Park Like a Fargonian - by James Wolner

Dakota Spotlight

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this first installment of Friday Night Fiction, a new series by James Wolner, a harmless social media group turns sinister in this modern noir tale set in Fargo, North Dakota. When a local banker’s carefully planned Friday night is disrupted by a group of self-appointed parking vigilantes, what begins as an inconvenience escalates into something far more dangerous. Written and narrated by James Wolner, Park Like a Fargonian explores how easily judgment can masquerade as justice—and how quickly control can slip away. About Friday Night Fiction: Written and narrated by James Wolner, Friday Night Fiction delivers original crime stories set in North Dakota and the Upper Midwest. Inspired by The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Twilight Zone, and Dragnet, each episode blends atmosphere, moral complexity, and sharp storytelling—ranging from eerie one-shots to serialized suspense. New episodes released on select Friday nights. 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: [email protected] Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/dakotaspotlight X/Twitter: @dakotaspotlight Instagram: @dakotaspotlight TikTok: @dakotaspotlight Bluesky: @dakotaspotlight.bsky.social YouTube: @dakotaspotlightpodcast4800 Friday Night Fiction is written and produced by James Wolner. All stories, dialogue, and creative content are original works of authorship and are © James Wolner. Reproduction, redistribution, or adaptation of any part of this podcast without written permission is strictly prohibited. Legal Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. The author and publisher assume no responsibility for any perceived associations, misinterpretations, or unintended similarities. No real persons or groups should be inferred from this story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey there, it's James. Don't like ads. I hear you. As an independent podcast, ads help me to keep going.
0:07.1	But with Spotlight Plus, you can skip them and get early accessed episodes and unlock bonus content.
0:12.8	Subscribe for just $5 a month with no long-term commitment at dakotaspotlight.com or write in your Apple or Spotify app.
0:21.0	You're listening to Dakota Spotlight. My name is James Wulner. Today is kind of a big day for
0:26.7	the podcast and kind of special for me. I'm adding something new to the show, a series I'm calling
0:33.0	Friday Night Fiction. That's right, fiction on a true crime podcast. Is that weird? Maybe, but I'm a little
0:41.9	weird and I think you're going to like it. Now before I explain what it is and why I'm doing it,
0:48.0	please know this. Don't worry, nothing's going away. Dakota Spotlight is still your true crime show, and yes, season 12 is still coming.
0:57.0	But now there's more, something extra, something fun. Friday night fiction will drop occasionally on Fridays.
1:05.0	These are fictional crime stories written by me, inspired by real life in North Dakota. After years of digging into
1:13.7	true crime here in the Midwest, I've seen some things. I've read thousands of pages of police files,
1:19.9	talk to investigators, poured over case details that never made the headlines. And what I've learned
1:26.2	is this. Anything can happen, even right
1:29.6	here in the Dakotas. So what I've done now is let those experiences stew and spin into
1:36.6	something creative. Now let me tell you more about Friday Night Fiction. When I was a kid in the
1:42.7	60s, I thought everything on TV was in black and white.
1:47.0	Turns out we just had a black and white TV. Then sometime around 1972 or so, we got a color set,
1:55.0	maybe a Westinghouse or an RCA, and I remember thinking, wow, now the world's really going to pop.
2:03.4	So there I am, eight years old, on the floor in front of the TV, and it turns out all the
2:08.8	shows I loved, the Twilight Zone, Dragnet, the Alfred Hitchcock Hour, they were still in black and
2:15.5	white.
2:16.8	And they told stories that stuck with you. Simple,
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 1 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from James Wolner, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of James Wolner and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.