Murder in Vacationland | Season 2 Trailer

Speaker 1 It was just a few minutes after four on the day before Christmas that Dana took off down this country road on her bicycle.

Speaker 1 Based on the evidence, someone in a pickup truck forced her off the side of the road and then abducted her.

Speaker 2 Christmas Eve, 1991.

Speaker 2 On Hawaii's big island, 23-year-old Dana Ireland went for a bike ride and never came home.

Speaker 2 Hours later, she was found brutally injured in a remote area, her life slipping away with every every minute that passed.

Speaker 2 And by 12.07 a.m., in the early hours of Christmas morning, Dana was gone.

Speaker 2 Her death shook the community of Vacationland Hawaii and the entire big island to its core. And the police needed to get answers quickly, no matter how they got them.

Speaker 3 They already came to the conclusion in their mind that we're going to railroad the Schweitzer brothers and that's it.

Speaker 3 There was a lot of deal making going on because to have such a big lie like this, everybody gotta be on the same page.

Speaker 2 I'm Amanda Knox.

Speaker 2 I know what it's like to be trapped in the nightmare of being wrongly accused and the years it takes to vindicate yourself in the eyes of the law, in the eyes of an unforgiving media and a judgmental public.

Speaker 3 I lost half my life. Lost half my life.
And the prosecutors were alright with that. The judge was alright with that.
It was alright with me dying in prison.

Speaker 3 You know, I think that's, you gotta let it see. Let that sink in.
You know, sit in a cell for something you didn't do for 130 years.

Speaker 3 Let that float on your brain for about 10 years and then do it again for another 10. And then,

Speaker 3 you know,

Speaker 3 another six on top of that.

Speaker 3 You don't really believe it's gonna happen because it's like so

Speaker 3 fucking ridiculous that it... That's That's how I felt.
I felt it was fucking ridiculous that they even came after us. It's like fucking ridiculous.

Speaker 2 Behind every wrongful conviction lies a deeper, more disturbing truth about how something like this could happen to you or someone you love.

Speaker 4 They took lives from these boys in prison when they could have been home with their own kids. That's what they did.
The system here really screwed up.

Speaker 4 Until today, we still have police force are corrupt. The livelihoods from these boys and their families, they cannot replace them.
It's taken away from them.

Speaker 2 In this season of three,

Speaker 2 you're going to hear about how three men became tied up in one of Hawaii's most notorious murders and the impact it had on three families. The Paulines.

Speaker 5 The reason why I said that, like I said, the detectives really wanted me for say what they wanted me for say.

Speaker 3 The sons have paid the price for the father's sins. You know, what was his sin? His sin was that he was a liar.

Speaker 2 The Schweitzers.

Speaker 6 It's frightening that that's all they have against my son. Lack of, there's no physical evidence.
So now they're going into the jails and offering deals or making deals with convicted felons.

Speaker 6 And my sons are paying for it.

Speaker 2 And the Irelands.

Speaker 2 They took everything.

Speaker 2 It's nothing going away. Never.

Speaker 1 You got it for the rest of your life.

Speaker 1 I mean,

Speaker 4 everything.

Speaker 1 As long as I live, though, I'm never going to let her die.

Speaker 2 This is 3, Season 2, Murder in Vacation Land. The story of Dana Ireland, Albert Ian Schweitzer, Sean Schweitzer, and Frank Pauline Jr.

Speaker 2 and the shocking events that turned this entire case and our series upside down.

Speaker 1 I have a brief statement about some recent developments in the Dane Ireland case, and then I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Speaker 2 Coming Thursday, March 13th, follow three on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.