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Podcast: Mind Over Murder
Episode: NEW: Chasing the Squirrel with Ron Peterson, Jr.
Description: 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 marijuana from rural Virginia to the Caribbean in the 1980s? Was Wally Thrasher killed in a plane crash in Belize, or was the fiery crash staged in order to allow him to start...