In order to reduce stress, rewire the brain and increase happiness, you must take time

off to relax.

Most psychologists agree, vacations are good for your health.

Of course, no matter how much you prepare and plan for any trip, it won't always be perfect.

Little things can go wrong, but usually they're not a big deal.

Unfortunately, for those who made today's list, when things went wrong on their vacations,

they went deadly wrong.

It turned these picture-perfect vacays into unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances,

and road trips with a tragic last stop.

Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from Parkast, I'm Ash.

And I'm Alaina, every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most

engaging and unsettling crimes, all picked by the Parkast Research Gods.

This episode, we're counting down the top ten deadly vacations.

I love how excited we get when we say vacation.

Oh, because we want to go on once so badly.

It makes me the best vacation I ever went on was by far my honeymoon to Aruba.

I know that was like a lot of years ago and you still say that was the best vacation.

I love it.

I'm dying to go to Aruba.

The best way that I ever went on vacation was Bermuda, which rhymes a little bit.

Bermuda, Aruba.

Yeah, it was so fun, it was so relaxing, but there was this super sketchy beach party that

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