Exotic Tiki Island Podcast with Tiki Brian – Show 41

Halloween special – The Legend of the Night Marchers

Originally published October 11, 2015

Aloha and welcome to the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast. I’m your host Tiki Brian. Join me along with Captain Scotty B as we take you on an adventure and travel back in time to Exotic Tiki Island while I play vintage Hawaiian, Exotica and Island related music from my LP vinyl and digital collection. In episode 41, we visit the Haunted Hut and hear to story of the Night Marchers.

Show 41 – The Legend of the Night Marchers (2016) Halloween Special

Tracklist

The Twilight Zone – The Ventures
Quiet Village – Jimmy Virani
Krakatoa – Clouseaux
Dark Shadows (Exotique) – The Moon-Rays
Voodoo Dreams – Martin Denny
Mojave Midnight Moonlight – The Voodoo Organist
Lonesome Aku of Alewife – Mr Ho’s Orch
The Jungle – Diabito
Dr. Geek – Thurl Ravenscroft
Haunted House Blues – The Moon-Rays
Tabu – Elliot Eastons Tiki Gods
Green Tiki – Drool Brothers
Otto’s Shrunken Head – Fisherman
Giant Hula Monster – The Metrolites
Moon of Manakoora – Jimmy Virani

Transcript

Show number 41. Our 2015 Halloween special.

Aloha, and welcome to another episode of the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast. I’m your host, Tiki Brian, and this is show number 41, our 2015 Halloween special. Join me for this special episode as we celebrate Halloween on Exotic Tiki Island as I play for you Exotica and Halloween related Tiki music from my personal vinyl and digital collection.

This episode of the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast is sponsored by Ho-Tap-Fefti, makers of fine quality Tiki theme products and also the 1940s and 50s White Christmas Ball. You’ll hear more about our sponsors later on during this episode.

Before we get started, I wanted to send out a huge mahalo to listener Andy Udelavis for making a donation to the podcast and ETI Radio. Mahalo, Andy. Your donation is very much appreciated, and I thank you for supporting the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast.

Alright, wahinis and connies, are you ready to travel back in time to exotic Tiki Island?

Captain Scotty B will be taking us to the island in his time traveling machine. Captain, everyone’s here and ready to start our spooky adventure. All right, friends, before we crank up the time machine and travel to the island, we should make our tiki cocktails to enjoy for our ride back in time.

Help yourself to the Painkiller Tiki Cocktail, made with a cocksper spiced rum. Here’s the recipe so you listeners at home can enjoy one too. To make the Painkiller with a cocksper rum, cocktail, you will need a quarter of a medium orange, cut into two wedges, one ounce of coconut cream.

I’m using Coco Lopez cream of coconut, two ounces of fresh pineapple juice, two ounces of the cocksper spiced rum, crushed ice, whole nutmeg or grated for garnish. I’m using the McCormick brand. One pineapple stick from a fresh pineapple.

Here’s your instructions.

Add cream of coconut, pineapple juice and the cocksper spiced rum. Dry shake, meaning without ice and pour into a double old fashioned glass over crushed ice. Grate a generous amount of nutmeg over top and garnish with a pineapple stick.

And please enjoy.

Mm, that’s very tasty, Captain. And listeners, I’d like to invite you to visit the exotictikiisland.com website where you can download this recipe along with many other tiki cocktails. Just visit exotictikiisland.com.

Okay, friends, watch your step as you enter the time machine. Please secure all your painkiller cocktails and please keep your arms, hands, legs, and feet inside the time machine at all times. All right, Captain, we are ready to start our adventure.

Wahinis and Kahnis, the moon is so bright. My time machine is ready for its spooky flight. With cocktails in hand and tiki torches lit, our night archer’s ghost story is sure to be a hit.

So hold on tight as we travel to the isle for music and adventure Halloween style.

Welcome, Waihenies and Kanees, to the main beach on Exotic Tiki Island. The sun is beginning to set over the Virgin Volcano, and you can hear the trade winds blowing the palm trees as night begins to fall onto the island. Let’s begin our adventure and hike over to the Haunted Hut to enjoy some spooky tunes as we celebrate Halloween on Exotic Tiki Island.

Now, in order to get over to the Haunted Hut, we’re gonna have to walk down the dark, scary jungle path. I hope you’re not afraid, are you? This way, my friends, this way.

We are almost to the entrance of the Haunted Hut. It’s a little further down this very dark section of the jungle. As we proceed, let me tell you a story about the night marchers as we make our way into this part of the dark jungle.

On a remote stretch of beach, located a few miles south of the Forbidden Lagoon, sits a tall cliff that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. To the locals on Exotic Tiki Island, this is a sacred spot. A place to be the jumping off point for the dead into the afterlife.

This remote stretch of land is believed to be the home of the infamous night marchers’ procession. The deadly warriors from beyond who have been known to maim or kill anyone who is in their way when they approach. Everyone who lives on Exotic Tiki Island has heard of the legends and the folklore about the night marchers.

Let’s continue with our story about the night marchers. The night marchers are a ghostly procession of ancient Hawaiians seen proceeding from Voodoo Peak down to the Pacific Ocean. These night marchers of Exotic Tiki Island are the most feared of all the Hawaiian spirits, and they are believed to have caused numerous deaths.

