Ted Bundy escapes from a Colorado jail and winds up in Florida, where he murders two Florida State University coeds and critically injures three more. Then he travels to Lake City, where he abducts a school girl in broad daylight and kills her.

Special guests: Former state attorney John Tanner and Ocala-Star Banner reporter Joe Callahan.

Ted Bundy escapes from a Colorado jail and winds up in Florida, where he murders two Florida State University coeds and critically injures three more. Then he travels to Lake City, where he abducts a school girl in broad daylight and kills her. Special guests: Former state attorney John Tanner and Ocala-Star Banner reporter Joe Callahan.

Ted Bundy, One Depraved Sinner, Part 2 - Ep 66

Gary Ray Bowles goes on a murdering spree 25 years ago up and down the Interstate 95 corridor from Daytona Beach to suburban Maryland. The "I-95 Killer" becomes the 99th death row inmate to be executed in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Special guests: Jacksonville prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda; retired Daytona Beach police detectives Alison Sylvester and Tom Youngman; retired Savannah, Ga., police captain John Best; true crime author Victoria Redstall; and close friend of Bowles' fourth victim, Lisa Bettini

Gary Ray Bowles goes on a murdering spree 25 years ago up and down the Interstate 95 corridor from Daytona Beach to suburban Maryland. The "I-95 Killer" becomes the 99th death row inmate to be executed in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
Special guests: Jacksonville prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda; retired Daytona Beach police detectives Alison Sylvester and Tom Youngman; retired Savannah, Ga., police captain John Best; true crime author Victoria Redstall; and close friend of Bowles' fourth victim, Lisa Bettini

Gary Ray Bowles goes on a murdering spree 25 years ago up and down the Interstate 95 corridor from Daytona Beach to suburban Maryland. The "I-95 Killer" becomes the 99th death row inmate to be executed in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

A Serial Killer's End - Ep. 74

Police name a suspect in the 14-year-old Daytona Serial Killer case; the same suspect charged in the 2016 death of a prostitute in Palm Beach County. Susan Perkins died after jumping from a moving car in an effort to escape her kidnapper in Altamonte Springs 15 years ago. The case remains unsolved.

Special guests: Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, former Daytona Beach News-Journal reporters Lyda Longa and Seth Robbins, Altamonte Springs Police Detective Bill Nuzzi and Perkins' sister Sara Wakefield.

Police name a suspect in the 14-year-old Daytona Serial Killer case; the same suspect charged in the 2016 death of a prostitute in Palm Beach County. Susan Perkins died after jumping from a moving car in an effort to escape her kidnapper in Altamonte Springs 15 years ago. The case remains unsolved.
Special guests: Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, former Daytona Beach News-Journal reporters Lyda Longa and Seth Robbins, Altamonte Springs Police Detective Bill Nuzzi and Perkins' sister Sara Wakefield.

Police name a suspect in the 14-year-old Daytona Serial Killer case; the same suspect charged in the 2016 death of a prostitute in Palm Beach County. Susan Perkins died after jumping from a moving car in an effort to escape her kidnapper in Altamonte Springs 15 years ago. The case remains unsolved.  Special guests: Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, former Daytona Beach News-Journal reporters Lyda Longa and Seth Robbins, Altamonte Springs Police Detective Bill Nuzzi and Perkins' sister Sara Wakefield.

A Fatal Escape - Ep 75

Aileeen Wuornos murdered seven men 30 years ago up and down Central Florida and remains the most recent woman executed in Florida.

Guests: Defense attorney and special prosecutor David Damore, , former Volusia County Sheriff Bob Vogel, Ocala Star-Banner reporter Joe Callahan, and former Star-Banner reporter Laura Byrnes.

Aileeen Wuornos murdered seven men 30 years ago up and down Central Florida and remains the most recent woman executed in Florida.
Guests: Defense attorney and special prosecutor David Damore, , former Volusia County Sheriff Bob Vogel, Ocala Star-Banner reporter Joe Callahan, and former Star-Banner reporter Laura Byrnes.

Aileen Wuornos: Eyes That Looked Like They Had Killed - Ep 76

George Trofimoff sold secrets to the Soviet Union and became the highest-ranking U.S. military officer ever convicted of espionage.

