Zeeland (4): Pink Slip – 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

🗓️ 19 January 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The brutal 1976 murders of Wade and Ellen Zick in Zeeland, North Dakota left investigators and neighbors chasing every possible lead. Episode 4, Pink Slip, moves deeper into the story with chapters including Sunland, The House on Third Street, Sour Cream and Salsa, Standing Room Only, Pink Slip, and Two Brothers and a Friend. These moments reveal the shifting suspicions, whispered rumors, and growing fear inside a small town trying to understand what happened. Zeeland is a documentary style true crime series investigating how rural crime devastated a tight-knit community and became one of North Dakota’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.
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0:32.9	Some passages of this story are narrated by voice actors, and as a courtesy, a handful of names have been
0:39.1	changed. This is episode 4, chapters 14 through 19. For photos, videos, and more information,
0:47.7	visit dakotaspotlight.com. Chapter 14, Sunland
0:53.7	The Chapter 14, Sun of Sunland Tiunga in California lies in a region of Los Angeles known as the San Fernando Valley.
1:22.6	It sleeps somewhat quietly in the shadows of a range named the San Gabriel Mountains. Living at the base
1:29.0	of a mountain range is different than growing up on the flat plains of the prairie where your clear
1:34.0	horizon opens up to you like an endless future. In places like to Younga, you feel less the
1:39.9	observer and more the observed. As you move about your life, the persistent presence of something
1:45.7	hovering above is a pesky reminder that there is possibly always something larger than yourself
1:51.4	out there, following you, watching your every move like a school principal, a police detective,
1:57.5	or maybe a god. On Monday evening, July 12th, a blue-over-white
2:05.5	1968 Chevrolet with one brand-new tire pulled into Tuyanga. David Fice sat at the
2:11.8	wheel threading the sedan through the streets of his old stomping grounds. He and his
2:16.3	siblings had gone to high school here when they
2:18.3	lived on Pinewood Avenue. In fact, his sister still lived in the area, and that's exactly
2:23.7	where they were headed. Whatever welcoming these three young men expected at her house,
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