EXCLUSIVE: The bewildering story of John Bender, a young Wall Street genius whose dream over life a mansion sanctuary in the Costa Rican jungle turned sour, is set to launch as a podcast.

My Favourite Murder maker Exactly Right Media , iHeartPodcasts and Blanchard House are teaming to make Hell in Heaven , an eight-part limited series that drops on October 9 with two episodes. The show is the first to come from a multi-project deal Exactly Right struck with Blanchard House in July, as we reported at the time .

The story follows Bender, a wealthy American investor who landed in the Costa Rican jungle with his wife, Ann Bender, and a vast fortune. Deep in the rainforest, they built a spectacular circular mansion as a sanctuary for themselves and endangered wildlife, but sinis

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