{"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":"NEW: Solving Flint River Killer's Daughter w Sheryl McCollum","slug":"new-solving-flint-river-killer-s-daughter-w-sheryl-mccollum","published_at":"2026-05-18T10:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716/new-solving-flint-river-killer-s-daughter-w-sheryl-mccollum","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-over-murder-354716","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-solving-flint-river-killer-s-daughter-w-sheryl-mccollum--72048636","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72048636/mom_ep_576_final.mp3","summary":"Real life CSI and cold case expert Sheryl 'Mac' McCollum joins \"Mind Over Murder\" podcast co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her brand new book \"Swans Don't Swim in a Sewer: Solving the Cold Case of the Flint River Killer's Daughter.\" Swans Don't Swim in a Sewer Solving the Cold Case of the Flint River Killer's Daughter https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Swans-Dont-Swim-in-a-Sewer/Sheryl-Mac-McCollum/9798895652824 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-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…","meta_description":"Real life CSI and cold case expert Sheryl 'Mac' McCollum joins \"Mind Over Murder\" podcast co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her brand new…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2854,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-over-murder-354716/episodes/new-solving-flint-river-killer-s-daughter-w-sheryl-mccollum/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-solving-flint-river-killer-s-daughter-w-sheryl-mccollum.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}