New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman joins Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss his new true crime book, "Blood in the Water: The Untold Story of a Family Tragedy." The book tells the amazing true mystery of Nathan Carman, who was accused of both killing his mother on a family fishing trip in the North Atlantic, as well as being suspected of shooting his multimillionaire grandfather to death, all in pursuit of wealth and power. The book launches on April 8,...
Mar 17, 2025•44 min•Season 6Ep. 457
Longtime Boston Globe reporter Stephen Kurkjian joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to talk about his book, "Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist." This is Part 1 of our discussion with Steve about the 1990 theft of 13 masterworks taken from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, still not recovered after 34 years. This bonus report originally ran on May 2, 2024. Master Thieves The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's G...
Mar 13, 2025•36 min•Season 6Ep. 456
Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a case update on the Colonial Parkway Murders in Virginia. More than a year has gone by since the FBI and Virginia State Police announced in January 2024 that Robin Edwards and David Knobling had been killed by Lancaster, Virginia waterman Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr, and that Wilmer's DNA also tied him to the 1989 murder of Teresa Howell. How does this suspect, who died in 2017, connect to the other Colonial Parkway Murders? W...
Mar 10, 2025•47 min•Season 6Ep. 455
Longtime Boston Globe reporter Stephen Kurkjian joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to talk about his book, "Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist." This is Part 1 of our discussion with Steve about the 1990 theft of 13 masterworks taken from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, still not recovered after 34 years. This bonus report originally ran on April 29, 2024. Master Thieves The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World'...
Mar 06, 2025•35 min•Season 6Ep. 454
Author and advocate Ashley Spence joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her new book "Silent Witness: How DNA Uncovered the Truth and Empowered My Healing." Ashley, a sexual assault survivor herself, founded the DNA Justice Project to advocate how forensic DNA can change lives, transform justice and prevent crimes before they happen. Goodreads: Silent Witness: How DNA Uncovered the Truth and Empowered My Healing https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222721460-...
Mar 03, 2025•40 min•Season 6Ep. 453
Reknowned investigator Lindsey Wade, author of the new book "In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares" (nominated for a CrimeCon CLUE Award) joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the CODIS Gap. Why are so many offenders, including rapists, murderers and even serial killers not found in the CODIS DNA database? Why does the United States have 50 sets of rules, one for each state, as to how DNA samples are handled and uploaded to CODIS? How many of...
Feb 27, 2025•49 min•Season 6Ep. 452
Author and podcaster Kate Winkler Dawson joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her new book, "The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder and the Real Hester Prynne." We also touch on "Buried Bones," her historical true crime podcast with investigator Paul Holes. The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder and the Real Hester Prynne: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727618/the-sinners-all-bow-by-kate-winkler-dawson/ Buried Bones Podcast: https://www.e...
Feb 24, 2025•49 min•Season 6Ep. 451
Join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley and our MC, Sheryl "Mac" McCollum, with our live panel discussion at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, held May 30, 2024. This live recording is courtesy of the team at CrimeCon, and originally aired on June 24, 2024. 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...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 450
Join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they meet award winning author and historian Anne Soon Choi to discuss her new book "L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood," which tells the story of one of America's most prominent medical examiners. Dr. Noguchi's outstanding and sometimes controversial work earned him the nickname "Coroner to the Stars." L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood book: https://thirdstatebooks.com/pages/la-coroner Amazon: ...
Feb 17, 2025•43 min•Season 6Ep. 449
Kathryn "Kate" Miles, bestselling author of "Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenadoah Murders" joins "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the recent FBI announcement that the 1996 murder of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans has been solved. With the news that deceased suspect Walter "Leo" Jackson, Sr. has been connected to the murder via DNA, why is the FB being so secretive about how the case was solved? Why are press conferences being scheduled wit...
