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This is Dakota Spotlight Podcast, a production of forum communications. My name is James

Walner. James, have you considered looking into cases that are still unsolved?

Back in August of 2020, when I released season three of Dakota Spotlight, I was a guest

on the Jay Thomas Show at WDAY AM Radio in Fargo.

We've got a few out there that people, and if you have any suggestions for James, whether it's in North Carolina.

While we were on the air, Jay asked me if I'd ever considered looking at an unsolved case, a cold case.

I told him, as a matter of fact, that's exactly what season four was going

to be, or at least the plan was for season four to be an unsolved crime. I just didn't know at the

time which one that would be. So Jay asked as listeners to call in with suggestions for what

story they thought Dakota Spotlight should take on. And a lot of people did contact Jay.

Some people called in, some people emailed, some people sent in texts,

and they sent in a wide array of different ideas for season four.

Is the Tommy Beardson case, that young man's case never been found he was found murdered uh but there was one story

that really stood out one story that people really wanted to talk about more than any other

the story of william wolf or billy wolf uh another one email comes in from a listener

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