A Better Search for Barbara (10): For the Love of Our Daughters – Investigating the Barbara Cotton Cold Case

Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Barbara Cotton’s 1981 disappearance at age 15 remains an unsolved murder that haunts North Dakota. Episode 10, For the Love of Our Daughters, highlights a 2021 memorial in Williston’s Recreation Park while reflecting on the responsibility of speaking openly about her story. Four decades later, Barbara’s case is a reminder that rural crime and small town murder still carry painful truths. A Better Search for Barbara blends remembrance with investigative journalism in this decades-old unsolved mystery. Music by Wowza in Kalamazoo: https://wowzainkalamazoo.bandcamp.com/ Check out the full catalog and everything Dakota Spotlight: https://dakotaspotlight.com/ Get all episodes early, ad-free, and more. Subscribe to Spotlight PLUS: https://dakotaspotlight.com/spotlight-plus/ Sign up for the Dakota Spotlight newsletter: https://dakotaspotlight.com/newsletter/ Email: dakotaspotlight@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/dakotaspotlight X/Twitter: @dakotaspotlight Instagram: @dakotaspotlight TikTok: @dakotaspotlight Bluesky: @dakotaspotlight.bsky.social YouTube: @dakotaspotlightpodcast4800 Proudly produced by Six Horse Media: info@sixhorsemedia.com Advertise your podcast or brand in Dakota Spotlight episodes: info@sixhorsemedia.com All content in this podcast, including audio, interviews, and soundscapes, is the property of Six Horse Media. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or rebroadcast of this material without the express written consent of Six Horse Media is strictly prohibited. For permissions or inquiries, please contact info@sixhorsemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.6	the sleep retreat podcast.com. And right on the other side of it was Barb's house. And then there was a
1:06.7	kind of a duplex thing in front. That house was there.
1:12.3	There was another little house that they first moved into right back here.
1:16.8	Then this used to be a big huge courtyard where we all played.
1:43.7	Okay. You're listening to Dakota Spotlight, a production of forum communications. My name is James
1:45.2	Walner. This is episode 10 of A Better Search for Barbara.
2:07.7	April 11 marks 40 years since Barbara Louise Cotton was last seen alive.
2:16.4	40 years, and yet we don't know for certain who saw her last, if she went to a party or not,
2:18.5	or if her boyfriend watched her walking from the corner of 4 and Maine, or if she even had a boyfriend, or if she got in an argument
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