The legend of the night marchers dates back hundreds of years, and the stories have been passed down from family to family, and have been told late at night around campfires. The legend says that the night marchers march only at night with torches and sounding drums. These warriors define everything as far as the supernatural goes here on Exotic Tiki Island.

We are at the easternmost point of Exotic Tiki Island, and not far from here is Voodoo Peak, the place where the souls leap into the next world. Behind me, just up ahead around the bend, is where the Night Marcher Trail crosses the jungle path. Their trail begins somewhere from the north shore and comes over to this point where we are standing right now.

If you happen to be in this place anywhere between midnight and four in the morning on the night where there is no moon, there’s a very, very good chance that you will encounter the Night Marchers. They come out of the jungle right here, cut through this part of the trail, and head directly to the ocean. But take precaution, my friends.

If you haven’t heard the warnings of the drums or blowing of the conch shells, if you haven’t seen the tiki torches light up, it’s probably too late. The best you can do is lie down on the ground, face down. If you’re Hawaiian, you may have an ancestor in that procession who will call out your name and protect you.

But if you’re not Hawaiian, well, all I can say is, good luck to you.

Listen, do you hear that? Could it be the night marchers heading this way?

I’m scared, Tiki Brian.

Don’t run, Captain, and everyone else be still.

The night marchers are coming this way.

Tiki Brian, the night marchers are right behind us. Everyone lie down on the ground face down, and whatever you do, don’t look up at them. We should be safe if we don’t look at them.

Oh boy. Alright everyone follow me and run!

Whew, I think we outran the Night Marchers. That was pretty scary. Hey, look, we’ve made it to the Haunted Hut.

Let’s head inside and enjoy some Halloween that only the Haunted Hut can offer.

The Exotic Tiki Island Podcast will return after these important messages. ETI listeners, I have a special announcement from our sponsor, the 1940s and 50s White Christmas Ball. Join us this Christmas for an unforgettable magical holiday party that will bring back all of the warmth and nostalgia of a more simpler time.

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We’ll see you at this year’s 1940s and 50s White Christmas Ball.

Aloha, friends. I wanna let all of you know that our sponsor, Ho-Tap-Fefti, creator of Tiki-themed Tiki products has added new coffee mug designs to their website. There are four new designs available for purchase.

These include Sunflower Tiki Mug, Yankee Doodle Tiki Mug, Hopi Tiki Mug and to celebrate this Halloween season, Franken Tiki Mug. These mugs start out all black in color and when hot liquid is added to the mug, the Tiki design is revealed. These mugs, along with many other Tiki products on their website, make perfect gifts.

So be sure to check out their website for these latest designs. Their website, www.cafepress.com forward slash Ho-Tap-Fefti. That’s H-O-T-E-P-N-E-F-T-I.

You’re listening to Tiki Brian and the Exotica Tiki Island Podcast. All right, wahinis and connies, we are now at the Haunted Hut. Let’s go inside and enjoy this festive Halloween season that we celebrate right here on Exotica Tiki Island.

He will shrink your head to make it small, and then he’ll have himself a ball.

Halloween music that only the Haunted Hut on Exotic Tiki Island can offer. Well, friends, it looks like the sun is starting to come up, so we better head back to the main beach and have Captain Scotty B transport us back to the current day in time.

Well, friends, sadly, it’s time to say aloha for now. I hope you all enjoyed this special Halloween episode. If you want even more spooky Halloween fun and adventure from Exotic Tiki Island, then I invite you to download and listen to shows 10, 20, 31 and 35.

All are packed full of Halloween festive tunes and adventure. And also friends, don’t forget, I broadcast on ETI Radio starting the first Friday of each month at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. For more information on how you can listen to ETI Radio, just visit the official exotictikiisland.com website.

And speaking of ETI Radio, I’ll be doing a special Halloween broadcast over on my Mixler channel. Here’s more info on this special.

Thanks for Listeners of the night, pay close attention. The season is almost upon us. Exotic Tiki Island will never be the same, because ETI Radio is doing a special Halloween-themed broadcast.

It all begins Friday, October 30th at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, and lasting all the way through till Halloween night. That’s over 48 hours of spooky Tiki tunes. Join me as I play rare Halloween-themed Tiki music from my personal vinyl and digital collection.

This special broadcast will make the perfect soundtrack for your Halloween party or spooky loud. Make sure you click on that follow button in your mixer player to receive an email reminder when I go live on the air for this special Halloween broadcast. So mark your calendars and tune in on Friday, October 30th at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time as I begin the 48-hour long Halloween broadcast right here on ETI Radio.

I hope all of you can tune in for the special Halloween broadcast. For more info, you can visit the official exotictikiisland.com website and click on the Halloween Fund link for all of the details on how you can listen online. And while you’re over at the official exotictikiisland.com website, feel free to buy me a Mai Tai by making a donation to the show.

Any amount is greatly appreciated and it helps me pay the expensive cost of producing the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast and ETI Radio. Well, friends, that’s all for now. We’ll see you soon on Exotic Tiki Island.

Aloha and happy Halloween.