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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.

Wes and Linda Julson stand on the lawn in front of their house in Center, North Dakota, and hold a fframed photo of their missing daughter, Michele (Shelly) Julson
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Parents of North Dakota woman gone missing in 1994 vow to never give up
Wes and Linda Julson haven't yet given up on the hope of finding their daughter, Michele "Shelly" Julson, who went missing from Bismarck on Aug. 2, 1994, they tell the Dakota Spotlight podcast, which is reinvestigating the cold case aided by the police file on Shelly's disappearance.
Aug 17, 2022
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
Portrait of Bismarck police officer Bill Connor in standard blue uniform with dark tie. Bill has a greying mustache and smiles into the camera.
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Years after North Dakota woman Shelly Julson went missing, dogged detective work revealed new clues
In this episode of Dakota Spotlight, retired Bismarck Police Detective Bill Connor speaks frankly about the details of the case, still sharp in his memory, and his encounters with those connected to Michele "Shelly" Julson as he re-investigated the case from 2005 to 2010.
Aug 10, 2022
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
A blurry screenshot of 1994 television news footage, with a chyron label describing the scene as a live shot from WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
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Down the rabbit hole: Police misled by WE Fest sighting of missing North Dakota woman in 1994
In the latest episode of Dakota Spotlight, Forum Communications premier investigative true crime podcast, Bismarck Police continue to chase clues in the mysterious disappearance of Shelly Julson in 1994, and try to nail down the importance of several interesting sightings and reports.
Aug 3, 2022
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
Image collage with a photo of Shelly Julson in her high school senior photo, two playing cards (the queen of spades and the ten of spades) a sign for the Elbow Room bar, a police drawing of a car.
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Police prowled gambling hotspots, found clues in 1994 North Dakota missing person investigation
Investigator Cliff Emmert stopped into bars, casinos, bingo halls and bowling alleys, seeking a better understanding of 26-year-old Shelly Julson's world. What he found raised some troubling questions about what might have happened to her.
Jul 27, 2022
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
Wes and Linda Julson stand on the lawn in front of their house in Center, North Dakota, and hold a fframed photo of their missing daughter, Michele (Shelly) Julson
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She left for errands and bingo and never came back. Now Dakota Spotlight explores 1994 North Dakota cold case
On August 2, 1994, 26-year-old Michele "Shelly" Julson dropped off her young son at his paternal grandparents home so she could run some errands in Bismarck, North Dakota. She was expected back in just hours but never heard from again.
Jul 20, 2022
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By  Jeremy Fugleberg
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'I saw Barb' -- Sighting of missing girl fell on deaf ears
In the latest update from the Dakota Spotlight podcast's Season 5: A Better Search for Barbara Cotton, host James Wolner interviews a someone who may have seen the 15-year-old girl, gone missing from Williston, North Dakota, in 1981.
Jun 13, 2022
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By  James Wolner
Bob Anderson's son Chase outside Logan county courthouse.
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Dakota Spotlight podcast issues 'Open Letter to a Killer' in Diede/Anderson missing persons case
In the last scheduled episode of this season, Dakota Spotlight pulls back the curtain on the decades of pain, loss and questions suffered 鈥� often in silence 鈥� by those who knew and loved Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson, two Minnesotans gone missing in North Dakota in August 1993.
Apr 27, 2022
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By  James Wolner
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'I don't think they ran away': Retired homicide detective delves into 1993 missing persons mystery
In this latest episode of Dakota Spotlight, the investigative true crime podcast, host James Wolner and co-producer Jeremy Fugleberg work with a retired North Dakota homicide detective, Bob Haas, to review four theories about what happened to Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson.
Apr 6, 2022
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By  James Wolner
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'Did you kill Kristin and Bob?' Dakota Spotlight podcast narrows focus to call on 1993 missing persons case
In this week's episode, the investigative true crime podcast plays its entire interview with a significant person in this season: Clyde Diede, a chiropractor in Winner, South Dakota, and husband of Kristin Diede when she went missing with her boyfriend Bob Anderson in 1993.
Mar 30, 2022
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By  James Wolner
Rural Logan County, North Dakota
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An ominous visit. A curious discovery. New revelations in case of missing couple Kristin Diede & Bob Anderson
TV news reporter Dan MacDonald expected worried family members, maybe a town gripped by the fact that two people just up and disappeared not that long ago. What he got in Wishek in 1995 was something far different, and the trip continues to haunt him.
Mar 23, 2022
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By  James Wolner
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