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117: The Galápagos Affair | Ecuador

Evidence Locker True Crime
Evidence Locker True Crime
Episode • Nov 22, 2020 • 37m
In 1929 an eccentric doctor, Friedrich Ritter and his mistress, Dore Strauch Koerwin, left Berlin to start a life on an uninhabited island in the Galápagos. They wrote articles about their life, surviving on nothing but hard work, philosophy and vegetables. Soon, more people followed to experience the same lifestyle. When a boisterous self-proclaimed Viennese baroness and her two lovers arrived on Floreana Island, tension rose. When she picked her favourite lover and crowned herself as Empress of the Galápagos, a storm erupted.

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Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe

Narrated by Noel Vinson


Audio editing: Blackwell Post

Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler


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