The House on Sweet and Seventh (3): Patience Pays Off – A North Dakota True Crime Story
A reluctant witness and a terrified woman revealed key details in the Erickstad murders, pushing the Bismarck investigation into Barbara and Gordon’s deaths forward.
Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations · James Wolner | Investigative Journalist & Creator of Dakota Spotlight
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Show Notes
Episode 3, Patience Pays Off, captures how patient police work broke open the Erickstad murder case. Barbara and Gordon Erickstad’s deaths had left Bismarck shaken in 1998. Detectives pressed a hesitant witness until the truth began to surface, while a frightened woman rushed into the station with new details in the middle of the night. This documentary style true crime story reveals how testimony reshaped a North Dakota small town murder investigation.
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