"It either sits or stands in the corner of the room.
Hawaii is an ancient place. So many people have lived - and died - here. With such a rich, cultural history, chances are that, in our small community, at least one person in nearly every household has had some kind of supernatural "chicken skin" occurrence. Welcome to Ghosts Next Door, a collection of ghost stories and other thoughts about and around the Mysteries of Hawaii.
Ghosts Next Door
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 30, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #100. Meaulu.
1973
In the little house at the end of Meaulu Lane, we lived for three years.
Oct 29, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023.#99. Jackie Blue.
The summer of 1973 in Wai'anae was the time of my brother's 1955 Chevy Bel Air coupe.
Oct 28, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #98. Adele.
It was the monthly meet-up at the ancient Hawaiian site, where volunteers from the community came armed with weed whackers, sheers, and various other gardening tools.
Oct 27, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #97 On The Road.
I drove leisurely around the island one afternoon just to clear my mind.
Oct 25, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #96. Yearly.
Oct 24, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #95. Grant Society. Case #3321
We're on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary.
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #94. Manu.
As a kid, I remember visiting my mother's parents in Kalalau Valley on Kauai.
Oct 23, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #93. I, Me, Mine.
One morning, my Mom and I sat at the kitchen table discussing overdue bills and how I could help pay them.
Oct 22, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #92. Chair.
Oct 21, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #91. Hole Hole Bushi.
Channeling Rockford Ota, a plantation worker from the late 1800s'.
Oct 20, 2023
Oct 19, 2023
Oct 18, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #88. Boy Napualawa. Asafoetida.
I could have been better when I first joined the office.
Oct 17, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023 #87. Time After Time.
This case was separate from my wheelhouse, so to speak, so I needed to understand why my presence was required in the beginning.
Oct 16, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #86. Leimaliko.
Hoʻoleiʻupena is the act of casting out the fishing net as you would a lei around the shoulders of a beloved person.
Oct 15, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #85. Tiki Bar.
There was nowhere else to go after the Saturday night; nightlife died down, and I went to sleep, except for an old Tiki bar on Hotel Street.
Oct 14, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #84. Old Debts.
Katherine Ozaki contacted me regarding her daughter, a former student of mine.
Oct 13, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #83. Curse Work.
Andrew was let go from his firm for skimming off the top.
Oct 12, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #82. Perfect Rice.
The Rice family lived at the end of the block where Lumialani and Lumi'au'au Street met. Everyone who grew up in the community knew Lumi'au'au by its more notorious name, Suicide Hill.
Oct 11, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #81. Knock.
Mara and Tianna were having a late-night dinner, mulling, regretting, and crying over past failures in relationships and the like.
Oct 10, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #80. Mili.
Mili told me there was a time when she was absolutely frustrated with her parents and their old, strict Japanese plantation ways.
Oct 9, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #79 Phantom Guard.
A veteran told me that years ago when he was stationed at Ft. Shafter, he would usually have sentry duty at the gate.
Oct 8, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #78. Jump.
When the story first came to me, I did not believe it.
Oct 7, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #77. Hulu No'eau.
Feather work is a tedious task and requires focus and saint-like patience.
Oct 6, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #76 Take.
John Kenai, his wife Alyssa, and their daughter Kylie became houseless when their landlord decided to sell the house at the last minute.
Oct 5, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #75. Darby.
During elementary school, I used to make fun of this girl named Dʻarby Kaholoiki.
Oct 4, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #74. Only.
Being the only sick kid on the small property of four houses, two toward the front of the old dirt road and two toward the back near the river, gave me a lot of time alone.
Oct 3, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #73. Die. Live.Die.
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As a kid, I used to ride past here with my father.
Oct 2, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #72. Kumumea. (Play the video and read the story at the same time)
Did I feel sorry for myself, knowing that I was dying?
Oct 1, 2023
100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2023. #71. Kinipopo.
It was a muggy Saturday morning, and Devon's team was down by two points.