Mind Over Murder

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...

Ann Burgess is a forensic Nurse and the real life mind hunter and researcher who worked with John Douglas, Robert Ressler and other legendary FBI profilers in profiling some of the most dangerous serial killers ever. Ann and her co-writer Steven Constantine join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss their new book, "A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Q...

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 ve...

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...

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...

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...

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 pl...

"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 crim...

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 mariju...

"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 crim...

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 laws...

"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 crim...

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 c...

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 we...

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 a...

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 we...

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...

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 we...

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...

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 complicat...

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 t...

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 complicat...

Steve French, the host of the "Unsolved Mysteries" podcast joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the popular podcast version of the legendary TV show, his career in voiceover, how the mix of supernatural and true crime topics works, and how much he has learned about working in the true crime space over the last few years. An upbeat and fun conversation unfolds, w...

"Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley discuss the probable cause affidavits filed against producer and star Alec Baldwin and head armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed in the 2021 accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halnya Hutchins on the set of "Rust," a western movie being shot in New Mexico. After a civil suit with Hutchins' husband was settled, will Baldwin and Reed...

Former Federal and State Prosecutor Francey Hakes, co-host of the "Best Case Worst Case" podcast with Jim Clemente, joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss the recent Virginia school shooting. Who is liable when a 6 year old child brings a gun to school and shoots his teacher in the classroom? What can be done to prevent tragedies like this? What can America due...