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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Stones Unturned - Call me Shelly: The mysteriou...
In Episode 4: Retired Bismarck detective Bill Connor shares his thoughts and memories of working Shelly's case from 2005 to 2010. He talks about the We Fest sighting, the car being found at the Comfort Inn, Rick Snell, Tony Hulm and Kevin...
40 min
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe - Call Me Shelly: The My...
On August 2, 1994 26-year-old Michele Julson dropped off her young son at his paternal grandparents home so she could run some errands in Bismarck, North Dakota. She wanted to pick up her paycheck and possibly play some bingo. She was expected back in...
45 min
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In Shelly’s shadows - Call Me Shelly: The Myste...
On August 2, 1994 26-year-old Michele Julson dropped off her young son at his paternal grandparents home so she could run some errands in Bismarck, North Dakota. She wanted to pick up her paycheck and possibly play some bingo. She was expected back in...
38 min
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Fly on the Wall - Call Me Shelly: The Mysterio...
On August 2, 1994 26-year-old Michele Julson dropped off her young son at his paternal grandparents home so she could run some errands in Bismarck, North Dakota. She wanted to pick up her paycheck and possibly play some bingo. She was expected back in...
43 min
105
But, I saw Barb Cotton! - A Better Search for B...
Season 5, Episode 21 In this update episode of Season Five: Jeri Martinez-Kueffler of Williston North Dakota shares her gripping tale ...
18 min
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Open Letter to a Killer: Vanishing Act the unt...
Season 6, Episode 11 In the last scheduled episode of this season, Dakota Spotlight pulls back the curtain on the decades of pain, loss and questions suffered — often in silence — by those who knew and loved Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson, two...
25 min
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Four Theories and a Detective: Vanishing Act - ...
Season 6, Episode 10 - So far, we’ve focused on the facts. This episode, we'll focus on theories – our theories about what happened to Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson, who disappeared in North Dakota in 1993. and have four working theories of...
35 min
108
Calling Clyde: Vanishing Act - the Untold Story...
Season 6, Episode 9 - Full interview with Clyde Diede. Listen in as we go deep on our lone but remarkable conversation with a significant person in this season: Clyde Diede, a chiropractor in Winner, South Dakota. Clyde encountered his...
32 min
109
A Jacket and a Jail Cell: Vanishing act the Unt...
Season 6, Episode 8 Former Minnesota TV news reporter Dan MacDonald tells a chilling tale about his 1995 day trip to Wishek, North Dakota where he hoped to ask questions about the disappearance of Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson. Also in this episode:...
46 min
110
How Two People Vanish - Vanishing Act: The Unto...
Season 6, Episode 7. How do two people just disappear? How does that happen and not trigger a massive manhunt, blanket TV coverage, cable news coverage and some sort of Netflix documentary show? In the case of Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson, it...
39 min
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Follow the van - Vanishing Act: The untold stor...
Season 6, Episode 6 - Follow the Van Just a few days after Bob and Kristin were last seen alive in North Dakota in August 1993, a manager at the Burlington Northern railroad yard in Aberdeen, South Dakota picked up the phone and called the police....
37 min
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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...
57 min
113
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...
32 min
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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...
39 min
115
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...
37 min
116
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....
28 min
117
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
118
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
56 min
119
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?
47 min
120
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...
89 min
121
The Inquest - A Better Search for Barbara Cotton
Season 5, Episode 18 Who was Stacey's friend C.E Sullivan aka Red Sullivan?
62 min
122
The FindBarbCotton Movement - A Better Search f...
Season 5, Episode 17: Talks with , Diane (Cotton) Schiele and Kathy (Cotton) Nulph all of the movement.
54 min
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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. ...
14 min
124
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...
21 min
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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?
25 min