Mind Over Murder

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a bonus episode they interview forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick. How are cold cases solved using DNA? Can this amazing science be used to solve more of America's 200,000 cold case homicides and a similar number of untested rape kits across the country? This is Part 1. Check out our new line of "Mind Over Murder" t-shirts and ot...

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 for a bonus episode as they provide their True Crime Bookshelf: Best Book recommendations. All of the ideas you need for any true crime fan on your holiday list. This is Part 2 of 2. Check out our new line of "Mind Over Murder" t-shirts and other good stuff ! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mind-over-murder-podcast?ref_id=23885 Featured C...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they discuss what went wrong on the movie set of "Rust" that led Alec Baldwin to accidentally shoot and kill Halyna Hutchins, the director of photography for the $7 million low budget Western being produced in New Mexico. Was there negligence? Who may be liable for her death? What happens next? New York Times: "A Call of ‘Cold Gun!’ A L...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a bonus episode as they provide their True Crime Bookshelf: Best Book recommendations. All of the ideas you need for any true crime fan on your holiday list. This is Part 1 of 2. Check out our new line of "Mind Over Murder" t-shirts and other good stuff ! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mind-over-murder-podcast?ref_id=23885 Featured C...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they provide their new True Crime Holiday Gift Guide for 2021! All of the ideas you need for any true crime fan on your list. Recommended: Little Sister by Lana Wood https://www.amazon.com/Little-Sister-Investigation-Mysterious-Natalie/dp/0063081628/ The Darkest Places: Unsolved Mysteries, True Crime and Harrowing Disasters in the Wilde...

Welcome to "Mind Over Murder." In this episode, hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley interview DNA expert Rock Harmon on the "CODIS Gap." Why are thousands of felony inmates and parolees not in the CODIS system? What can be done to correct this CODIS Gap? This is part 2 in a new 2 part discussion with Rock Harmon, who worked on hundreds of cases including the OJ Simpson, Grim Sleeper and Golden St...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they provide a status report on the Colonial Parkway Murders. Is it one killer or four or more offenders? Where does the Colonial Parkway Murders case go from here? What do the families want? Is the search for answers the same as the search for justice? New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkw...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they interview DNA expert Rock Harmon on the "CODIS Gap." Why are thousands of felony inmates and parolees not in the CODIS system? What can be done to correct this CODIS Gap? This is part 1 in a new 2 part discussion with Rock Harmon, who worked on hundreds of cases including the OJ Simpson, Grim Sleeper and Golden State Killer cases,...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they interview William and Jennifer Phelps, brother and sister-in-law of Annamaria Phelps, final victim in the Colonial Parkway Murders along with her boyfriend's brother Daniel Lauer. Can new leads for longtime suspects be brought to justice in the fourth incident in the unsolved Colonial Parkway Murders? New Article in Virginia Gazett...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley in a fascinating conversation with David Rambo, writer and producer on the hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. This is part 3 of a 3 part episode. David Rambo: https://www.davidrambo.com/ New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkway Murders Still Searching for Answers, Hope DNA Advances wil...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they analyze what went wrong on the movie set of "Rust" that led Alec Baldwin to accidentally shoot and kill Halyna Hutchins, the director of photography for the $7 million Western being produced in New Mexico? New York Times: "A Call of ‘Cold Gun!’ A Live Round. And Death on a Film Set" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/30/movies/alec-ba...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley in a fascinating conversation with David Rambo, writer and producer on the hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. This is part 2 of a 3 part episode. David Rambo: https://www.davidrambo.com/ New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkway Murders Still Searching for Answers, Hope DNA Advances wil...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley in conversation with with former FBI Profiler Jim Clemente, who has gone on to great success as a television writer and producer with the series Criminal Minds, producing hit TV shows, audio books and other content through his own XG Productions and co-hosting the popular True Crime Profile podcast. Jim Clemente: https://jimclemente.com/ N...

Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley in a fascinating conversation with David Rambo, writer and producer on the hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. This is part 1 of a 3 part episode. David Rambo: https://www.davidrambo.com/ New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkway Murders Still Searching for Answers, Hope DNA Advances wil...

Our 100th episode! Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley with Ginny Minarik, sister-in-law to Colonial Parkway Murders victim Becky Dowski. She remembers Becky, explains how her former husband Bob and Ginny learned the facts of Becky's murder, and gives us the background on Becky's jealous former boyfriend who remains a person of interest in the case. New Article in Virgini...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a bonus episode as we present an encore of an interview with David Mittelman, CEO of Othram, the Houston DNA lab that is breaking cold cases across the United States and Canada. This is Part 3. Othram's DNAsolves.com website featuring their newest cases: https://dnasolves.com/ New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a bonus episode as we present an encore of an interview with David Mittelman, CEO of Othram, the Houston DNA lab that is breaking cold cases across the United States and Canada. This is Part 2. Othram's DNAsolves.com website featuring their newest cases: https://dnasolves.com/ New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a bonus episode as we present an encore of an interview with David Mittelman, CEO of Othram, the Houston DNA lab that is breaking cold cases across the United States and Canada. This is Part 1. Othram's DNAsolves.com website featuring their newest cases: https://dnasolves.com/ New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we report on our recent trip to Savannah to attend the Savannah Crime Expo. New Article in Medium: The Colonial Parkway Murders — A Tale of Two Killers? By Quinn Zane https://medium.com/unburied/the-colonial-parkway-murders-a-tale-of-two-killers-1e8fda367a48 Savannah Crime Expo Information: https://savannahcrimeexpo.com/ Washington P...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we explore the still open question as to whether author Patricia Cornwell's 1992 bestseller "All That Remains" is really the thinly disguised story of the Colonial Parkway Murders. The book was written while Patricia Cornwell was working in the Commonwealth of Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner's Office and would have had access to th...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for a bonus episode as we discuss developments in the Gabby Petito case and try to answer whether the true crime community is helping or hindering the investigation. Medium: The Colonial Parkway Murders — A Tale of Two Killers? By Quinn Zane https://medium.com/unburied/the-colonial-parkway-murders-a-tale-of-two-killers-1e8fda367a48 New...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we explore the still open question as to whether author Patricia Cornwell's 1992 bestseller "All That Remains" is really the thinly disguised story of the Colonial Parkway Murders. The book was written while Patricia Cornwell was working in the Commonwealth of Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner's Office and would have had access to th...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we explore the still open question as to whether author Patricia Cornwell's 1992 bestseller "All That Remains" is really the thinly disguised story of the Colonial Parkway Murders. The book was written while Patricia Cornwell was working in the Commonwealth of Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner's Office and would have had access to th...

Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as we answer your new listener questions in the Colonial Parkway Murders, still unsolved after nearly 35 years. This is part 2. New Article in Medium: The Colonial Parkway Murders — A Tale of Two Killers? By Quinn Zane https://medium.com/unburied/the-colonial-parkway-murders-a-tale-of-two-killers-1e8fda367a48 New feature article in the...