Dakota Spotlight | True Crime Podcast by James Wolner

The House on Sweet and Seventh

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In September 1998, Barbara and Gordon Erickstad were murdered inside their home on Sweet Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota. What began as a worried visit to the police station by a teenage girl soon uncovered a brutal crime that stunned a quiet neighborhood near Sweet Avenue and Seventh Street. In Season 3 of Dakota Spotlight, host James Wolner investigates the disturbing story behind the Erickstad murders and the group of teenagers known as the East Sweet crew. Through interviews, police accounts, and careful reporting, the series explores how loyalty, fear, and peer pressure among a circle of...

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The House on Sweet and Seventh (6): Escape to the Movies - Misty Jones Reflects on the Erickstad Case 10.03.2026 43:36

More than twenty years after the murders of Barbara and Gordon Erickstad, one of the young people closest to the events reflects on what happened. In Episode 6 of The House on Sweet and Seventh, a Dakota Spotlight investigation, Misty Jones remembers her life in Bismarck during the late 1990s and her connection to the East Sweet crew. In a 2020 interview she describes the night of the killings and...

The House on Sweet and Seventh (5): A Sick Salute - The East Sweet Crew After the Erickstad Murders 10.03.2026 50:11

The arrests of Brian Erickstad and Robert Lawrence confirmed their role in the murders of Barbara and Gordon Erickstad, but the reaction from some of their friends stunned the community. In Episode 5 of The House on Sweet and Seventh, a Dakota Spotlight investigation, investigators and residents describe how members of the East Sweet crew rallied disturbingly around the killers through letters, sa...

The House on Sweet and Seventh (4): One of These Days - The Night Before the Erickstad Murders 10.03.2026 33:28

The night before Barbara and Gordon Erickstad were killed reveals disturbing clues about what was unfolding among a group of teenagers in Bismarck, North Dakota. In Episode 4 of The House on Sweet and Seventh, a Dakota Spotlight investigation, detectives Bob Haas and Steve Lundin pursue parallel investigative leads while interviews with friends and witnesses uncover troubling details about the eve...

The House on Sweet and Seventh (3): Patience Pays Off - A Witness Breaks Silence in the Erickstad Murder Case 10.03.2026 38:20

The investigation into the murders of Barbara and Gordon Erickstad slowly began to shift as patient police work uncovered new information in Bismarck, North Dakota. In Episode 3 of The House on Sweet and Seventh, a Dakota Spotlight investigation, detectives press a reluctant witness until the truth begins to surface while a frightened woman arrives at the police station late at night with critical...

The House on Sweet and Seventh (2): Never Ever Narc - Bismarck Detectives Question the East Sweet Crew 10.03.2026 49:53

Detective Lloyd Halvorson believed the answers to the murders of Barbara and Gordon Erickstad were likely hidden within a small group of teenagers in Bismarck, North Dakota. In Episode 2 of The House on Sweet and Seventh, a Dakota Spotlight investigation, detectives begin questioning Brian Erickstad’s friends and members of the East Sweet crew while searching for someone willing to speak. With Bri...

The House on Sweet and Seventh (1): A Little Red Car - The Erickstad Murders Begin in Bismarck 10.03.2026 44:28

September 1998 brought a chilling moment in Bismarck, North Dakota when 17 year old Aimee walked into the police station with a troubling suspicion about her boyfriend Brian Erickstad. What began as a welfare check soon revealed a brutal double murder inside the Erickstad home on Sweet Avenue. In Episode 1 of The House on Sweet and Seventh, a Dakota Spotlight investigation, host James Wolner intro...