Mind Over Murder

Check out the "DNA: ID" podcast with host Jessica Bettencourt as she talks with "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley about her show, which covers true crime casesthat have been solved using Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy. DNA: ID Podcast on Abjack Entertainment: https://www.abjackentertainment.com/dna-id DNA: ID Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/...

Join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we begin 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 2 of our discussion of Burden of Proof and this baffling case. This episode orig...

Renee Williams, Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime joins us to go over "8 Simple Rules for Being an Ethical True Crime Consumer." Mind Over Murder cohosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley join Renee for a fantastic conversation about how true crime media is changing-- for the better. 8 Simple Rules for Being an Ethical True Crime Consumer — CrimeCon 2023 panel https://www...

Join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we begin 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 1 of our discussion of Burden of Proof and this baffling case. This episode orig...

Investigator Lindsey Wade joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her inspiring new book, "In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares." Lindsey tells the amazing story of how she helped solve the Jennifer Bastian case, in which a young girl in Tacoma, Washington went for a bike ride in 1986 and never came home. Her body was found, but the case went co...

Former FBI profilers and Special Agents Jim Fitzgerald and Ray Carr join hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to fill us in on their new "Cold Red" true crime podcast. Longtime friends and colleagues, Fitz and Ray manage to be brilliant, thought provoking and funny all at the same time. They provide a behind the scenes look into their work of the exclusive Vidocq Society, where legendary crime exp...

Kathy Kleiner Rubin, who survived a brutal attack by serial killer Ted Bundy while she was college student at Florida State University, joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her inspiring new book, "A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy," written with Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi. Goodreads: A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy https://www.g...

Bestselling true crime author John Glatt join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a discussion of his new book, "The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family." This fascinating story gives the background on how a couple's obsessions led them to establish a cult that led them to madness and multiple murder. Lori Vallow is currently on tri...

Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we report on our recent trip to CrimeCon 2023 in Orlando, where 5-6000 true crime fans joined hundreds of true crime experts, investigators, forensic specialists, journalists, authors, television news, documentary and podcast hosts for three days of entertainment, education and advocacy. This is Part 2 of 2 parts of our report on Crim...

John Glatt, New York Times bestselling author of "Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege and the Murdaugh Family Murders" joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss his fascinating new book. The book was released August 8, 2023, and this podcast originally aired on August 7, 2023. Macmillan: Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders https://us.macmi...

Join "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we report on our recent trip to CrimeCon 2023 in Orlando, where 5-6000 true crime fans joined hundreds of true crime experts, investigators, forensic specialists, journalists, authors, television news, documentary and podcast hosts for three days of entertainment, education and advocacy. This is Part 1 of 2 parts of our report on Crim...

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...

Kim Cross, New York Times bestselling author of "In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child," joins "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley is discuss her powerful new book. In very parent's worst nightmare, 12 year old Polly Klass was kidnapped at knifepoint while at a slumber party in Petaluma, California. After a nation...

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...

An all-new episode of "Ask Us Anything: Colonial Parkway Murders Edition." Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast cohost Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we handle your tough questions in this challenging case involving the murder of at least 8 young people in and around Williamsburg, Virginia, still unsolved after 37 years. This is part 4 in this new series of episodes. WTKR News Channel 3: 35 Years La...

Kathryn "Kate" Miles, author of the award winning true crime book "Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders," talks of the impact of the book on the 1996 murder case of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans, as well as on her own life as an author and outdoorswoman. Published in hardcover and audiobook in 2022, the paperback of "Trailed" has just been released, with a limited televisi...

An all-new episode of "Ask Us Anything: Colonial Parkway Murders Edition." Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast cohost Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we handle your tough questions in this challenging case involving the murder of at least 8 young people in and around Williamsburg, Virginia, still unsolved after 37 years. This is part 3 in this new series of episodes. WTKR News Channel 3: 35 Years La...

Natalie and Derrica Wilson, co-founders of the "Black and Missing Foundation" join "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a fascinating conversation about their organization. Now heading towards their 15th anniversary, the Black and Missing Foundation has helped solve hundreds of missing cases through their advocacy. We discuss why black and brown cases struggle to get...

Robert Kolker, author of "Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery" sits down to talk with "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley. His book profiles five possible victims of the Gilgo Beach/Long Island Serial Killer, including Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Shannan Gilbert, Megan Waterman, and Amber Lynn Costello. Suspect Rex Heuermann was arrested July 14, and ch...

Author Ron Franscell joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss his new book "Shadowman," which covers a series of 1970's Montana murders solved by the team who were first to develop criminal profiling at the Behavioral Science Unit at FBI Quantico. This bonus episode originally ran in January 2023. Penguin: ShadowMan:An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI P...

An all-new episode of "Ask Us Anything: Colonial Parkway Murders Edition." Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast cohost Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we handle your tough questions in this challenging case involving the murder of at least 8 young people in and around Williamsburg, Virginia, still unsolved after 37 years. This is part 2 in this new series of episodes. WTKR News Channel 3: 35 Years La...

An all-new episode of "Ask Us Anything: Colonial Parkway Murders Edition." Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast cohost Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we handle your tough questions in this challenging case involving the murder of at least 8 young people in and around Williamsburg, Virginia, still unsolved after 37 years. This is part 1 in this new series of episodes. WTKR News Channel 3: 35 Years La...

Join author Jillian Lauren as she discusses her new book "Behold the Monster" about serial killer Samuel Little with "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley. How did Samuel Little become one of America's most prolific serial killers, confessing to killing at least 93 female victims, with 60 confirmed by the FBI? How did he fly under the radar for so many years, killing women acr...

Paul Wagner, award winning news reporter for WTOP Newsradio and NBC News 4 in Washington, DC takes us inside Season 3 of his "American Nightmare" podcast series for WTOP, and how genetic genealogy broke a true crime mystery, the case of the Potomac River Rapist, which had remained unsolved for more than 30 years. Join "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a fascinatin...

Join "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we discuss the Long Island Serial Killer/Gilgo Beach Murders and the recent arrest of suspect Rex Heuermann. Is he responsible for all of the LISK murders, or just the Gilgo Beach 4? Are there more than one killer on Long Island? How did Suffolk County drop the ball so badly in the LISK case? Can the new task force finally solve th...