Organized Crime: The Assassination of Investigative Reporter Don Bolles Part 1 | Phoenix, AZ

About this episode

The episode discusses the assassination of investigative reporter Don Bolles in Phoenix, AZ, and the circumstances surrounding it.

Phoenix, AZ | On June 2, 1976, investigative reporter Don Bolles arrived at the Clarendon Hotel in downtown Phoenix expecting to meet a source about land fraud. The meeting never happened. Moments later, a bomb exploded beneath his car, leaving him mortally wounded. As he lay barely conscious, Don uttered several words that still echo through Arizona’s history. Was he the target of a mob hit? And was it for a story he wrote, or one he was still working on? Special thanks to Jarrod Riddle of S...

Topics covered

• organized crime
• investigative journalism
• assassination
• mob hits
• land fraud
• Arizona history

Keywords

• Don Bolles
• assassination
• organized crime
• Phoenix
• investigative reporter
• land fraud
• mob hit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clarendon Hotel

Places: Phoenix, AZ

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