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

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Listener discretion is advised. Oh, You've heard of designer handbags, designer jeans.

You've heard of designer handbags,

designer jeans, and designer, well pretty much everything.

In a world where luxury and exclusivity reign supreme, it seems there's a designer version of just about anything we can think of.

But have you ever heard about designer snakes?

While most of us might picture snakes, slithering through the grass or haunting our dreams.

There's a whole subculture of enthusiasts who see these creatures as more than cold-blooded

predators.

In 2017, Ben Renick was a man who turned the selective snake breeding into an art form,

specializing in what he affectionately called designer pythons. From the time he was a teenager, Ben spent his life breeding rare variants of pythons,

creating patterns and colors that were the envy of the reptile world.

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