{"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: How to Rob a Bank (Part 1)","slug":"new-how-to-rob-a-bank-part-1","published_at":"2026-04-27T10:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716/new-how-to-rob-a-bank-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-how-to-rob-a-bank-part-1--71663272","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71663272/mom_ep_570_final.mp3","summary":"Former FBI Agent Shawn Johnson and former bank robber Steven Meyers join \"Mind Over Murder\" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss their new Netflix series \"How to Rob a Bank.\" The series tells the true story of how Shawn Johnson and an FBI Seattle task force pursued a team of highly successful bank robbers including Scott Shurlock, known as 'Hollywood' for his elaborate masks, and his accomplice Steven Meyers, who collected more than $2.9 million in their robbery series. This part 1 of 2 episodes on \"how to Rob a Bank.\" Netflix: How to Rob a Bank: https://www.netflix.com/title/81427740 The Treehouse: The True Story of Hollywood the Bank Robber: https://www.amazon.com/Treehouse-True-Story-Hollywood-Robber-ebook/dp/B0FV28G4C7 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: htt…","meta_description":"Former FBI Agent Shawn Johnson and former bank robber Steven Meyers join \"Mind Over Murder\" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss their new Netf…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2757,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-over-murder-354716/episodes/new-how-to-rob-a-bank-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/new-how-to-rob-a-bank-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}