Zeeland (6): Flip a Coin – 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

🗓️ 21 January 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The 1976 Zeeland murders of Wade and Ellen Zick remain one of North Dakota’s most disturbing cold cases. Episode 6, Flip a Coin, explores the events that followed with chapters including Valentine’s Day, County Jail, Strong Coffee and Nazis, Worse than Death, and David Feist. These moments reveal surprising conversations, community dynamics, and the people whose actions reshaped the investigation. Zeeland continues its documentary style true crime storytelling, uncovering how small town murder and rural crime left a permanent mark on the community. 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.
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0:11.6	The Sleep Retreat is designed to help you relax, unwind, and drift off to sleep.
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0:25.1	You can find the sleep retreat wherever you listen to podcasts or head over to the sleepretreatpodcast.com.
0:32.6	This is episode 6, chapters 23 through 27.
0:40.4	For photos, videos, and more information, visit Dakota Spotlight.com. Chapter 23, Valentine's Day. In the state of Washington, the
0:49.1	Yakima River rises out of the Cascade Mountains. A tributary of the Columbia River, it trickles first,
0:56.0	and then winds and soars southeast through the Yakima Valley.
1:00.6	Nested against this river is a town named Prosser.
1:04.8	In 1953, on the morning of Saturday, February 14th, Valentine's Day,
1:10.4	the sun rose on Prosser just in time
1:12.5	to burn back the threat of a morning frost. On that morning, in the rectory behind Sacred Heart
1:18.9	Parish, Father Joseph Sundergild, a Catholic priest, sat and read the morning paper. He had a round
1:25.8	and stocky face, and he wore his white hair short against
1:28.9	his scalp and his reading glasses high on his nose. In the warmer months he might take his
1:34.0	coffee outside in his private courtyard, where he could look out over the low hills just to the
1:38.7	south. On cool mornings like this one, he sat down in his study. Catholic priests all across the country
1:45.6	read the newspaper on February 14, 1953. Splashed across front pages everywhere was the
1:51.9	news that the Pope himself had sent a message to the President of the United States.
1:57.5	The newspaper in Spokane, Washington plastered a headline in bold caps.
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