Have you ever felt like escaping to your own desert island?

Jane Gaskin did exactly that, trading in the family home to begin a new life in the

tropics.

But she soon discovers that Paradise has its secrets.

I'm Alice Levine, and this is the price of Paradise,

the island dream that ends in kidnap, corruption, and murder.

Wish you were here. Follow the price of Paradise Now, wherever you listen to podcasts. This podcast contains adult language and content.

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Enjoy the show. The So, This happened years ago when I got my first actual job. I was working at a family friends restaurant when I heard

about some website where I could meet pen pals from all around the world. I didn't

think much of it I figured it was harmless. I thought that it would be a cool way to find people from outside the country to chat with.

Learn about some other cultures and their traditions, you know, that kind of stuff.

I figured I would be keeping things general,

and I wasn't going to give out any deeply personal information about myself. I was bored and I had

no friends in my city, since all my friends were back in my

hometown I wanted to fill the time combat loneliness and talk to people so I thought

that this was a good solution. I made a simple profile, stated what kind of friends that I was

interested in making and other basic things. After about a month I received a message from a man.

I don't remember what the message said word for word but in a

nutshell it said, hi I found your profile and I'm very interested in being friends.

He then stated that he was living in the same state as me.

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