Zeeland (5): Caramel Rolls – 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

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The 1976 murders of Wade and Ellen Zick remain one of North Dakota’s most haunting true crime cases. Episode 5, Caramel Rolls, continues the story with chapters Caramel Rolls, Say Something, and It’s About Time. These moments reveal the community’s uneasy conversations, shifting loyalties, and the long silence that often surrounds small town murder. Zeeland blends investigative journalism and documentary style true crime storytelling to explore how rural crime devastated Zeeland and why this cold case still resonates nearly half a century later. 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.
0:32.9	This is episode 5, chapters 20 through 22.
1:02.8	Chapter 20, Carmel Rolls At the time, there was a big controversy over the death penalty.
1:10.3	And a lot of people, they believe strongly that these kids should have gotten the death penalty. And we thought they should
1:14.0	get life in prison. This is Kim Mammell, Ellen Zick's granddaughter. She lives in Texas today,
1:21.3	but as a kid, Kim spent part of most every summer with her grandma Ellen and with Wade in Zeeland,
1:28.0	North Dakota.
1:35.9	Grandma was so much fun. She was wonderful to be around. She would just let me be a kid,
1:43.3	and she would kind of be a kid with me. You know, we play games together. We play Candy, she'd play Candyland with me. And when it would get hot, you know, we play games together. We play Candy Land with me. And when it would get hot,
1:47.9	you know, we just use our imaginations. Pretend the backpuffs a pool. And that's what we did.
1:55.2	And she'd get in her swimsuit and I'd get in my swim suit and we just splash around for a little bit.
2:02.7	This is probably a tough question, but if you were able to say something to your grandmother, Ellen, today,
2:07.7	what would it be or what would you say to her?
2:12.2	Gosh.
2:14.4	First of all, how much I miss her.
2:18.7	I just had such a deep love for her.
2:21.2	I would want her to know just how deeply she was loved.
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