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.

It was a chilly night on February 1st, 1922 in Los Angeles.

Actress Faith McClain was wrapping up a dinner with her husband, comedian Douglas McClain, that Wednesday night. a

d' Wednesday night when he decided they should play a game.

The young couple lived in a luxury apartment complex known as the

Alvarado Court Apartments, a series of eight bungalows that surrounded a pretty garden courtyard.

I'll be right back, Douglas said as he excused himself from the table and ran upstairs to grab their cribbage board.

Weeknights at the Alverado court apartments were typically quiet.

Though their neighbors were the who's who of Hollywood society, famous actors, comedians, and

directors, they typically respected quiet hours. If they wanted to party, the newly opened

Ambassador Hotel was just two miles down the road, and it was quickly becoming

the watering hole for every a-lister in Hollywood.

As Douglas reached the top of the stairs, a loud sound cut through the silence outside.

A sound that Faith didn't recognize, but would never forget. She quickly ran to the front door to see

what the source of the sound was. But outside all she saw was the stillness of the

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