Murder On The Space Coast

Bonus episode: FLORIDA TODAY's John A. Torres explains a bit of the backstory of our journey to telling you about the Gayden case.

Episode 6: A federal judge lays into the man who prescribed more opiates in six months than the state of California, calling him a “monster.”

Episode 5: Dr. Gayden uses his opiate-induced influence on underage girls.

Episode 4: As more and more people die from Oxycodone overdoses, police begin connecting the deaths to one doctor in the area.

Episode 3: A Melbourne teenager falls deeper into addiction thanks to Dr. John Gayden.

Episode 2: A pill mill doctor’s office is so busy that a hot dog stand is set up to accommodate all the people waiting to get their pain pills.

Episode 1: Years after a notorious pill mill doctor is put out of business, violence and addiction wash over a once idyllic beachfront community.

Based in the small beachside community of Indialantic, Florida, the long-awaited sixth season of the award-winning true crime podcast Murder on the Space Coast is nearly ready to drop. Listen to all our previous episodes before we dive into our next story: Monster on the Beach.  

Murder on the Space Coast season 6 is currently in production. While you wait for it to drop, check out The Last Ride - a series produced by our friends here in the USA Today Network of Florida.

With the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reversing Crosley Green’s previous victory of a new trial, his lawyers are hoping to get his case in front of the highest court in the land – The U.S. Supreme Court.

After 32 years in prison, Crosley Green was released – pending the outcome of the state’s appeal. He talks prison, family, his lawyers and ice cream with host John A. Torres. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A potential deal between Crutchley and the prosecutor’s office falls apart. Other suspects emerge in Tammy’s disappearance and can being obsessed with murder save your life? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Crutchley, the ‘Vampire Rapist,’ seems one step ahead of police at all times as they struggle to prove he was a serial killer responsible for killing numerous local women. And why are we, as a society, obsessed with murder? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nearly 40 years after she went missing, local beauty queen Tammy Lynn Leppert’s disappearance continues to baffle. Could there be a simple explanation? Could she have been one of the first victims in Brevard County for John Crutchley, the notorious ‘Vampire Rapist’? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Having already spent 36 years in prison for a murder many doubt he committed, Gary Bennett finally gets some good news in the form of a top law firm taking his case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crosley Green dreams of freedom while his attorneys prepare for a worst-case scenario. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Federal Court rules that Crosley Green should get a new trial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could troubling DNA results derail convicted killer Crosley Green’s fight for freedom? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A private eye succeeds in getting Crosley Green’s story national media coverage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While Crosley sits on death row, a Chicago private eye investigates his case ten years after conviction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.