Satan Came to Eden: A Murder Mystery in Galapagos - Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller

In the 1930’s a doctor and his mistress retreated from German civilization to live a life of deprivation and hardship on Floreana Island, in Ecuador’s Galapagos Archipelago. They worked hard for their sustenance and shelter, and the doctor, as a devout follower of Fredrich Nietzsche’s philosophy was as happy as a nihilist could be, until other people, inspired by stories about the doctor’s “romantic life” in the islands, followed him there. After years on Floreana a series of suspicious deaths saw the island’s population dwindle from nine, at its apex, down to just five. Directors Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller were able to cobble together the story into a documentary after discovering a trove of hours of original film depicting life on Floreana during its time as a mini metropolis. Their documentary, The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, guides viewers through the events that led up to and resulted from the spate of mysterious deaths on Floreana.