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.

Good evening.

Begin the story tonight in Las Vegas.

Jeff Bliss, introducing me again to the sphere, spectacular new creation.

Like a giant eye over Las Vegas.

This time, however however the concert inside. The name of the band is

Fish, from New England I'm told. Spectacular Show, Jeff Bliss reports that it was trippy.

I think that's old-fashioned language for psychedelic.

In any event, good time was had by all.

A warning, however, my correspondent also said,

if you step off the strip, that is the main thoroughfare

where all the best residents and hotels and casinos are occupied.

You're stepping into my correspondent, used the metaphor of Beirut.

Jeff tells me that will be changed over these next years, waiting for the Oakland A's.

Who will be the Las Vegas A's?

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