A Missing Mother's Son: Call Me Shelly, the mysterious disappearance of Michele Julson

Dakota Spotlight

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Episode 8: Interview with Michele's son Jaden. Jaden speaks about his life without a mother, about his father and grandfather and more. Also in this episode we debunk an important claim made by Bismarck PD investigators. In 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 just hours. Shelly never returned. What happened to Shelly Julson? Intro and outro music by Wowza in Kalamazoo Check out the full catalog of Dakota Spotlight true crime podcasts at https://dakotaspotlight.com where you can sign up for a newsletter, subscribe to the new and exciting Spotlight PLUS ad-free experience and much more. Head over to https://dakotaspotlight.com to learn more. Advertise your podcast or brand in Dakota Spotlight episodes by sending email to [email protected] Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/dakotaspotlight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.8	You're listening to Dakota Spotlight, a production of Forum Communications.
0:36.3	My name is James Walner. This is
0:38.3	episode 8 of Call Me Shelley, the mysterious disappearance of Michelle Juleson. By the way, if this is
0:44.5	your first time listening, or if you've not listened to episodes 1 through 7 of this season, I
0:49.0	recommend that you start there. In this episode, an interview with Shelley's son, Jaden Woodworth. On August 2nd,
0:56.6	1994, Jaden was three and a half years old when his mother dropped him off at his grandparents,
1:01.7	then disappeared. Today he's 31. Jaden speaks with me about some of his hazy memories of his mother,
1:08.9	about growing up without her, about his father and
1:11.5	grandparents, and more. And we will be talking about something else in this episode, too.
1:18.2	In 2019, Jaden's father, Kevin Woodworth, met with Bismarck police investigators, again,
1:24.5	to talk about Shelley's disappearance. The meeting didn't go so great.
1:28.3	Bismarck PD put Kevin in an interview room and pressed him, looking for a confession.
1:33.3	They pressed pretty hard until finally, Kevin Woodworth abruptly stood up, said,
1:38.5	We are done, and walked out of the Bismarck PD in utter frustration.
1:43.9	And why did he storm out? Why the frustration?
1:46.8	It was all over a specific detail about Shelley's disappearance, a small yet very important detail
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