Thanksgiving Treat (1): You Killed Chris - A Friend’s Fight for Justice

Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

A newly abridged and remastered two-part version of You Killed Chris: A Friend’s Fight for Justice. In 1968, 18-year-old Christine Rothschild was found murdered outside Sterling Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. This first part takes us back to the turmoil of the 1960s and into Christine’s world — and to her friend Linda, who refused to let her story be forgotten. Two Good Books about Christine Rothschild: Murder on the 56th Day: Linda Schulko. Get the Kindle version of Linda’s great book. Linda donates all proceeds to charity. Get Linda’s book on Amazon⁠ https://amzn.to/4cX0DEe⁠ Cold: The Unsolved Murders of Seven Young Women: Kevin Damask. Get Kevin’s book on Amazon⁠ https://amzn.to/43YFy8l Additional research by Mari Zoerb Hansen 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	True Story Media.
0:05.4	Hello, everybody, and to those of you here, Happy U.S., happy Thanksgiving, I'm coming to you today from my kitchen.
0:25.6	As you know, we're in the middle of season 12, meanwhile in Mancato, but we're taking a short mid-season Thanksgiving break today.
0:33.7	Don't worry, episode four will be back next week.
0:36.9	If you don't like waiting, you can always
0:38.3	binge the whole show right now with a Spotlight plus subscription. More info about that at
0:43.5	DakotaSpotlight.com. But today, as a little gesture of thanks, I've put together something
0:49.3	special, a Thanksgiving treat for you, over three and a half hours of almost uninterrupted Dakota Spotlight
0:56.4	storytelling. This is something you can play while you perhaps soften the onions or let the
1:01.1	rosemary and sage fill the kitchen, or toast those breadcrumbs for stuffing, or while you're
1:06.9	driving to see family and friends, or maybe you're avoiding all that and doing
1:11.6	your own thing.
1:13.2	I've put together the entire season 10.
1:15.5	You killed Chris into just two episodes.
1:18.7	I even stripped out the coming up next time transitions, the recaps, the intros, so you can
1:24.0	just sink into the story.
1:26.3	We'll even have a little turkey basting break halfway through so you can focus on cooking that bird if that's what you're up to today.
1:33.3	Season 10 is about the Unsolved 1968 murder of Christine Rothschild, a young and beautiful co-ed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1:42.3	It's a story shaped by the counterculture of the 1960s, student protests, and a shifting
1:47.9	America with throwback soundscaping woven throughout.
1:51.7	It's also a story about the enduring devotion of one friend determined to uncover what
1:56.6	happened to Christine.
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