Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for True Crime News Roundup, featuring the Laken Riley, Delphi, Jussie Smollett, and Idaho 4 cases. CNN: Judge sentences Laken Riley’s murderer to life in prison: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/laken-riley-murder-trial-11-20-24/index.html CBS: Richard Allen convicted in Delphi murder trial for killings of 2 teenage girls in Indiana https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/delphi-double-murder-trial-verdict/ Crime Online: ‘Empire’...
Dec 02, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 427
Louis Bayard, author the bestselling historical fiction book "The Pale Blue Eye," about Army Cadet Edgar Allan Poe helping a detective solve a murder at West Point, talks to us about both the book and the movie version out now on Netflix. Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Kristin Dilley and Bill Thomas as we have a fascinating and fun conversation with Lou! "The Pale Blue Eye" will haunt you. This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran on December 12, 2022. The Pale Blue Eye book: https:...
Nov 29, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 426
"Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley are joined by Robert Grey, longtime listener to the podcast who attended both Virginia Tech and William and Mary. We review his impressions of the August 2009 murders of Virginia Tech students Heidi Childs and David Metzler, as well as the Colonial Parkway Murders, and their impact on the college community. Can advanced DNA techniques solve the tragic case of two undergrads found shot to death in a place called Caldwell Fields? How has the ...
Nov 25, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 425
"American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper" is the new book by New York Times bestselling author Daniel Stashower. Dan joins Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a fascinating discussion of an amazing unsolved case from Cleveland in the 1930's, after Eliot Ness had led "The Untouchables" to true crime notoriety. This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran on October 31, 2022. Good Reads: "American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for...
Nov 21, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 424
Dan Harrington, Gil Harrington and Jane Lillian Vance, founders of "Help Save the Next Girl," join us to discuss the good work of their organization, founded after the brutal murder of Dan and Gil's 20 year old daughter Morgan Harrington in October 2009. We talk about the book that Gil and Jane co-wrote, "Morgan Harrington: Murdered and Dead for Good: A Mother's Quest to Find a Serial Killer and Healing," as well as missing persons cases in Virginia, dealing with profound grief, and healing thro...
Nov 18, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 423
Join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss the "Engage with Empathy" campaign championed by Sarah Turney, Julie Murray and Kelsi German Siebert, all three siblings of murder victims. Can true crime podcasters, reporters and other users of social media interact with the families of murder victims in a more responsible and respectful manner? Are ethics in true crime too much to ask? Can we engage with empathy? This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally...
Nov 14, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 422
Dan Harrington, Gil Harrington and Jane Lillian Vance, founders of "Help Save the Next Girl," join us to discuss the good work of their organization, founded after the brutal murder of Dan and Gil's 20 year old daughter Morgan Harrington in October 2009. We talk about the book that Gil and Jane co-wrote, "Morgan Harrington Murdered Dead and for Good: A Mother's Quest to Find a Serial Killer and Healing," as well as missing persons cases in Virginia, dealing with profound grief, and healing throu...
Nov 11, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 421
"Lady of the Dunes" Ruth Marie Terry's husband Guy Maldevin may prove to be her killer, now that her identity has been finally revealed thanks to Investigative Genetic Genealogy. Maldevin, a long-time conman, may be involved in several other murders beyond Cape Cod, including that of his former wife and step daughter in Seattle in 1960, and possibly a young couple ten years before that in Fortuna, CA. Join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a fascinating true crime ne...
Nov 07, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 420
Veteran Southern California prosecutor Matt Murphy joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the hot topic of should Lyle and Erik Menendez be released from prison 35 years after brutally murdering their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez with shotguns? Does Lyle and Erik's claim that their father Jose sexually abused them for years absolve them of their crimes? Is serving 35 years enough time? Join us for a very interesting discussion of this highly controversial cas...
Nov 04, 2024•55 min•Season 5Ep. 419
"Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley discuss new legal strategies being used in the Hae Min Lee/Adnan Syed murder case, the 1965 Malcom X assassination settlement, and a new lawsuit filed in the murder of Army Private Vanessa Guillen at Fort Hood, Texas. Can these methods provide some sort of rough justice? This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran on November 28, 2022. Rolling Stone: Victim’s Family Wants to See the Evidence That Released Adnan Syed A lawyer ...
