The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/08/sf-la-gay-grifters-scandal-gets-the-dateline-treatment-in-a-friday-night-two-hour-episode/The 2008 saga of four SF and LA gay men who murdered a Palm Springs art dealer and sold off his possessions (while hiding his body for nine years!) is getting its close-up this week, as NBC’s ‘Dateline’ explores this yesteryear scandal. Back in 2009, the local media here couldn't get enough of a saga dubbed at the time as the “gay grifters”, which would end up also involving a gruesome Palm Springs murder. Here’s a 2009 SF Weekly cover story that (partially) tells the tale of then-26-year-old Kaushal Niroula, known by his nicknames “the Nepalese Prince” and “Prince Little Stuff” because of his completely bogus claims that he descende

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