{"podcast":{"title":"Mind Over Murder","slug":"mind-over-murder-354716","podcast_index_feed_id":354716,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4847179/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://mindovermurderpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4305c8c91ba9e85052fef2246f64ece9.jpg","author":"William F. Thomas and Kristin M. Dilley","episode_count":589,"summary":"Listen to Mind Over Murder, the true crime podcast from victim's advocates Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley. Kristin is a researcher, writer and teacher from Virginia. Bill is an entertainment executive now living in Connecticut who is also the brother of a murder victim. His younger sister Cathy Thomas along with her girlfriend Rebecca Dowski, were the first two victims in now partially solved Colonial Parkway Murders ,which claimed the lives of at least 10 young people near Williamsburg from 1986 to 1989. They moderate the Colonial Parkway Murders FaceBook and Mind Over Murder pages with more than 20,000 followers. Join them for thoughtful true crime advocacy. Now celebrating their sixth season with more than 500 podcast episodes. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mind-over-murder--4847179/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T20:17:16.113636+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716"},"episode":{"title":"BONUS: Ancestry.com Rules Block Law Enforcement Searches","slug":"bonus-ancestry-com-rules-block-law-enforcement-searches","published_at":"2026-06-13T16:35:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716/bonus-ancestry-com-rules-block-law-enforcement-searches","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-ancestry-com-rules-block-law-enforcement-searches--72513872","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72513872/mom_ep_546_final.mp3","summary":"Join \"Mind Over Murder\" co-host Bill Thomas and investigator Jennifer Bucholtz of the \"Break the Case\" podcast as the discuss the new highly restrictive rules introduced by Ancestry.com which will have a serious impact on law enforcement searches for missing persons, murders and unidentified remains searches. Jen is a former Army Intelligence Office now with the El Paso Colorado Sheriff's Department; she also co-hosts \"Break the Case\" with investigative journaist George Jared. Kristin Dilley was away during the recording of this episode, but will be back next time on \"Mind Over Murder.\" This bonus episode originally ran on February 2, 2026. Break the Case Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/break-the-case/id1590363877 Ancestry.com Just Changed the Rules — And Cold Cases Across America May Suffer https://www.thecoldcases.com/p/ancestrycom-just-changed-the-rules NBC: FBI Norfolk field office links deceased suspect to additional Colonial Parkway MurdersIn January 2026, the FBI announced Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. is responsible for the 1986 Virginia murders of Cathleen Thomas and Rebecca Dowski. https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/colonial-parkway-murders-cathleen-thomas-rebecca-dowski-resolved-rcna255097 American Detective TV series: Colonial Parkway Murders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3rNRZnL0E Washingtonian: A Murder on the Rappahannock River: https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/06/27/murder-on-the-rappahannock-river-emerson-stevens-mary-harding-innocence-project/ Won't you help the Mind Over Murder podcast increase our visibility and shine the spotlight on the \"Colonial Parkway Murders\" and other unsolved cases? Contribute any amount you can here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mind-over-murder-podcast-expenses?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&a…","meta_description":"Join \"Mind Over Murder\" co-host Bill Thomas and investigator Jennifer Bucholtz of the \"Break the Case\" podcast as the discuss the new highly restrictive r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2854,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-over-murder-354716/episodes/bonus-ancestry-com-rules-block-law-enforcement-searches/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716/bonus-ancestry-com-rules-block-law-enforcement-searches.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}