{"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":594,"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":"2026-07-27T20:17:26.836706+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716"},"episode":{"title":"BONUS: Colonial Parkway Killer Linked to Laurie Ann Powell Murder (Part 2)","slug":"bonus-colonial-parkway-killer-linked-to-laurie-ann-powell-murder-part-2","published_at":"2026-04-03T16:54:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716/bonus-colonial-parkway-killer-linked-to-laurie-ann-powell-murder-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-colonial-parkway-killer-linked-to-laurie-ann-powell-murder-part-2--71084950","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71084950/mom_ep_527_final.mp3","summary":"Join \"Mind Over Murder\" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley in a new episode as the Virginia State Police break the news that Colonial Parkway Killer Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr. is linked via DNA to the 1988 rape and murder of Gloucester, Virginia resident Laurie Ann Powell. This Part 2 of our series on Wilmer, a confirmed serial killer responsible for at least six deaths. The episode originally ran on November 19, 2025. 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 WY Daily https://wydaily.com/latest/2025/11/14/deceased-colonial-parkway-murders-suspect-linked-to-1988-death-of-gloucester-county-teen/ 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&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer 13News Now investigates: A serial killer's DNA will not be entered into CODIS database: https://www.13newsnow.com/video/news/local/13news-now-investigates/291-e82a9e0b-38e3-4f95-982a-40e960a71e49 Colonial Parkway Murders Facebook page with more than 21,000 followers: https://…","meta_description":"Join \"Mind Over Murder\" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley in a new episode as the Virginia State Police break the news that Colonial Parkway Killer…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2813,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-over-murder-354716/episodes/bonus-colonial-parkway-killer-linked-to-laurie-ann-powell-murder-part-2/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-colonial-parkway-killer-linked-to-laurie-ann-powell-murder-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}