Feb 13, 2025•44 min•Season 6Ep. 448
Kathryn "Kate" Miles, bestselling author of "Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenadoah Murders" joins "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the recent FBI announcement that the 1996 murder of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans has been solved. With the news that deceased suspect Walter "Leo" Jackson, Sr. has been connected to the murder via DNA, why is the FB being so secretive about how the case was solved? Why are press conferences being scheduled wit...
Feb 10, 2025•50 min•Season 6Ep. 447
Bestselling author Ron Peterson Jr joins "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to talk about his brand new book "In the Wind: The Disappearance of Janice Starr" which tells the story of groundbreaking female detective Kay Shucker, who helped solve the case of an Old Dominion University student who went missing in 1981. It is an amazing story with twists and turns that could have been fiction-- except it is all true. In the Wind: The Disappearance of Janice Starr https:/...
Feb 06, 2025•48 min•Season 6Ep. 446
Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they present a live podcast event on "Advocacy in the Colonial Parkway Murders." The event was recorded before a live audience at the Montclair Public Library in Prince William County, Virginia on Saturday, January 25, 2025. 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-mur...
Feb 03, 2025•49 min•Season 6Ep. 445
"Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley offer our observations about of the new HBO true crime documentary series "Burden of Proof," which covers the disappearance of 15 year old student Jennifer Pandos who went missing from her parent's home in Williamsburg, Virginia in February 1987. This is Part 5 of our discussion of Burden of Proof, and originally ran on July 17, 2023. We also begin a discussion of the 40 year old Tylenol Murders case. With the death of longtime Tylenol s...
Jan 30, 2025•36 min•Season 6Ep. 444
Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we offer a True Crime News Roundup, with new reporting on DNA tests in the Jack the Ripper case, Bryan Kohberger's defense moves in the Idaho 4 murder case, latest developments in the Isle of Wight Virginia bombmaking suspect, and staff changes in the FBI investigative team in the Colonial Parkway Murders. CBS News: Jack the Ripper victim's relative demands new inquest after possible DNA breakthrough: "A form of justice" htt...
Jan 28, 2025•43 min•Season 6Ep. 443
Investigator Wendi Reed joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we continue our analysis of the new HBO true crime documentary series "Burden of Proof," which covers the disappearance of 15 year old student Jennifer Pandos who went missing from her parent's home in Williamsburg, Virginia in February 1987. Wendi was the lead invetigator for the James City County Police Department in the Jennifer Pandos case for several years. This is Part 3 of our discussion of Burden ...
Jan 23, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 442
Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we discuss the New York Times Magazine article by Pamela Colloff: "He Dialed 911 to Save His Baby. Then His Children Were Taken Away. The controversial medical diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome can send parents to jail. What if the symptoms are caused by something else?" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/magazine/shaken-baby-syndrome-diagnosis.html Coming up on Saturday, January 25, 2025: By the Book: A True Crime MiniCon i...
Jan 20, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 441
Filmmaker Cynthia Hill and victim advocate Stephen Pandos join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we continue our analysis of the new HBO true crime documentary series "Burden of Proof," which covers the disappearance of 15 year old student Jennifer Pandos who went missing from her parent's home in Williamsburg, Virginia in February 1987. This is Part 4 of our discussion of Burden of Proof and this baffling case. This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran ...
Jan 17, 2025•44 min•Season 6Ep. 440
Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Kristin Dilley and Bill Thomas as we discuss our upcoming live podcast event at the Montclair, Virginia Library set for Saturday, January 25, 2025, the December 17 arrest of a Smithfield, VA man with more than 150 pipe bombs, and the frustrating radio silence from FBI and Virginia State Police in the Colonial Parkway Murders. By the Book: A True Crime MiniCon in Montcalir, Virginia https://pwcgov.libnet.info/event/12039401?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3GKhwvIBmPODSgx_...
Jan 13, 2025•41 min•Season 6Ep. 439
Renowned foresnics psychologist Katherine Ramsland joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss how we can identify psychopaths in our midst, whether they be be criminials, our former spouses and partners, or the kid next door. Dr. Ramsland has written 70 books, and is the Assistant Provost at DeSales University in Pennsylvania. Her latest novel is "Ice Cream Man," and her book, "In the Damage Path (Nut Cracker Investigations, Book 2) was released in August 2023. T...
