Throwback: Season 5 - A Better Search for Barbara

from Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations · host James Wolner | Investigative Journalist & Creator of Dakota Spotlight

Season 5, Episode 1 - Five Blocks From Home 15 year old Barbara Louise Cotton vanished from the streets of Williston, North Dakota on April 11, 1981 five blocks from her home. What happened to Barbara Cotton? In episode 1, while others called Barbara a 'runaway', a frustrated yet unyielding Sandee Evanson refuses to stop looking for her childhood friend. A Better Search for Barbara is a deep, investigative dive into one of North Dakota's longest running cold cases. Music: Wowza in Kalamazoo https://wowzainkalamazoo.bandcamp.com/ The website dedicated to the search for Barbara Cotton: https://findbarbcotton.com Other online resources about missing Barbara Cotton: The Vanished podcast: https://www.thevanishedpodcast.com/episodes/2022/9/12/episode-361-barbara-cotton-part-1-a-lost-girl Gabby Valente YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKuiE2dF2NY Evaporate, The Missing: https://www.evaporatethemissing.com/post/the-roar-of-the-pumpjack A Voice 4 the Lost Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AVoice4theLost The Unfound podcast: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/2023/05/08/barbara-louise-cotton-cold-and-fuzzy/ ArcticFox True Crime YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jLRRlzsO8 Southern Gal True Crime YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdGkUiOTey0 Check out the full catalog and everything Dakota Spotlight https://dakotaspotlight.com/ Get episodes early, ad-free, and more. Subscribe to Spotlight PLUS https://dakotaspotlight.com/spotlight-plus/ Support the show on PayPal https://bit.ly/3wDhonM Sign up for the Dakota Spotlight newsletter https://dakotaspotlight.com/newsletter/ Advertise your podcast or brand in Dakota Spotlight episodes [email protected] Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/dakotaspotlight X/Twitter: @dakotaspotlight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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