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Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

Call Me Shelly (9): Frightened, Followed, Harassed – The Mysterious Disappearance of Michele Julson

Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8903 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Episode 9, Frightened, Followed, Harassed, digs into the harassment Shelly Julson faced before her disappearance in 1994 Bismarck. She reported being followed, receiving hang-up calls, and named Bismarck police officer Donald Schaffer as a harasser. This episode examines Schaffer’s past and addresses listener questions in The Mysterious Disappearance of Michele Julson. Archival audio provided by The State Historical Society of North Dakota https://www.history.nd.gov/ 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.

0:03.8

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0:06.4

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0:25.1

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0:32.8

You're listening to Dakota Spotlight. My name is James Wollner.

0:36.1

This is an update episode of season seven. Call me

0:39.4

Shelley, the mysterious disappearance of Michelle Juleson. If you've not listened to the previous

0:44.5

episodes of this season, you'll probably want to do that first.

1:03.3

How would you get abducted from 140 American to 300 block East Broadway without somebody seeing it on a Tuesday afternoon?

1:07.2

I think something happened to her. I think somebody took her. You need to call the police and you need to get yourself a protection order.

1:15.6

Told her any time after 2 o'clock she could stop by and pick him up and she never did show.

1:20.6

Bartender at the Burke Creek.

1:23.6

The Burk Creek Club.

1:25.6

And I was specifically looking for Burnt Creek Club. Burnt Creek Club.

1:32.3

And I was specifically looking for that car, Shelley's car.

1:34.3

Was one of the group allegedly harassing Shelly at the bar.

1:38.3

But there was two railroad workers,

1:42.3

and I thought they talked to one.

1:46.0

The evidence sheets should have still, and there should have been copies of it all attached to the report.

1:53.0

Because I don't think they did any kind of a job at all on trying to find Shelly.

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