a three piece suit every day, he required Ad and Bill to dress more modestly. That meant khakis and button downs. They blended right in with the other employees. And that was exactly the point. Adolf Jr. Didn't want his children to stand out in any way. It was partially about reputation. Coors Beer was for the working class, so he didn't want the Coors family to come off like snobs. But it was also a security measure, something Adolf Jr. Could be a bit paranoid about. It wasn't all in his head though. In the months after Prohibition was repealed, kidnapping for ransom became rampant. The exact reason is unclear, but one possible explanation was that bootleggers had had lost a lot of their profits. Now they were looking for new ways to make money. In February of 1933, a friend of Adolf Jr's was taken and held captive for two weeks. He was eventually released unharmed. But the experience shook Adolf Jr. He was worried he was next. He was right to be afraid. A few Months later, around September 1933, Denver police uncovered a plot against Adolf Jr. Himself. They'd learned that two former agents of the defunct Federal Bureau of Prohibition were planning to take him for $50,000. That's over $1.2 million in today's money. From then on, Adolf Jr. Was fixated on keeping the target off his family's back. So even though Ad was the heir to a multi million dollar empire, he looked like any other middle class guy. He was tall like his father and brothers and built like an athlete. But unlike the other men in his family, he had interests in hobbies outside of brewing and business. Ad liked sports. Baseball mostly. So much so that he wore a tan baseball cap every day, even to the office. He also loved anything to do with the outdoors. He dreamed of someday owning a ranch and breeding horses. His father would never let him follow that dream though. And he wasn't the only person in Ad's life who didn't approve. His girlfriend, Mary Grant, was more of a city girl who preferred dinner parties to riding horses. Like Ad, she came from money. Her family had been among the first to settle the Colorado Territory and her grandfather was its third governor once it became a state. Mary was also impressive in her own right. After attending a prestigious girls high school, she went on to study at Vassar College in New York. At the time, Vassar was known as one of the few women's universities that provided an education equal to that of men's colleges. It prided itself on turning out independent thinkers. It certainly succeeded. When it came to Mary. She was quick witted and not afraid to speak her mind. Traits that weren't exactly appreciated in women at the time. But Ad Coors didn't care. In fact, that was one of his favorite things about Mary. We don't know exactly how or when they met and. And although they came from similar worlds, it also seemed like a case of opposites attracting. Ad was a reserved and simple guy. While Mary was outgoing and liked the finer things in life, none of it stopped them from falling madly in love. Not everyone was happy for the couple though. Adolph Jr did not like Mary. Whether it was because she was known to party or because she was outspoken, he pleaded with Ad to find someone else. For the first time, Ad put his foot down. He refused to end the relationship. In fact, he wanted to make Mary his wife. By then it seemed like there wasn't much Adolf Jr. Could do. In 1940, A.D. and Mary, both 25 years old, got married. The newlyweds settled down in Denver. Still living a half hour away didn't absolve them of Coors fell family duties. Every Sunday, AD&Mary would make the pilgrimage to golden for family dinners. Before the meal, they were forced to make small talk with Ad's parents, who barely hid their dislike for Mary. Dinner itself was long and nearly silent, as meals had always been throughout ad's childhood. Adolf Jr. Couldn't stand ad idle chitchat at the table. While it wasn't Mary's idea of a good time, it was the price she paid to be with Ad. And for the most part, their life together was happy. But just as things were settling into a peaceful rhythm, a storm brewed on the horizon. Beginning in 1939, World War II ravaged Europe. Then on December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the US base at Pearl Harbor. Once again, America was at war and no one was safe. Not even a family as influential as the Kors.
