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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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...
42 min
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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
32 min
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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...
23 min
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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...
32 min
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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...
41 min
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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 ...
45 min
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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 ...
40 min
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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? ...
40 min
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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 ...
53 min
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Quick Update #1 - A Better Search for Barbara
Season 5, Episode 11 Just a very quick update to let you know that the Dakota Spotlight Facebook Group is unavailable to me now because for some reason my facebook account has been suspended. All the Barbara Cotton content is just gone,...
3 min
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For the Love of Our Daughters - A Better Search...
Season 5, Episode 10 While humans at NASA plan to fly a Helicopter on Mars and the community of Williston prepares to celebrate Barbara's life in Recreation Park on Sunday April, 11, 2021, podcast host James Wolner asks if it isn't time for humans to...
53 min
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The Evil That Lurks - A Better Search for Barba...
Season 5, Episode 9 Frank J. Delapena lived in Williston when Barb Cotton went missing in April of 1981. He also murdered two young girls a month later.
54 min
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The Brother in Black - A Better Search for miss...
Season 5 Episode 8 Barbara's much older and now deceased brother Frank is one of at least three persons of interest in this case. Who was Frank Cotton? We speak with friends, family and Frank's daughter.
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Coming Up for Air - Recapping our Better Search...
Season 5 Episode 7 A new timeline. A new friend. A new party. A new hotel ...
42 min
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Interview with Williston Police Department - A ...
Season 5, Episode 6 Interview with Williston Police Department about Barbara Louise Cotton ...
70 min
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Please tell mom I love her - A better search fo...
Season 5, Episode 5 Lora was 15-years-old when she accepted a collect call from her brother ...
54 min
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A rapist, a creep a private investigator and me...
Season 5 Episode 4 Private investigator and look closer at things: Barbara's social security number ...
52 min
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40 years of nothing - A Better Search for Barba...
Season 5 Episode 3 A closer look at the initial police investigation. What was done? What wasn’t done?
42 min
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Tributaries of the truth - A Better Search for ...
Season 5 Episode 2 There is much confusion surrounding Barbara Cotton's last known whereabouts.
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Five blocks from home - A Better Search for mis...
Season 5, episode 1 15 year old Barbara Louise Cotton vanished from the streets of Williston, North Dakota on April 11, 1981 five blocks from her home. What happened to Barbara Cotton?
43 min
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Bruce Blackman - Moonlight still feels right
Bonus episode: Interview with singer/songwriter Bruce Blackman, the musician behind the 1976 hit Moonlight Feels Right, heard right here in Season 4.
22 min
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Julia Kent - Exploring our emotional landscapes
Bonus episode: A true crime teaser followed by a fascinating interview with musician, cellist and composer Julia Kent. Julia Kent's music is featured throughout Season one of this podcast. Julia talks about her craft, her life and...
29 min
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5 - Chasing Billy - interview with detective Ba...
In episode 5 of Season 4, Chasing Billy, podcast host James Wolner interviews Dan Baumann, the police detective currently assigned to Billy Wolf's cold case.
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