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Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

Victor Newberry (1): Everybody Knows – The Mysterious Death of a Glen Ullin Bartender

Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8900 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Episode 1, Everybody Knows, introduces the story that launched Dakota Spotlight. In a rural North Dakota bar, host James Wolner hears an outlandish tale about the perplexing death of Victor Newberry, a well-known Glen Ullin bartender found dead beside his running vehicle on a frigid December morning in 2014. What starts as local chatter soon drives Wolner to separate fact from rumor and to uncover why so many in this small town believe Victor’s death was no accident. Music by Julia Kent: https://juliakent.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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1:04.1

Did you write about it in the paper at all?

1:12.6

I don't think I did.

1:20.6

There's things in a little town you just kind of leave alone.

1:31.3

For Victor that night to leave the bar without a coat or his phone or anything else was just very, very unlike Victor.

1:34.3

And that's just a mystery to everybody in this town.

1:46.0

The first time I heard about the perplexing death of a man named Victor Newberry, I was

2:03.7

drinking a beer in a dark and stale bar in western North Dakota. This was in September of 2016

2:09.8

while I was attending a fall festival celebration in a little town named Hebron. The rural community

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