A Better Search for Barbara (12): Love Doesn’t Die – Investigating the Barbara Cotton Cold Case

Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Barbara Louise Cotton’s 1981 disappearance in Williston, North Dakota, remains an unsolved murder and one of the state’s most haunting cold cases. Episode 12, Love Doesn’t Die, revisits the night Barbara vanished through new witness testimony, memories of local landmarks like the Plainsman and Cakes and Cones, and a possible new lead. This true crime story blends missing persons reports with investigative journalism, continuing the push for answers in a 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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0:00.0	Hey folks, it's James here, host and producer of this show, Dakota Spotlight.
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0:32.2	Music You're listening to Dakota Spotlight, a production of forum communications.
0:46.8	My name is James Holner.
0:50.1	Coming up in this episode.
0:53.1	Never do I remember any adults speaking about Barbara Cotton.
0:58.8	I can still see her sitting there.
1:02.7	Which was, in fact, 11 days prior to Barbara missing.
1:09.3	Sure enough, and here these two come in.
1:12.8	It was the guy that got the cigarette, she got the cigarette from.
1:15.9	He came in with one of his buddies.
1:19.1	I can't tell you how many times people stopped and asked me if I wanted a ride.
1:24.5	No confirmation, nothing back from the Wollstone Police Department.
1:28.7	I waited patiently to see if you guys would roll around and maybe find me.
1:34.8	Oh, it had been maybe 10, 15 seconds later, hear this guy come.
1:39.1	I had stopped and asked him, well, where's Barbara?
1:42.1	And he said, well, she got a ride.
1:46.9	This is episode 12 of a better search for Barbara, an ongoing investigation into the 1981
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