Jan 09, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 438
Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a 2025 update in the Colonial Parkway Murders case, along with an apology for our recent misstatement regarding the "Murder Sheet" podcast. When will the Colonial Parkway Murders be solved? After the January 8, 2024 FBI/VSP announcement solving the 1988 murder of Robin Edwards and David Knobling linking their case to the 1989 murder of Teresa Lynn Howell, when will the other CPM cases be solved? What is holding up additional forens...
Jan 06, 2025•43 min•Season 6Ep. 437
Richard Foster, author of "Southern Nightmare: The Hunt for the Southside Strangler," which tells the true crime story of Richmond's notorious seral killer and the first murder case in the U.S. to be solved with DNA, joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley. Southern Nightmare started out a successful true crime podcast hosted by Richard Foster before he continued his research to create this award-winning non-fiction book. Join us for a fascinating, and chilling, conversa...
Jan 02, 2025•41 min•Season 6Ep. 436
Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss the sentencing of the suspect in the 2017 murders of teenagers Liberty German and Abigail Wiliams in Delphi, Indiana, as well as the arrest of the suspect in the December 2024 assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. New York Times: Indiana Man Sentenced to 130 Years for Killing 2 Teenage Girls https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/us/richard-allen-delphi-murders-sentencing.html CNN: UnitedHealthcare CEO shoo...
Dec 30, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 435
Veteran Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Baden joins "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss his amazing new book "American Autopsy: One Medical Examiner's Decades-Long Fight for Racial Justice in a Broken Legal System." This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran on July 13, 2023. Penguin Random House Books: "American Autopsy: One Medical Examiner's Decades-Long Fight for Racial Justice in a Broken Legal System." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/book...
Dec 28, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 434
James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, writer/producers of "McMillions: The Absolutely True Story of How and Unlikely Pair of FBI Agents Brought Down the Most Supersized Fraud in Fast Food History" join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a great discussion of their true crime series, book and podcasts. McMillions HBO Series: https://www.hbo.com/mc-millions Goodreads: McMillions: The Absolutely True Story of How an Unlikely Pair of FBI Agents Brought Down the Most Supersi...
Dec 23, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 433
Join Mind Over Murder true crime podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they read "A Visit from St. Nicholas," more popularly known as "Twas the Night Before Christmas" by author Clement C. Moore. This was originally read by Kristin and Bill in December 2021, and it is back by popular demand! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from Mind Over Murder. Whatever you celebrate, stay healthy and healthy in the New Year. Kristin Dilley and Bill Thomas Theme song: "We Wish you a...
Dec 19, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 432
Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they feature the True Crime Holiday Gift Guide for 2024. This list has all of gift items which are just right for the true crime fan in your life. Happy Holidays to one and all! 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_campa...
Dec 16, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 431
Welcome to "Mind Over Murder." In this episode, hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley bring in forensic genealogist Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick to discuss her work in this new field, followed by her key role in breaking the Canal Killer case. This is part 2 of a 2 part episode. This bonus episode originally ran on May 25, 2020. 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 y...
Dec 12, 2024•55 min•Season 5Ep. 430
Welcome to "Mind Over Murder." In this episode, hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley bring in forensic genealogist Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick to discuss her work in this new field, followed by her key role in breaking the Canal Killer case. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. This bonus episode originally ran on May 18, 2020. 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 y...
Dec 09, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 429
Former prosecutor Francey Hakes co-hosts the "Best Case/Worst Case" podcast with former FBI profiler Jim Clemente for XG Productions in Los Angeles. Francey updates "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley on their latest podcast project, "Midwest Monster: The Hunt for the Kansas College Rapist" on Audible. This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran on October 24, 2022. "Midwest Monster: The Hunt for the Kansas College Rapist" via Audible: https://www.audible.com/p...
Dec 05, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 428