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In 1940, things were coming together for the Coors family in Golden, Colorado. Their brewery had recovered from Prohibition and was thriving under the leadership of 56 year old Adolph Coors Jr. And his two eldest sons, Ad and Bill. But a year later the US entered World War II and the company was in jeopardy once more. Luckily, 26 year old Ad and 25 year old Bill managed to avoid the draft. Ad's ticket out was his nearsightedness the that meant he was able to stay home with his new wife, 26 year old Mary, who was expecting their first child. Bill's excuse came straight from the government. They needed Coors Porcelain to make a special type of insulator for a top secret project. Once again, the pottery company had saved Coors while the brewery struggled to break even. Grain rations had severely hampered production at the brewery. They limped along as best they could for four years until 1945 when the end of World War II was finally in sight. As the country emerged from wartime restrictions, the US Economy saw massive growth and so did the business. The brewery picked up again and the Coors family was back on top. By 1952, 37 year old A.D. coors had what some might consider a dream life. He and Mary had four children, two girls and two boys. They had a beautiful home in Denver, Colorado. Mary's days were spent taking care of the house and kids while her nights were busy with social gatherings and charity events. Meanwhile, Ad was still plugging away at the brewery and things were going so well that 68 year old Adolf Jr. Officially made him the chairman and CEO of the Adolf Coors Company. But it didn't change much. AD was still running the business side of things while 36 year old Bill was the brewmaster and company spokesperson. By then their youngest brother, 35 year old Joe, was in charge of Coors Porcelain and Even though Ad was now the chair chairman, his dad didn't completely give him the reins. Adolf Jr. Was still the majority shareholder in the company's stock and had the final say on all things Coors. But if it bothered Ad, he didn't let it show. He'd been working for his father for over a decade at this point. He handled all the administrative work and dealt with the distributors. He was good at it. Like his grandfather, Ad was well liked and respected. But while this brewery had been his grandfather's fantasy, it wasn't AD's. Deep down, AD wanted to quit the family business and work for himself on a ranch. He dreamed of raising horses and being outside every day. He and Mary had been discussing it for years, and in 1956, she finally agreed. Ad found his dream property, 480 acres of prairie in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was near a little town called Morrison, about 15 miles southwest of Denver. He eagerly got to work designing his dream ranch, complete with stables, a comfortable home for his family. He didn't know things at work were about to get very heated. In 1956, the workers at Coors Porcelain went on strike over wage negotiations. But it wasn't just the ceramics factory that was in trouble. Before long, the brewery staff declared a strike in solidarity. While Ad stayed on the sidelines, his brothers Joe and Bill tried to do damage control. Negotiations were resolved quickly, and work resumed. But the whole thing left a bad taste in Bill and Joe's mouths. They were sick of unions and wanted them gone. The following year, when it was time to renegotiate contracts with the union reps at the brewery, Bill and Joe were ready to play hardball. The details are complicated, but essentially they wanted to add numerous clauses that would render the union powerless. As expected, the reps rejected all of it and declared a strike. It only lasted a few months, but things got ugly. Strikers broke windows and made threatening phone calls. The family had to hire security just in case things went further south. In the end, Bill and Joe took a move straight out of their dad's playbook. They fired the strikers and hired replacements. While all of that was happening, Ad was behind the scenes, focusing on his own work. In the summer of 1958, the ranch was completed. Life finally did feel like a dream for A.D. coors, for the most part, anyway. He still commuted 12 miles to his family's brewery for work, but at least now he did it without the city traffic. He looked forward to getting out from under his family's thumb and growing old on the ranch with Mary. And for two blissful years, it seemed like an actual possibility. But fate had other plans. The morning of Tuesday, February 9, 1960, began just like any other 45 year old. Ad Woke up before everyone else and went down to the basement to do some stretching and weightlifting. After a shower, he got dressed and met Mary in the kitchen for coffee. They chatted while sipping from their steaming mugs. When Mary went to wake their four kids for school, Ed went out into the frozen morning air to tend to his beloved ranch for a bit. By the time he came back inside, his children had already caught the bus. By 8am AD was ready to leave for the brewery. He kissed Mary goodbye and promised to be home for supper. He pulled his white and teal travel wall station wagon out of the garage, waving to his ranch hands as he backed down the driveway. At 10:30am Bill and Joe Coors were waiting for AD in the office they all shared. Usually, AD was extremely prompt. They all had to be. But this week their father, Adolf Jr. Was on vacation in Hawaii, so things were a bit more relaxed around the office. They assumed Ad was out in a field and lost track of time. Bill asked AD's secretary to find out where he was when the phone rang at the ranch, Mary answered. She was a little worried to hear he hadn't made it to the office yet. They didn't have much time to talk that morning, but Ad didn't mention making any stops on the way in. The secretary was getting concerned too. Ad always called ahead, especially if he was going to be late for the