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Mind Over Murder

William F. Thomas and Kristin M. Dilley

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 who is also the brother of a murder victim, now living in Connecticut. His sister Cathy Thomas along with her girlfriend Rebecca Dowski, were the first two victims in the still unsolved Colonial Parkway Murders ,which claimed the lives of 8 young people near Williamsburg from 1986 to 1989. They

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44:50

NEW: Mass Shootings: Where Do We Go from Here?

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2023/05/08

Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a discussion of "Mass Shootings: Where Do We Go from Here?" Among the issues covered are whether law enforcement and the media should be releasing the so-called manifestos of mass shooters, and how the media should be educating the public as to the physical damage being done to shooting victims by AR-15 style rifles and other high velocity weapons of war. Does publishing the rantings of mass killers benefit the public in any way? Do

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48:07

BONUS: Forensic Psychologist Katherine Ramsland on...

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2023/05/04

Forensic psychologist Katherine Ramsland discusses serial killers, the fascination of true crime and the Colonial Parkway Murders with "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley in this brand new episode. Dr. Ramsland is the author of 69 books, mostly in the genres of crime, forensic science and the supernatural. She is also a professor of forensic science and criminal justice and Assistant Provost at Desales University in Pennsylvania. This is part 2 of a 2 part discussion with Dr

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41:52

NEW: True Crime News Roundup May 1, 2023

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2023/05/01

Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a True Crime News Roundup. Cases covered include the Lori Vallow "Doomsday Mom" trial, a guilty verdict in the "Phoenix Canal Killer" trial, charges filed against the mother of a 6 year old shooter in the Richneck Elementary School shooter in Newport News, Virginia, and charges dropped against actor/producer Alec Baldwin in the fatal accidental shooting on the set of the movie "Rust" in New Mexico.Daily Mail: Six Biggest Bombshells in

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46:32

BONUS: Forensic Psychologist Katherine Ramsland on...

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2023/04/27

Forensic psychologist Katherine Ramsland discusses serial killers, the fascination of true crime and the Colonial Parkway Murders with "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley in this brand new episode. Dr. Ramsland is the author of 69 books, mostly in the genres of crime, forensic science and the supernatural. She is also a professor of forensic science and criminal justice and Assistant Provost at Desales University in Pennsylvania. This is part 1 of a 2 part discussion with Dr

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42:52

NEW: 35th Anniversary of Disappearance of Keith Call...

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2023/04/24

Joyce Call Canada, sister of longtime missing person Richard "Keith" Call, joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the 35th anniversary of her younger brother's disappearance together with Cassandra "Sandy" Hailey as part of the still unsolved Colonial Parkway Murders. Joyce fills us in on the status of the FBI and Virginia State Police investigation, as well as plans underway to add a memorial to Keith at his parent's grave in Gloucester, Virginia. The Keith Call

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43:54

BONUS: Is Patricia Cornwell's 'All That Remains' the...

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2023/04/20

"Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley sit down to ask the provocative question: is Patricia Cornwell's 1992 best selling book "All that Remains" a thinly disguised version of the unsolved "Colonial Parkway Murders" case? How could Patrcia Cornwell have access to the files on a real-life unsolved murder case? Is it appropriate for an author to write a story so close to a true crime case, and publish it only a few years after the real events? This is part 3 of a 3 part

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44:30

NEW: Chasing the Squirrel with Ron Peterson, Jr.

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2023/04/17

True crime author Ron Peterson, Jr. joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to talk about his book "Chasing the Squirrel," which chronicles the daredevil life and possible death of drug smuggler Wally Thrasher, AKA The Squirrel. How does a thrillseeking pilot become one of the top smuggling pilots in the country? Why did he choose to fly his private plane with loads of marijuana from rural Virginia to the Caribbean in the 1980s? Was Wally Thrasher killed in a plane crash in

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47:02

BONUS: Is Patricia Cornwell's 'All That Remains' the...

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2023/04/13

"Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley sit down to ask the provocative question: is Patricia Cornwell's 1992 best selling book "All that Remains" a thinly disguised version of the unsolved "Colonial Parkway Murders" case? How could Patrcia Cornwell have access to the files on a real-life unsolved murder case? Is it appropriate for an author to write a story so close to a true crime case, and publish it only a few years after the real events? This is part 2 of a 3 part

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43:47

NEW: Celebrate One Million Downloads with Mind Over...

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2023/04/10

Joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we celebrate over one million downloads with another "True Crime News Roundup." We give you the latest developments in the Adnan Syed convction being reinstated; details in the Nashville Covenant School shooting as we await release of the disturbed shooter's manifesto; and teacher Abigail Zwerner's decision to file a $40 million lawsuit against the Newport News School system after she was shot by a 6 year old in her elementary school

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42:20

BONUS: Is Patricia Cornwell's 'All That Remains' the...

