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Even the Rich

Listen Now: The Price of Paradise

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.311.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

When ex-Bunny girl Jayne Gaskin spots the desert island of her dreams for sale online, she decides to risk it all. Trading in their English village home, Jayne and her family relocate to their own private paradise, just off the coast of Nicaragua. And a reality TV crew follows them to film a new show, No Going Back. But soon they all discover that paradise has its secrets. The locals claim the island belongs to them, and it’s been sold illegally. Jayne’s not leaving without a fight. A fight that will soon turn deadly.


Hosted by Alice Levine.


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0:00.0

Have you ever felt like quitting your job and escaping to the desert island of your dreams?

0:04.8

I mean, only on days that end in why, but there it is.

0:08.3

I do love my job, I will say that, but sometimes like you just want to be on an island.

0:13.0

Yeah, sometimes you just are done, you know?

0:16.0

Yep.

0:17.0

And I gotta say I've got a story about a woman who did just that.

0:20.0

Her name is Jane, and along with her partner Phil and her three kids she swapped her four bedroom English house for a tropical island which she bought online at a bargain price.

0:29.7

Yeah, that doesn't sound shady at all. Good for Jane no not at all not at all but soon they

0:34.8

all discover that paradise has its secrets can we just have one nice thing no we can't

0:40.4

we can't and the reason is the locals they claim that the islands belong to them and they say it's been sold illegally and for Jane and Phil

0:49.1

family life is about to take a terrifying turn. Are you telling me that we're about to learn

0:54.5

The Price of Paradise?

0:56.5

Oh my God, it's almost like you're just reading the same script I am.

1:00.8

I know, it's wild.

1:02.0

But yes, that's the name of the podcast and the price of

1:04.8

Paradise is a real life story of an island dream that turns into a living

1:08.1

nightmare a nightmare that leads to kidnap corruption and murder we're about to play you a clip from the first episode.

1:14.5

If you like what you hear, search and follow

1:16.1

the Price of Paradise wherever you listen to podcasts. Wandering.

1:34.0

Midnight in Paradise, endless stars and hot humid nights. A remote island off the coast of Nicaragua,

1:38.0

an island that's been home to an English family from Hampshire

1:41.0

for the past seven months. And for Jane Gaskin, this island

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