BONUS: Without Consent with Sarah Weinman

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Sarah Weinman about her book on the first spousal rape trial in America and its implications for women's rights.

"Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley are joined by Sarah Weinman, Canadian journalist, editor, and true crime columnist for the New York Times. They discuss her new book, "Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime." Her book tells the real-life story of the first spousal rape trail in America and urgent questions it raised about women's rights that would reverberate for decades. This bonus episode of "Mind Over Murder" originally ran on December 8, 2025 Sarah Weinman: Writer, Editor, Crime Lady: https://www.sarahweinman.com/ Sarah Weinman Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Weinman NBC: FBI Norfolk field office links deceased suspect to additional Colonial Parkway Murders In January 2026, the FBI announced Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. is responsible for the 1986 Virginia murders of Cathleen Thomas and Rebecca Dowski. https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/colonial-parkway-murders-cathleen-thomas-rebecca-dowski-resolved-rcna255097 American Detective TV series: Colonial Parkway Murders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3rNRZnL0E Washingtonian: A Murder on the Rappahannock River…

People in this episode

Hosts: William F. Thomas, Kristin M. Dilley

Guest: Sarah Weinman

Topics covered

• spousal rape
• women's rights
• true crime
• journalism
• legal history

Keywords

• spousal rape
• true crime
• Sarah Weinman
• women's rights
• legal history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, FBI

Books & works: Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

Places: Virginia

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