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2023/04/06

"Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley sit down to ask the provocative question: is Patricia Cornwell's 1992 best selling book "All that Remains" a thinly disguised version of the unsolved "Colonial Parkway Murders" case? How could Patrcia Cornwell have access to the files on a real-life unsolved murder case? Is it appropriate for an author to write a story so close to a true crime case, and publish it only a few years after the real events? This is part 1 of a 3 part

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70:22

Easter Collaboration Special Episode 2023

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2023/04/03

Titles Deceptions & Resurrections, Part 1 Episode Description This Easter, join Shane Waters on a whimsical adventure featuring 13 podcasters (including Mind Over Murder with hosts Kristin Dilley and Bill Thomas) as they share true stories of con artists and fake deaths. Delve into the magical world of the Enchanted Easterlands, where you’ll encounter peculiar characters and captivating true crime tales. Discover the history and origins of Easter, and experience a journey like no other. It’s an

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38:30

BONUS: Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein (Part 3)

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2023/03/30

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss the Ghislaine Maxwell trial. This former partner of the late Jeffrey Epstein is now charged with sex trafficking of numerous girls as young as 14 years old. What does the landscape look like for Maxwell as her trial begins? How does a woman with so much going for her end up procuring teenage girls for a pedophile and his well-known friends? This is part 3 of three bonus episodes on Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. NY

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37:08

NEW: True Crime News Roundup March 27, 2023

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2023/03/27

Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to for a True Crime News Roundup, with the latest on another tragedy at Fort Hood Texas as a young female soldier complains of sexual harassment and is found dead shortly thereafter; Paul Flores is sentenced to 25 years to lfe with no parole in the 1996 murder of college student Kristin Smart: Stephen Smith's body to be exhumed 8 years after his suspicious death which may tie in to the murdererous Murdaugh family in South Carolina; and the

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37:19

BONUS: Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein (Part 2)

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2023/03/23

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss the Ghislaine Maxwell trial. This former partner of the late Jeffrey Epstein is now charged with sex trafficking of numerous girls as young as 14 years old. What does the landscape look like for Maxwell as her trial begins? How does a woman with so much going for her end up procuring teenage girls for a pedophile and his well-known friends? This is part 2 of three bonus episodes on Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. NY

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46:47

NEW: Sarah Weinman "Evidence of Things Seen" True...

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2023/03/20

Author and editor Sarah Weinman joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her new true crime anthology, Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning as well as the first two books she authored, Scoundrel and The Real Lolita, and another collection she edited, Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit and Obsession. The new Evidence of Things Seen anthology is due out in July 2023, with a foreword by Rabia Chaudry.Sarah Weinman website:

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36:25

BONUS: Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein (Part 1)

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2023/03/16

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss the Ghislaine Maxwell trial. This former partner of the late Jeffrey Epstein is now charged with sex trafficking of numerous girls as young as 14 years old. What does the landscape look like for Maxwell as her trial begins? How does a woman with so much going for her end up procuring teenage girls for a pedophile and his well-known friends? This is first of three bonus episodes on Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. NY

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44:46

NEW: Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

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2023/03/13

Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we review the new Netflix series "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal" now running on Netflix. The three part documntary covers a series of murders that have occurred in and around the Murdaughs, a prominent family of lawyers who have dominated politics and the law in the Low Country of South Carolina for more than 100 years. Father Alex Murdaugh was just found guilty in the brutal double homicide of his wife Maggie and son Paul, and

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39:21

BONUS: Author Kevin Sullivan on Ted Bundy (Part 2)

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2023/03/09

True crime author Kevin M. Sullivan joins "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the case of Ted Bundy. Kevin is the author of six fascinating books on the serial murderer. How did Bundy get away with so many murders? Why are historians and true crime fans alike so fascinated with him? How does Kevin Sullivan separate the myths from the reality in this complicated case? What can we learn from this case that will allow us to catch killers and prevent serial murders

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46:06

NEW: True Crime News Roundup March 6, 2023

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2023/03/06

Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to for a True Crime News Roundup, with the latest on the wrongful death lawsuit into civil rights leader Malcolm X, a possible impersonator in the Madeline McCann missing persons case, how DNA from a sweet potato used as a silencer helped identify a killer in a Masschusetts murder case, and more details tying suspect Bryan Kohberger to the Idaho 4 murders of college students at the University of Idaho.NPR: Malcom X's family is suing the

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45:50

BONUS: Author Kevin Sullivan on Ted Bundy (Part 1)

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2023/03/02

True crime author Kevin M. Sullivan joins "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the case of Ted Bundy. Kevin is the author of six fascinating books on the serial murderer. How did Bundy get away with so many murders? Why are historians and true crime fans alike so fascinated with him? How does Kevin Sullivan separate the myths from the reality in this complicated case? What can we learn from this case that will allow us to catch killers and prevent serial murders

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