well when dalia dippolito and michael dippolito, first met, it was instant fireworks. an immediate attraction that turned into a fatal attraction. and to crack the case, investigators needed to know was dalia dippolito diabolical, or the winning pawn in a hoax gone wrong? it would take eight years to unwind this true tale of sex, lies and videotape. here's dennis murphy with the sting. >> the mess meringue story of dalia dippolito, with a fittingly preposterous ending, begins in a place where conspicuous consumption and the envy index are as high as the humidity. palm beach, florida. >> it is the winter wonderland of the wealthy. you can drive over the bridge and immediately feel the rarefied air. the mentions, the hedges. >> palm beach post senior editor jan tuckwood, says some mainlanders can't resist the want to be a lot of palm beach. >> most people on the mainland are influenced. that richness is right there. and how can they get a piece to piece of it? >> over the bridge, past the interstate, newlyweds dalia dippolito and mike dippolito lived in a quarter million