{"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: Serial Killers Hiding in Plain Sight (Part 1)","slug":"bonus-serial-killers-hiding-in-plain-sight-part-1","published_at":"2026-05-16T19:01:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716/bonus-serial-killers-hiding-in-plain-sight-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-serial-killers-hiding-in-plain-sight-part-1--72034031","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72034031/mom_ep_541_final.mp3","summary":"Join \"Mind Over Murder\" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss new article in the New York Times by Mike Baker: \"Her Brother Pleaded Guilty to the Idaho Murders. Now She is Ready to Talk.\" Kristin and Bill compare the experience of Mel Kohberger, sister of Idaho 4 killer Bryan Kohberger, and the family of Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr., who has been linked to 4 murders in Virginia, including 2 of the Colonial Parkway Murders. This is part 1 of 2 parts, and originally ran on January 12, 2026. Her Brother Pleaded Guilty to the Idaho Murders. Now She’s Ready to Talk. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/idaho-murders-bryan-kohberger-family.html NBC: FBI Norfolk field office links deceased suspect to additional Colonial Parkway Murders In 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/ WTKR News 3: One year after development in Colonial Parkway Murders, where do things stand? https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/historic-triangle/one-year-after-development-in-colonial-parkway-murders-where-do-things-stand 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-s…","meta_description":"Join \"Mind Over Murder\" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss new article in the New York Times by Mike Baker: \"Her Brother Pleaded Guil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2557,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-over-murder-354716/episodes/bonus-serial-killers-hiding-in-plain-sight-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-serial-killers-hiding-in-plain-sight-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}