On July 11, 1976, Wade and Ellen Zick were murdered in their Zeeland, North Dakota home, leaving a community devastated. Episode 3, Z is for Zick, revisits that night with chapters including Until Dawn, Z is for Zick, First Daylight, Hitchhiker, and Windows of Darkness. These accounts paint a chilling picture of fear, suspicion, and shock as neighbors and investigators confronted the brutal crime. Zeeland continues its documentary style true crime investigation into how a small town murder left lasting scars on rural North Dakota.

Music by Peter Hicks – performed by Sleepy Driver: ⁠https://sleepydriver.bandcamp.com/⁠

‘To God be the Glory‘ sung by the Sunday School kids at St Peter’s church, Chaffee, North Dakota

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