MURDER IN THE FOURTH ESTATE—Jeremy Duda

About this episode

The episode discusses the assassination of investigative journalist Don Bolles and the implications of his final words.

“They finally got me… Emprise…the Mafia…John Adamson. Find him. ” Investigative reporter Don Bolles used his final words to name the people he believed had set the car bomb that had left him dying in a hotel parking lot in midtown Phoenix. In his fourteen years as one of Arizona's top reporters, Bolles took on the Mafia, land fraud kingpins, and corrupt politicians. And someone wanted him silenced. Murder in the Fourth Estate i s the first definitive account of the case, which is the most infamous assassination of a journalist in American history. MURDER IN THE FOURTH ESTATE: The Assassination of Investigative Journalist Don Bolles—Jeremy Duda

People in this episode

Host: Dan Zupansky

Guest: Jeremy Duda

Topics covered

• journalism
• investigation
• assassination
• Mafia
• true crime
• corruption

Keywords

• Don Bolles
• assassination
• investigative journalism
• Mafia
• Arizona
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mafia

Places: Arizona, midtown Phoenix

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