{"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":"NEW: Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter","slug":"new-chasing-down-the-zombie-hunter","published_at":"2026-03-16T10:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716/new-chasing-down-the-zombie-hunter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-chasing-down-the-zombie-hunter--70637813","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70637813/mom_ep_558_final.mp3","summary":"\"Mind Over Murder\" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley are joined by former Phoenix police detective Troy Hillman to discuss his powerful new true crime book \"Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter: The True Story of a Small Town Accountant, an Elite Group of Detectives and Arizona's Most Terrifying Cold Case.\" Troy tells the chilling account of how Troy and his team tracked down Bryan Miller, AKA the Zombie Hunter, a serial killer who was hiding in plain sight for 20 years after committing a series of brutal homicides and rapes. Simon and Shuster: Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chasing-Down-the-Zombie-Hunter/Troy-A-Hillman/9781639369676 Goodreads: Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter: The True Story of a Small-Town Accountant, an Elite Group of Detectives, and Arizona's Most Terrifying Cold Case: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/224003345-chasing-down-the-zombie-hunter 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/ 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 th…","meta_description":"\"Mind Over Murder\" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley are joined by former Phoenix police detective Troy Hillman to discuss his powerful new true cri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2673,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-over-murder-354716/episodes/new-chasing-down-the-zombie-hunter/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/new-chasing-down-the-zombie-hunter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}