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James Wolner

Podcast Producer, Filmmaker

James Wolner is the creator, producer and host of Dakota Spotlight, a true crime podcast. He has lived the Upper Midwest since 2013 and studied photojournalism at California State University at Fresno. He is fluent in English and Swedish.

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A murderer's family breaks their silence, to provide answers and seek healing: 'These were nightmare days'
Four and a half years after his crimes, family members of convicted murderer Chad Isaak have chosen to speak out, exclusively on the Dakota Spotlight podcast.
Nov 29, 2023
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By  James Wolner
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Remembering two of the lives cut short in the 2019 Mandan mass murder
One man was shy. The other was stern. Both were much more than 'murder victims.' Loved ones of Adam Fuehrer and Robert Fakler share an inside and personal look into their lives.
Nov 15, 2023
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By  James Wolner
Bill Cobb dressed as Elvis Presley, wearing white jumpsuit, Bill is singing into hand-held microphone. His eyes are closed and he looks to be deeply into his singing with a passion.
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Before the slaying, a life of family, hard work, laughter ... and Elvis
Bill and Lois Cobb were slain in Mandan on April 1, 2019. But in this episode of Dakota Spotlight, the podcast goes back even further to get to know Bill and Lois better and commemorate their loss.
Nov 8, 2023
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By  James Wolner
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They were sure they had captured a local mass murderer. Now, what would he tell them?
Law enforcement had just detained Chad Isaak, who they suspected had killed four people at RJR in Mandan, ND, on April 1, 2019. With recording equipment rolling, they began their first interview.
Nov 1, 2023
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
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He was a local chiropractor. Then one of his patients realizes he might be a wanted killer.
Three days after the 2019 RJR slayings in Mandan, ND, police are searching for the suspect's white Ford F-150 pickup. Forty miles away a detective realizes: The local chiropractor drives one of those.
Oct 25, 2023
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By  James Wolner
Law enforcement gathered exterior security video from local businesses to track the mysterious masked man in orange and his white Ford pickup
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On the track of a mass murderer, the question: Where is that pickup?
It's April 1, 2019. There's been a quadruple homicide at RJR Maintenance & Management. As family members of the victims are informed, investigators work the crime scene. The clock was ticking.
Oct 18, 2023
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
Still image from WDAY TV's coverage of the RJR Homicides in 2019 depicts still image of man in orange sweatshirt walking inside RJR amongst RJR vehicles, tools, a lawnmower and other equiptment
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On a cold Mandan morning, a monstrous crime: 4 slain, killer gone. The hunt was on.
When Justin Bockheim arrived at work at RJR Maintenance & Management in Mandan, North Dakota, something was off. There was a missing truck. Then he saw the spilled coffee. Then he saw the body.
Oct 11, 2023
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
Chad Isaak, convicted of killing four people at RJR Maintenance & Management in Mandan, North Dakota, on April 1, 2019 is shown in trial evidence security camera footage from that morning.
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A personal quest to understand a horrific crime -- 4 killed in one morning, at one business
Four people were slain at RJR Maintenance & Management in Mandan, North Dakota, on April 1, 2019. Across town, Dakota Spotlight host James Wolner was doing his day job. The day would shape his life.
Oct 4, 2023
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
a photo collage shows courtroom images of many of those involved in the Travis Stay trial in 2008.
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15 years later: How Joel Lovelien's slaying, and a trial verdict, still haunt many involved
15 years after Joel Lovelien was found slain, his death, and the murder trial and verdict that followed, continues to reverberate in many people's lives.
Apr 12, 2023
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
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Inside the murder trial of Travis Stay, the case that 'consumed' a city
Charged with murder in Joel Lovelien's death, Travis Stay went on trial in Grand Forks in December 2008. 'Everyone had an opinion,' recalled a reporter who covered the trial. The verdict: not guilty.
Apr 5, 2023
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
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