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Hey, everyone, Elisa Donovan here, back with a new episode of Killer Thriller.

Today on Killer Thriller, we are talking about the case of Adam Walsh, which is the story of a young boy who was kidnapped from a shopping mall and brutally murdered.

And his father, John Walsh, went on to become the face of America's Most Wanted.

And he and his wife Ravei co-founded the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

It is a truly extraordinary story.

And my guest today is Joe Beth Williams, who plays Ravei Walsh, in the TV movie, Adam.

And we, I just first before we even get into that, we just did the interview.

And I really need to break it down with my producer, Chrissy.

Let's talk about, I had no idea that we were going to learn that he spent so much

time with them, that they were on the set.

This is like our first guest that really was being coached on what the real feelings of these real people were in real time. And that to me

just blows my mind. It completely blew my mind as well. And she is such a, I mean, she is a queen,

first of all. Let's just say that outright. Joe Beth Williams is just one of the greats of all time. And what a lovely

person. I truly feel like it was a gift that I got to speak with this woman. And she just,

the nuance and the care, like she just was living it in real time. And I just, I can't, I can't get over it. I mean, let's like

break it down, right? So, like, for, for people who don't really know, like, I mean, nowadays,

people don't really know what malls are, but that's not really exist. That, fair, fair. But like, like like tell me like break like the mall situation down and how it'll

to me to me one of the things as as a mother the thing I think about so much is that this mother just brought her child to the store.

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