executives meeting with his brothers. She and Mary called everywhere they could think of. The feed store, the warehouse, even the offices at the porcelain company. Ad was nowhere to be found. Then, sometime around noon, the Colorado State Patrol contacted the brewery about a company car. It was found abandoned on a country road. Bill and Joe rushed to meet the patrolman. When they arrived, they saw AD's travel all. It was near Turkey Creek Bridge, just two miles from AD's ranch. The officer explained that a milkman had reported the vehicle at 10:20 that morning. He'd been making his morning deliveries when he came across the Travelall, completely blocking the path. The bridge was just wide enough for one car to pass at a time. There was no way to get around it. He got out of his vehicle to see what was going on. The first thing he noticed was that the car was still running. He could hear the engine and the radio, and yet there was no sign of the driver. Assuming they had to be nearby, the milkman honked the Travelol's horn a few times. He waited for a while, but still no one came. Finally, he moved the Travelol himself. He got into the car, drove it past the bridge, and parked it on the side of the road. When he came back after making his delivery, the vehicle was still there. It took a few stops on his regular route before he could get to a phone, but as soon as he did, he called the state patrol. When the patrolman arrived, the Travelall was still exactly where the milkman said he'd left it. Clearly no one had made any attempts to retrieve it. Looking around for clues, the officer spotted two hats on the banks of the creek. He showed them to Bill and Joe. They immediately recognized one. They'd know the tan baseball cap anywhere. AD loved that hat. The other was a brown fedora that neither of the brothers recognized. It didn't look like something AD would own, and it was slightly bigger than the baseball cap. The men surveyed the scene together and Bill spotted some tire tracks near the end of the bridge. Someone else had been there, and they'd left in a hurry. From what little they'd found, it didn't look good. Someone would have to tell Mary. Worse, someone would have to tell Adolph Jr. It seemed their father's worst nightmare had come true. The Coors had been kidnapped. Thanks so much for listening. I'm Carter Roy and this is Scams, Money and Murder. If you enjoyed this episode, you can check out more just like it by searching for Murder True Crime Stories wherever you get your podcast. Scams, Money and Murder is a Crime House original. Here at Crime House, we want to thank each and every one of you for your support. 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Podcast: Scams, Money, & Murder
Hosts: Vanessa Richardson & Carter Roy
Release Date: November 20, 2025
Episode Length (content): ~35 minutes (ads excluded)
This episode opens a two-part investigation into the 1960 abduction and murder of Adolph "Ad" Coors III, heir to the Coors Brewing fortune. Through a gripping historical narrative, hosts Vanessa Richardson and Carter Roy revisit the rise of the Coors family brewery—from its humble beginnings in Germany to its transformation into an American empire—while foreshadowing the dark turn the Coors legacy took with the shocking kidnapping of its third-generation leader. This installment focuses on the family’s journey, their entanglement with American history, personal tensions, and the circumstances leading up to Ad’s disappearance.
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"Any decent brewer knows that to make good beer, you need good water. And according to Adolph, the water in Golden was unlike anything he'd ever tasted."
— Carter Roy, [05:30]
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"Adolph Jr. didn’t want his children to stand out in any way. It was partially about reputation...but it was also a security measure, something Adolph Jr. could be a bit paranoid about."
— Carter Roy, [16:14]
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“They’d know the tan baseball cap anywhere. AD loved that hat. The other was a brown fedora that neither of the brothers recognized. It didn’t look like something AD would own, and it was slightly bigger than the baseball cap...”
— Carter Roy, [39:06]
"From that moment onwards, he was determined to open his own brewery. But he didn't think Germany was the place to do it."
— Carter Roy, [00:50]
"Adolph Sr. wasn’t like other businessmen. He was passionate about making beer, not money."
— Carter Roy, [10:20]
“In the months after Prohibition was repealed, kidnapping for ransom became rampant...From then on, Adolf Jr. was fixated on keeping the target off his family's back.”
— Carter Roy, [19:22]
"The car was still running. He could hear the engine and the radio, and yet there was no sign of the driver."
— Carter Roy, [37:24]
"It seemed their father's worst nightmare had come true. The Coors had been kidnapped."
— Carter Roy, [39:22]
The episode mixes meticulous historical research with an engaging, suspenseful true crime narrative. Both hosts maintain a serious but inviting tone, blending empathy for victims with an investigative curiosity that keeps listeners wanting more. The storytelling is vivid and cinematic, with reflective asides on wealth, power, and the human costs of ambition.
“Brewing Empire Heir Ransomed: Adolph Coors III Pt. 1” delves deep into the Coors dynasty’s rise, its challenging legacy, and the personal and societal factors that set the stage for one of America’s most notorious kidnapping cases. By humanizing the Coors family and contextualizing the crime within both business and family history, the hosts craft a compelling setup for the investigation that follows in part two.
Cliffhanger: The mystery of what happened to Adolph Coors III remains unresolved—listeners are left hanging as the family confronts the unthinkable: their greatest fear, realized.
Next episode: The investigation into Ad’s disappearance and the FBI’s massive manhunt.