Zeeland (2): No Banker Tomorrow – The Wade and Ellen Zick Murder in North Dakota

Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The 1976 murders of Wade and Ellen Zick left Zeeland, North Dakota shaken and desperate for answers. Episode 2, No Banker Tomorrow, continues the investigation with chapters including Party Line, We Think We Found Something, No Banker Tomorrow, and Ellen Thompson. These moments reveal how neighbors, police, and community members pieced together new details about what happened that night. Zeeland is a documentary style true crime series that investigates how a small town murder devastated rural North Dakota and continues to echo as one of the state’s most haunting cold cases. Music by Peter Hicks – performed by Sleepy Driver: ⁠https://sleepydriver.bandcamp.com/⁠ ‘To God be the Glory‘ sung by the Sunday School kids at St Peter’s church, Chaffee, North Dakota 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	Hey folks, it's James here, host and producer of this show, Dakota Spotlight.
0:03.8	I've got some exciting news to share with you.
0:06.4	I've just launched a brand new podcast called The Sleep Retreat.
0:11.6	The Sleep Retreat is designed to help you relax, unwind, and drift off to sleep.
0:17.1	With soothing soundscapes and calming original stories by yours truly, it's the perfect escape for a busy mind.
0:25.1	You can find The Sleep Retreat wherever you listen to podcasts or head over to the sleepretreatpodcast.com.
0:35.1	This podcast series is partially about a violent crime and contains some graphic narrative.
0:41.1	Listener discretion is advised.
0:43.8	This is episode two, chapters five through eight.
0:48.4	Chapter 5, Party Line.
0:52.6	In North Dakota, there were challenges and setbacks.
0:56.7	At times, Sheriff Weist felt like he was operating in a dead zone, and in a way he was.
1:01.7	Due to the remoteness of the town of Zeeland, he was having difficulty making radio contact
1:06.3	with the outside world.
1:08.4	On several occasions, he had to send his deputy out to the edge of town just to get
1:12.0	messages out to other agencies. Everyone kept their eyes open, looking for anything even remotely
1:18.1	out of the ordinary. Dick Hildy of Minot was not only a BCI special agent, he was also a pilot.
1:25.8	While other BCI agents drove to Zealand, Hildee flew overhead,
1:29.3	and as he approached South Central North Dakota, he spotted what looked to be an abandoned
1:34.3	automobile sitting in a field. He grabbed his calm radio and asked if any agents were near there.
1:42.3	Agent Jack Westfall of Minot had been having his own issues just getting to Zeeland that afternoon.
1:49.2	Outside of the town of Sterling, one of his tires started losing rubber on the hot pavement.
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