A late-night romantic drive turns into a nightmare as a young Titusville couple are kidnapped at gunpoint and driven to a deserted orange grove in the middle of the might where gunshots change three lives forever.

A late-night romantic drive turns into a nightmare as a young Titusville couple are kidnapped at gunpoint and driven to a deserted orange grove in the middle of the might where gunshots change three lives forever.

An unsympathetic victim, a prosecutor's conviction playbook, a missing mother of two and a tale of lie after lie after lie. Across four seasons, Murder on the Space Coast has explored each of these heartbreaking true-crime stories based in Central Florida.

An unsympathetic victim, a prosecutor's conviction playbook, a missing mother of two and a tale of lie after lie after lie. Across four seasons, Murder on the Space Coast has explored each of these heartbreaking true-crime stories based in Central Florida.

True-crime stories from Florida's Space Coast

Murder On The Space Coast

FLORIDA TODAY's award-winning podcast is back for its fifth season with an in-depth and timely look at the conviction of a Titusville man sentenced to die after a shooting at a north Brevard orange grove in the late 1980s left a 22-year-old man dead. 

FLORIDA TODAY's award-winning podcast is back for its fifth season with an in-depth and timely look at the conviction of a Titusville man sentenced to die after a shooting at a north Brevard orange grove in the late 1980s left a 22-year-old man dead.&nbsp;

Murder on the Space Coast: Left to Die

An unsympathetic victim, a prosecutor's conviction playbook, a missing mother of two, a family of liars and a murder in an orange grove. Across multiple seasons, Murder on the Space Coast has explored each of these heartbreaking true-crime stories based in Central Florida.

An unsympathetic victim, a prosecutor's conviction playbook, a missing mother of two, a family of liars and a murder in an orange grove. Across multiple seasons, Murder on the Space Coast has explored each of these heartbreaking true-crime stories based in Central Florida.

2: The Orange Grove

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

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

How We Got Here

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

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

“Young girls”

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 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.

2: The Orange Grove

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