Special guest: Former AP reporter Vickie Chachere

George Trofimoff sold secrets to the Soviet Union and became the highest-ranking U.S. military officer ever convicted of espionage.
Special guest: Former AP reporter Vickie Chachere

The Soviet Spy of Melbourne - Ep 73

A Winter Park developer is accused of drugging and sexually battering a woman in his Flagler County home, and a look-back at the 2001 disappearance of Lillian Martin and her grandson, Joshua Bryant. The case was solved three years later following a deadly, 600-mile rampage from Lake Helen to the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.

Special guests: Flagler County Sheriff's Cpl. George Hristakopoulos, News-Journal politics editor Mark Harper, Wall Street Journal reporter Alicia Caldwell and Volusia County Sheriff's Sgt. A.J. Pagliari.

A Winter Park developer is accused of drugging and sexually battering a woman in his Flagler County home, and a look-back at the 2001 disappearance of Lillian Martin and her grandson, Joshua Bryant. The case was solved three years later following a deadly, 600-mile rampage from Lake Helen to the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.
Special guests: Flagler County Sheriff's Cpl. George Hristakopoulos, News-Journal politics editor Mark Harper, Wall Street Journal reporter Alicia Caldwell and Volusia County Sheriff's Sgt. A.J. Pagliari.

The Deltona Vanishing - Ep 72

A man wanted on sex crimes in California is found living near Key West under an alias, and the case of two victims burned to death 38 years ago in Brooksville remains unsolved.

Special guests: Victim's sister Kellie Davidson and retired sheriff's deputy Greg Laxton

A man wanted on sex crimes in California is found living near Key West under an alias, and the case of two victims burned to death 38 years ago in Brooksville remains unsolved.
Special guests: Victim's sister Kellie Davidson and retired sheriff's deputy Greg Laxton

The El Camino Inferno - Ep 71

Daytona Beach police announce the arrest of a suspected serial rapist linked to 7 cases and cold case investigators discuss the unsolved murder of 15-year-old Laralee Spear, who was murdered moments after getting off the bus down the road from her DeLand-area home. The investigation has continued for 25 years.

Special guests: Volusia County Sheriff's Sgt. A.J. Pagliari, Detective Steve White, cold case investigator Ralph Henshaw and retired DeLand police captain Pete Moon

Daytona Beach police announce the arrest of a suspected serial rapist linked to 7 cases and cold case investigators discuss the unsolved murder of 15-year-old Laralee Spear, who was murdered moments after getting off the bus down the road from her DeLand-area home. The investigation has continued for 25 years.
Special guests: Volusia County Sheriff's Sgt. A.J. Pagliari, Detective Steve White, cold case investigator Ralph Henshaw and retired DeLand police captain Pete Moon

Daytona Beach police announce the arrest of a suspected serial rapist linked to 7 cases and cold case investigators discuss the unsolved murder of 15-year-old Laralee Spear, who was murdered moments after getting off the bus down the road from her DeLand-area home. The investigation has continued for 25 years.  Special guests: Volusia County Sheriff's Sgt. A.J. Pagliari, Detective Steve White, cold case investigator Ralph Henshaw and retired DeLand police captain Pete Moon

Who Killed Laralee Spear? - Ep 70

Mark Fyke, 18, of Ontario, was fatally shot at a payphone in Daytona Beach. The slaying caused an uproar in Fyke's hometown of Belleville and had a lasting impact on international tourism.


Special guests: Former News-Journal reporter Joe Ditzler, Daytona Beach Welcome Center manager Scott Edwards, News-Journal columnist Mark Lane and Canadian journalist Rob Russo.

Mark Fyke, 18, of Ontario, was fatally shot at a payphone in Daytona Beach. The slaying caused an uproar in Fyke's hometown of Belleville and had a lasting impact on international tourism.
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The Murder That Ended Canadian Spring Break - Ep 69

Linda Cooney shoots her ex-husband in Juno Beach in front of their young sons and gets acquitted. Two decades later, in Las Vegas, Cooney gets convicted of shooting and paralyzing her oldest son ... with the same gun she used on her husband. Special guests: Palm Beach Post investigative reporter Christine Stapleton and Assistant State Attorney Pete Magrino.

<div>Linda Cooney shoots her ex-husband in Juno Beach in front of their young sons and gets acquitted. Two decades later, in Las Vegas, Cooney gets convicted of shooting and paralyzing her oldest son ... with the same gun she used on her husband.</div>
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<div>Special guests: Palm Beach Post investigative reporter Christine Stapleton and Assistant State Attorney Pete Magrino.</div>

A Woman and a Gun: The Story of Linda Cooney - Ep 68

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