Dakota Spotlight
Dakota Spotlight isn't your average true crime podcast. Creator James Wolner delves headfirst into unsolved mysteries and forgotten cases of the Upper Midwest and beyond, meticulously researching every detail to deliver a gripping, heartfelt narrative. Wolner prioritizes ethical storytelling, ensuring the victims are treated with care and respect. Prepare to be both enthralled and moved as James brings renewed hope for answers while offering a compassionate and soothing voice to the voiceless.
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Secrets of his storytelling: Interview with cre...
Season 6, Episode 5 - Updates on Vanishing Act and an interview with creator James Wolner Things are moving very quickly in this ongoing and live investigation. This week we are taking an intermission to do some additional work on this story. We will...
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Looking Over Her Shoulder - Vanishing Act: the...
Season 6, Episode 4 - Looking Over Her Shoulder Kristin Diede's fear was hard to miss. Her relationship with her husband, Clyde Diede, had gone sour. She told a friend he had hurt her. After a judge threw the book at Clyde over a domestic assault...
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Kristin is not her name: Vanishing Act the Unto...
Season 6, Episode 3 *Content warnings for this episode are listed at the end of these show notes* Co-producers James Wolner and Jeremy Fugleberg continue their investigation into the 1993 unsolved disappearance of Kristin Diede and Robert Michael Anderson. In this...
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Last Days - Vanishing Act: The Untold Story of ...
Season 6, Episode 2, we trace the movements and decisions of Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson in the final few days of their lives, and talk to the last people known to have seen and spoken to them. Why did they go to North Dakota together? What were...
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Surprised By Secrets - Vanishing Act: The Untol...
Season 6, Episode 1, a live investigation into the 1993 unsolved disappearance of Kristin Joy Diede and Robert Michael Anderson. Kristin and Bob took a road trip to North Dakota and were never seen again. Law enforcement believe they were murdered....
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Lost Suicide Note - A Better Search for Barbara
Season 5, Episode 20 - One year after they first met, host James Wolner speaks with Sandee Evanson, Barbara's childhood friend. James also travels to California to meet with Stacey Werder's sister.
39 min
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The Man From Un Part 2 - Sajid Hussain and Kari...
Part 2 of 2 - Host James Wolner and his daughter head to a small apartment in Sweden to learn more about the lives and deaths of Sajid Hussain and Karima Baloch. Music by
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The Man From Un Part 1 - Sajid Hussain and Kar...
Part 1 of 2 - What do these things have in common: missing Barbara Cotton from Williston, ND, a hitman in Italy, secret agents, international crime and 3,300 pounds of heroin seized in a Dutch port city?
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RED SULLIVAN SPEAKS OUT - A Better Search for B...
Season 5, Episode 19. James and Lisa Jo of #FindBarbCotton finally speak to 'RED' who was with person of interest Stacey Werder when Werder was arrested and later took his own life. Stacey was seen with Barbara Cotton on the night she...
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The Inquest - A Better Search for Barbara Cotton
Season 5, Episode 18 Who was Stacey's friend C.E Sullivan aka Red Sullivan?
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The FindBarbCotton Movement - A Better Search f...
Season 5, Episode 17: Talks with , Diane (Cotton) Schiele and Kathy (Cotton) Nulph all of the movement.
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NEWS! Season 2 - David Feist to be released fr...
David Feist, one of three men convicted for the murders of Wade and Ellen Zick in 1976 is scheduled to be released after serving 45 years in federal prison. David Feist is the third and last of the three to be released from prison. ...
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Poetic Justice - chasing a serial pedophile wit...
Deon Wiggett woke up one day in 2017 with a startling realization. He had blocked out a traumatic experience from his past; he had been sexually abused as a teen by a schoolteacher. Anger turned to action and the result is a beautifully...
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Commercialized Killings: Interview with Paul Mc...
In South Africa a school teacher was assassinated in front of her class by hit-men. Who would take out a contract on a school teacher?
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Bowraville murders - interview with Dan Box
Interview with crime reporter Dan Box about his podcast Bowraville. Three aboriginal children were murdered in a small Australian town. All three vanished from the same street. With his podcast , Dan Box teamed up with went...
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Ethics in True Crime podcasts: Interview with E...
Interview with Eric Carter-Landin of . Eric's brother Jacob was murdered over 30 years ago and justice has not been served. I talk with Eric about the ethics of creating true crime content in this very popular yet problematic genre. True crime in
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105 Bruises - interview with Jamie Pultz - Been...
When Kirra McLoughlin died her boyfriend said she must have overdosed on prescription drugs. That didn't explain the over one hundred bruises on her body however. And yet, nobody has been charged with Kirra's death. That didn't...
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No conviction: The Brandy Myers story
When an innocent teenager is murdered, family members are left devastated and heartbroken. The closest these loved-ones can get to some kind of closure is when the person or persons responsible are apprehended and convicted of the crime. Sometimes...
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Everybody counts or nobody counts: Looking for ...
This is the first installment of our summer series about mysterious crimes and disappearances from around the globe and the people who fight to get justice for victims and their families. Marion Barter, aged 51, boarded a plane in Australia in...
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Summer Update 2021
Hey there, This is James, host and producer of Dakota Spotlight podcast. This is just a quick update on what's going on with the podcast this summer. I have some important dates to tell you about and some other news. In this part of the world...
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Open Records - A Better Search for Barbara Cotton
Season 5, Episode 16 Open records. What are they and how to get them ...
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Kidnappings and Cults, Falcons and Dogs - A Bet...
Season 5, Episode 15 Kidnappings, Cults , Korea. Where is Barb Cotton?
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Beach Bunny’s Lili Trifilio, Isaac Turner and t...
Season 5, Episode 14 We talk Barbara Cotton and missing persons with two great songwriters ...
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Juarez to Williston - A Better Search for Barba...
Season 5, Episode 13 Is there a human skull just sitting on some guy's shelf in Williston? ...
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Love doesn’t die - A Better Search for Barbara ...
Season 5, Episode 12 A celebration of life, a party, the Plainsman, Cakes and Cones and a new lead ...
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