Introducing: Deadly Mirage

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They called it the happiest place on the high desert, the perfect place to raise a family. It was sort of Palm Springs light, the big, spacious houses, families with kids running around, bikes in the streets. It looked like kind of the American dream neighborhood.

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It was a desert oasis, lush and green, home to a tight-knit group of 30-somethings who liked to party.

29.124 - 30.605 John Smith

Woo! Come run!

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and took to heart the biblical commandment to love thy neighbor.

38.773 - 43.679 Josh Mankiewicz

My wife and I and Rob and Sabrina would engage in sexual activities.

44.099 - 48.565 John Smith

If that's what a couple agrees with in their marriage, then that's their business.

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Then one day, a handsome outsider crashed the party. I started getting text messages saying, I would love to come hang out with you guys.

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Soon, discord descended on this Eden, east of Los Angeles. The people were so cruel.

65.379 - 66.901 John Smith

I had to get a restraining order.

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And a sudden death reveals the happiest place to be, a mirage.

75.279 - 80.222 Josh Mankiewicz

He knew his attacker. That's somebody who knew intimate details about his life.