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Dakota Spotlight

For the Love of Our Daughters - A Better Search for Barbara

Dakota Spotlight

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9813 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Season 5, Episode 10 While humans at NASA plan to fly a Helicopter on Mars and the community of Williston prepares to celebrate Barbara's life in Recreation Park on Sunday April, 11, 2021, podcast host James Wolner asks if it isn't time for humans to start speaking honestly about Barbara's sad story. Barbara Louise Cotton has been missing since 1981. Her case is unsolved and open--one of North Dakota's oldest and most mysterious Cold Cases.   Music: Wowza in Kalamazoo https://wowzainkalamazoo.bandcamp.com/ 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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0:26.7

Hey, folks, it's James here, host and producer of this show, Dakota Spotlight.

0:30.4

I've got some exciting news to share with you.

0:33.0

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0:40.4

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0:53.9

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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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