Just a few miles off the Thailand coast, the island of Kothau looks like a postcard.

I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister.

In the last 20 years dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island.

A dark cloud who's come over the island, death, mystery and danger.

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Jean-Claude Olivier was dressed as he often was for a night out in a white suit.

His style was a bit flashy, French shirts, Italian shoes and dark sunglasses even at night.

The look fit his alter ego, division star, a radio broadcast and DJ.

He was also a music promoter, booking Haitian bands in and around Miami.

On this Sunday in February 1991, one of his acts, Top Vice, was playing the Chateau Club in North Miami.

It was going to be a big night. Top Vice played a style of Jazzy Marangue, which was huge back home in Haiti and here in South Florida.

Their sound had a bit of nostalgia for the mostly Haitian immigrant crowd, many whom lived nearby in little Haiti.

Champagne and cognac was flowing and the club was packed.

Around 3am Jean-Claude took to the stage to introduce the band.

As he hyped up the crowd, he threw in a bit of politics, referencing the recent and historic changes in Haiti.

Just 2 weeks before, a new president had been inaugurated.

After decades of punishing dictatorship, a new era of hope was just beginning.

And it came in the form of a radical priest, turned politician, named Jean-Bétron de Aristide.

Asian star had devoted radio broadcasts to the election, urging fellow Haitian exiles in Miami to support democracy back home.

He was new to politics. Most of Jean-Claude's life had been about music.

He played the trumpet in the Haitian Coast Guard band, lived to dance.

But the democracy movement had changed something in him.

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