Oct 31, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 418
"Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley review the August 2009 murders of Virginia Tech students Heidi Childs and David Metzler, still unsolved after 15 years. Can advanced DNA techniques solve this tragic case of two undergrads found shot to death in a place called Caldwell Fields? How has the Virginia Tech community been touched so many times by senseless violence? Where does the Childs/Metzler investigation go from here? Virginia State Police Heidi Childs and David Metzler htt...
Oct 28, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 417
Real Crime Profile hosts Jim Clemente and Laura Richards join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the new developments in the Colonial Parkway Murders. This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran on January 18, 2024. Confirmed serial killer Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. has been named as the murderer of Robin Edwards and David Knobling in the Colonial Parkway Murders in September 1987, as well as the murderer of Teresa Howell in Hampton, VA June 1989. Wilmer ...
Oct 24, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 416
Matt Murphy, renowned California prosecutor and now legal analyst for ABC News, joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss his new "The Book of Murder: A Prosecutors Journey Through Love and Death." In this deep dive into murder and its aftermath, Matt walks readers through some of the most complex and diabolical cases from his career in the Orange County District Attorney's Office. He describes how, despite the work wreaking havoc on his personal life, he ultimatel...
Oct 21, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 415
With a confirmed serial killer, Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr. being named in the Colonial Parkway Murders in Virginia, "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley discuss the exciting news, our support for the three families who received the good news and lay out our support for next steps in the FBI and Virginia State Police investigation of the Colonial Parkway Murders. Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. has been named as the killer of Robin Edwards and David Knobling in the Colonial Parkway Murders ...
Oct 17, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 414
Jeffrey Smalldon talks with "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley about his new book, "That Beast Was Not Me: One Forensic Psychologist, Fifty Years of Conversations with Killers." He recounts his many face to face conversations with murderers like John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, serial sniper Thomas Lee Dillon, Donald Harvey, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and many others. This is Part 2 of 2 parts with Jeffrey Smalldon. Jeffrey Smalldon site: https://jeffreysmalldon.com...
Oct 14, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 413
"Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley offer our reaction to the first solve announced in the Colonial Parkway Murders. On Monday, January 8, 2024, Virginia State Police, Hampton Police Department and the FBI announced that a deceased waterman, Alan Wade Wilmer, Senior of Lancaster County, Virginia had been linked via DNA hit to the 1987 murder of Robin Edwards and David Knobling (one of the Colonial Parkway Murders) in Isle of Wight County and the 1989 murder of Teresa Lynn ...
Oct 10, 2024•37 min•Season 5Ep. 412
Jeffrey Smalldon talks with "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley about his new book, "That Beast Was Not Me: One Forensic Psychologist, Fifty Years of Conversations with Killers." He recounts his many face to face conversations with murderers like John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, serial sniper Thomas Lee Dillon, Donald Harvey, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and many others. This is Part 1 of 2 parts with Jeffrey Smalldon. Jeffrey Smalldon site: https://jeffreysmalldon.com...
Oct 07, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 411
Author Bruce Goldfarb joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss his book "18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics." The book tells the story of heiress Frances Glessner Lee, whose lifelong interest in crimesolving led to an innovative training program for law enforcement investigators using miniature crime scenes. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics on ...
Oct 03, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 410
Edna Cowell Martin, cousin to serial killer Ted Bundy, joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her new book, cowritten with Megan Atkinson, "Dark Tide: Growing Up With Ted Bundy." How well do we really know the people around us? What would you do if you learned your family's secrets? Are their truly monsters among us? Join us for a fascinating conversation. "Dark Tide: Growing Up With Ted Bundy" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207293811-dark-tide Won't you he...
Sep 30, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 409
M William Phelps, the prolific true crime author of 45 true crime books and host of numerous television series including "Dark Minds," joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to talk about his two highly successful podcasts "Paper Ghosts" and "Crossing the Line." This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran on April 8, 2024. Latest series of Paper Ghosts podcast "The Ozarks" https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-paper-ghosts-the-ozarks-70977237/ Crossing the Line p...
