# Barbara Cotton

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A Better Search for Barbara (5): Please Tell Mom I Love Her - Jailhouse Phone Call Testimony

A memory from the days after Barbara Cotton disappeared begins to surface again. A jailhouse phone call, and a message delivered through it, has never quite settled with those who heard it. Now, it returns with new weight. Music by Wowza in Kalamazoo: https://wowzainkalamazoo.bandcamp.com/ A Bett…

A Better Search for Barbara (4): A Rapist, a Creep, a Private Investigator and Me - Carrie Abbey Investigation

The investigation takes a new direction as private investigator Carrie Abbey reexamines the disappearance of Barbara Cotton. Records, timelines, and overlooked details are brought back into focus. What begins to emerge is a set of possibilities that had long gone unexamined. Music by Wowza in Kala…

A Better Search for Barbara (3): 40 Years of Nothing - Early Investigation Failures

More than four decades later, Barbara Cotton’s family looks back on the early days of the investigation. Confusion and early assumptions begin to come into focus, raising questions about how the case was handled from the very beginning. What was missed may still matter. Music by Wowza in Kalamazoo…

A Better Search for Barbara (2): Tributaries of the Truth - Barbara Cotton Final Hours

The story returns to the final evening Barbara Cotton was seen alive. Friends recall small moments, conversations, and relationships that shaped that night. Years later, those memories begin to resurface, forming a clearer picture of her last known hours. Music by Wowza in Kalamazoo: https://wowza…

A Better Search for Barbara (1): Five Blocks from Home - Barbara Cotton Last Known Walk

Barbara Cotton was only five blocks from home when she disappeared from the streets of Williston in April 1981. What should have been an ordinary walk never reached its end. Childhood friend Sandee Evanson remembers that night, and why she never believed Barbara had simply run away. Music by Wowza…

The Mysterious Disappearance of Barbara Cotton

In April of 1981, 15-year-old Barbara Cotton disappeared from Williston, North Dakota after being seen out that evening. Multiple people reported seeing her that night, but the timeline of where she was, who she was with, and what happened next has never fully lined up. What followed would shape th…

007 - James Wolner - Dakota Spotlight

James Wolner of Dakota Spotlight SUMMARY In this episode, host Sebastian sits down with James Wolner, the creator and host of Dakota Spotlight — an acclaimed true crime podcast with 12 seasons and counting, rooted in stories from North Dakota and the broader Upper Midwest. What began as a bar conve…

A Web of Truth and Lies: The Unsolved Disappearance of Barbara Cotton

One night in the spring of 1981, a North Dakota teenager didn’t come home. Sometimes when it feels like someone has vanished into thin air, there are very few leads to go on. And for many of the decades that followed, that’s how this case appeared to people outside the local area. There was one cle…

Episode 354: Barbara Louise Cotton: Cold and Fuzzy

Barbara Louise Cotton was a 15 year old from Williston, ND. She was a popular girl who had several brothers and sisters. On April 11, 1981, Barbara met up with a new guy in her life, Stacey, for dinner. After, Stacey claims he watched Barbara walk in the direction of her home. She was never seen ag…

The Empty Grave Mystery: Barbara Cotton (North Dakota)

On April 11, 1981, fifteen-year-old Barbara Cotton walked out of her home in Williston, North Dakota, and vanished without a trace. For decades, police dismissed her disappearance as a runaway case, relying on a timeline that may have been completely wrong. But as witnesses came forward, suspects d…