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Post #370169 by naugatiki on Sat, Mar 29, 2008 9:02 PM

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"Balmer's bizarre theory was met with disbelief by junior members of the Lancashire police, but the Deputy Chief Constable began to visit Polynesian clubs and restaurants, and even listened to "Tiki music" on vinyl records. At that time in Liverpool, a number of Polynesian restaurants had opened, and "Tiki" food became a fad. Balmer somehow regarded the fad as a "cult" and actually believed Maureen Ann Dutton's murder was a sinister offering to the Polynesian Idol."

I think this case predates all those Ozzy Osborne AC/DC murder suicides
where the character hears the message of the music and carries out the crime leaving the artist as the fall guy. I’m only glad the constable didn’t make the connection or this genre might have been halted before it caught on and we never would have seen the release of Les Baxter’s soundtrack of The Dunwich Horror with such tracks as Sacrifice Of The Virgin, Cult Party, and Devil Cult.

It's almost like the film Blood Feast but with poi.