Have you ever felt like starting again?

Quitting your 9-to-5, skipping town and escaping to the desert island of your dreams?

Well, that's exactly what Jane, Phil, and their three kids did,

when they traded their English home for a tropical island they bought online at a bargain price.

But soon they all discover that Paradise has its secrets because the locals claim the islands belong to them

and they say it's been sold illegally.

From Wondery, this is the price of Paradise, the real life story of an island dream that turns

into a living nightmare, one which leads to kidnap, corruption, and murder.

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Endless Stars, Endless Stars and Hot Humid Nights. A remote island. endless stars and hot humid nights.

A remote island off the coast of Nicaragua,

an island that's been home to an English family from Hampshire for the past seven months.

And for Jane Gaskin, this island has become her dream, her destiny. There's no going back, she says. Even if it all goes wrong and they end up penniless.

But now, as Jane looks at her three children and her partner Phil, it's clear that something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.

The Gaskin family is huddled together in a small fishing boat, in the middle of the night,

dressed in soggy pyjamas, shivering, and looming over them three masked men.

Just an hour ago, Jane was putting the kids to bed, cleaning their teeth, before they all crawled under their

mosquito nets to sleep. When an armed gang threw open the door and marched them off their

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