Just a few miles off the Thailand coast, the island of Kothau looks like a postcard.

I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister.

In the last 20 years dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island.

A dark cloud who's come over the island, death, mystery and danger.

Listen to Death Island every Wednesday on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to a bonus episode of Happy Face Presents 2 Face.

In episode 9 we mentioned that Diane Downes wrote a letter to her defense attorney, Jim Jagger, after conviction,

which changed her version of the story and retooled the events of the night of the shooting quite differently than she presented them for months both in the press and in court.

The letter does not in fact line up with the version of the story she tells today.

Though it's impossible to know which version of the events is true, we present the letter as an interesting artifact in the case.

November 7, 1984, Seal of Morgan.

Dear Jim, I am not really sure how to start this letter, but I guess the best way to make an apology is to say, I'm sorry.

Now, you're probably wondering what this is all about, and when you are through reading you'll probably drop this letter and say,

damn you Diane, like you have so many times before.

Your blood pressure will go up, and I'm sorry about that too.

I'm sorry about a lot of things.

Really.

I only hope you will forgive me for not being totally honest with you.

It's just that it's so hard for me to put myself in someone else's hands.

I find it hard to fully trust anyone not to hurt me.

I needed to control myself and my situation, and I've been that way for a few years.

It has been a hard lesson to learn, and I can't guarantee that I'll be cured forever.

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