Sep 26, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 408
Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss their book, co-written with Nicole Weisensee Egan, "Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors," which tells the shocking true story of their bizarre 2015 kidnapping and the revictimization by the justice system in Vallejo, California, where investigators refused to believe their story until it proved to be completely true. Denise and Aaron's story was featured in a hit 2024 Netflix ...
Sep 23, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 407
With a confirmed serial killer, Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr. being named in the Colonial Parkway Murders in Virginia, "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley discuss whether same sex couples were targeted in the Colonial Parkway Murders. Several of the sites of murders in this series were commited at locations where there was a lot of gay cruising, and even serial killer Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr. said odd things that seemed to reference this fact. Was Wilmer targeting gay and lesbian cou...
Sep 19, 2024•37 min•Season 5Ep. 406
Nina Innsted, host of the "Already Gone" podcast and the "Missing in Michigan" Facebook page joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss why some missing persons posts on social media turn out to be scams, why fake notices like these hurt real efforts to find missing people, and how to avoid these scams. Why do people run scams like this? What can families of missing people do to let people know their posts are legitimate? How can we avoid such scams? Join us for a f...
Sep 16, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 405
Retired NYPD Homicide Detective Sargent Joe Giacalone joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss happenings in true crime, including the Karen Read case in Boston, the upcoming Idaho 4 trial of Bryan Kohberger, the Long Island Serial Killer/Giglo Beach 4 suspect Rex Huermann, and much more. This bonus episode of "Mind Obver Murder" originally ran on May 13, 2024, You Tube: Welcome to My Channel: True Crime with the Sarge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q5AHcg92sA W...
Sep 12, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 404
Janette Edwards Santiago, older sister of Colonial Parkway Murders victim Robin Edwards, shares her thoughts on getting answers in her sister and David Knobling's murder with "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley. On January 8, 2024, Virginia State Police and FBI investigators announced that deceased suspect Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. had been liked to Robin and David's 1987 murder through DNA analysis, and that Wilmer had also been linked to the the 1989 rape/murder of Teresa How...
Sep 09, 2024•33 min•Season 5Ep. 403
"The Serial Killer's Apprentice: The True Story of How Houston's Deadliest Murderer Turned a Kid Into a Killing Machine" is the new book by authors Katherine Ramsland and Tracy Ullman. The authors join us for a fascinating discussion of killers Dean Corll, David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley worked together as victims and perpetrators. This bonus episode of Mind Over Murder prigianlly ran on April 15, 2024. Goodreads: The Serial Killer's Apprentice https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179846498-t...
Sep 05, 2024•57 min•Season 5Ep. 402
Author Reginald L Reed, Jr. joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss his powerful new memoir, "The Day My Mother Never Came Home." The book tells the story of the murder of Reggie's mother Selonia when Reggie was only 6 years old, and the indictment and trial of his father some 32 years later for his wife's cold case murder. He explores themes of grief, loss, and forgiveness as he outlines his own life experiences. Goodreads: The Day My Mother Never Came Home http...
Sep 02, 2024•37 min•Season 5Ep. 401
Dr. Mike Aamodt, the founder of the Serial Killer Database joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss how the database came into existence, how it helps academics, students and law enforcement investigators understand the lives and minds of serial killer, including Colonial Parkway Murders serial killer Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr. Wilmer was publicly identified as the murderer of Robin Edwards and David Knobling (1987 Colonial Parkway Murders) as well as 1989 Hampton V...
Aug 29, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 400
"Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley discuss the new article by Dublin based writer Mark O'Connell, "John Hinckley Jr and the Madness of American Political Violence," which ran in the New York Times Magazine on July 25, 2024. This new episode is Part 2 of 2. NYT: John Hinckley Jr and the Madness of American Political Violence https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/magazine/john-hinckley-jr-president-reagan-assassination.html Mark Olshaker on Release of Attempted Assassin John Hick...
Aug 26, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 399
In this bonus episode from 2022, Author Mark Olshaker joins Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the recent release of John Hinckley, Jr. the man who attempted to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Hinckley will be living in Williamsburg, Virginia after his release from from supervision following a lengthy stay in a mental hospital. Mark Olshaker Books with John Douglas: "When a Killer Calls" https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57094287-when-a-k...
Aug 22, 2024•40 min•Season 5Ep. 398
