{"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:  Cathy Thomas/Rebecca Dowski CPM Murder Solved (Part 1)","slug":"bonus-cathy-thomas-rebecca-dowski-cpm-murder-solved-part-1","published_at":"2026-05-28T10:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716/bonus-cathy-thomas-rebecca-dowski-cpm-murder-solved-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-cathy-thomas-rebecca-dowski-cpm-murder-solved-part-1--72192013","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72192013/mom_ep_544_final.mp3","summary":"Join \"Mind Over Murder\" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss Bill Thomas and Bob Dowski's recent meeting with FBI Norfolk, where they were told that waterman Alan Wade Wilmer, Senior was responsible for the murder of their two sisters in October 1986. Let us take you inside the actual meeting. How was the Thomas/Dowski case closed? Are they satisfied with the FBI's story? How many open questions remain? What about the other unsolved Colonial Parkway Murders? What are next steps? This is part 1 of multiple parts, and originally ran on January 26, 2026. 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&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer WTVR CBS News: Colonial Parkway murders victims' families keep hope cases will be solved: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/colonial-parkway-murders-update-april-19-2024 WAVY TV 10 News: New questions raised in Colonial Parkway murders: https://www.wavy.co…","meta_description":"Join \"Mind Over Murder\" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss Bill Thomas and Bob Dowski's recent meeting with FBI Norfolk, where they w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2550,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-over-murder-354716/episodes/bonus-cathy-thomas-rebecca-dowski-cpm-murder-solved-part-1/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-cathy-thomas-rebecca-dowski-cpm-murder-solved-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}