High Crimes in Utopia

"One of the most bizarre homesteading misadventures ever"

David Adam Kess

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The Galapagos Islands are best known for their giant tortoises, but they're also the site of one of the most bizarre homesteading misadventures ever, complete with proto-hippies, a polyamorous baroness, potentially poisoned boiled chicken, births in pirate caves, and unsolved deaths that look a lot like murder.

That's Gizmodo's Kate Knibbs writing about what happened after some expats showed up in the Pacific archipelago in 1928 "with a plan to create a utopia for two." For the full tale, go here.