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In the early s a motley group of Europeans — made up mostly of Germans — did just that. Their destination? Floreana: a then-uninhabited island in the Galapagos off the coast of Ecuador. Two couples and a tempestuous threesome traveled there in succession seeking their personal paradise, but they ended up making global headlines for their spats, s exploits and, in some cases, strange deaths or disappearances.

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The first pair of utopia seekers to land on Floreana was German physician Friedrich Ritter and his patient-turned-companion, Dore Strauch, who moved to the island in To preempt any dental issues, Ritter had had all his teeth removed, replacing them with stainless-steel dentures — which the couple eventually shared. They were dubbed "Adam and Eve" by the press, who first learned of them through Ritter's letters home and accounts of repeat visitors to the island, which included moneyed American explorers conducting zoological surveys.

Meanwhile, World War I veteran Heinz Wittmer, who had worked in the office of Mayor Konrad Adenauer at Cologne City Hall, was concerned about the health of his teenage son, Harry, and the state of the German economy amid a global depression. Inspired by his German compatriots, he convinced his pregnant new wife, Margret, to move to Floreana in Margret later gave birth to their son Rolf, said to be the first person born on Floreana.

Then came the trio that upended the already edgy living setup of the others: the imperious Austrian-born Baroness Antonia Wagner von Wehrborn Bosquet and her two German lovers, Rudolf Lorenz and Robert Philippson. She wanted to build a luxury hotel called "Hacienda Paradiso" for passing well-heeled travelers. Besides usurping the island's scant freshwater sources, she intercepted incoming mail and hoarded food deliveries meant for the others; she even declared herself "Empress of Floreana.

Unexplained deaths later followed — including that of supposed vegetarian Ritter, who died after eating tainted chicken that Strauch whom he had physically abused had fed him. The baroness and Philippson, who planned to move to Tahiti after their hotel dreams fell through, disappeared without a trace. Lorenz's body was found on another island; it is believed he died of thirst due to the lack fresh water there.