100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #37

KĀKAU


Equipped with the money Iʻd only dreamed of having while growing up,  I found that the feeling was surprisingly sober. I suppose I was meant to be rich much later in life rather than during my stupid, arrogant, and careless youth.

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #38

LAKO HALE


Amelia Baroga could not get her furniture to fit the living room of the Kaimuki house. It seemed that no matter how she tried to position the two love seats, and her China hutch, they would not match the architecture of the simple four-cornered main room. What was it that made the living room so unusual?

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #39

HOLOHOLO KA'A


"....I've got to run to keep from hidin',
and I'm bound to keep on ridin'...."


Ted and Nancy were touristing from San Marino located in northern California just across the golden gate bridge. They wanted to go to see Pearl Harbor but they decided to cheap it, well, Ted did. Nancy thought it was better and quicker to drive there in the rent-a-car. Ted insisted on catching the city bus from the Hilton. Needless to say, they got turned around and somehow ended up in the depths of Manoa valley. Nancy figured out that they were going in the wrong direction the second the city bus passed the Shriner's hospital.

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #40

LELE


"...I'm just a simple man,
  trying to be me, oh it ain't easy..."

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #41

'HELUEHLU

Whenever new groups show up on the paranormal scene they all go through the same growth process. The first is coming up with a cool name, the second is getting all the latest ʻparanormalʻ equipment and the third is that they emulate whatever they see on reality television. The fourth is that they compare themselves to other existing groups as better than the established ones. Great way to make friends guys.

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #42

HA'AWIPIO

The bus kicked up red dirt and gravel when it pulled up in front of my house. Some of it got into the vehicle when the hydraulics hissed the double doors open. I showed the driver my all-day pass and took a seat in the back. Brandy was already sitting there dressed in her opened blue flannel shirt, white Ojisan shirt underneath, a pair of black jeans, and white tennis shoes.

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #43

KANAKA 'Ē


"Jon, I donʻt wanna be here, itʻs a Sunday and Iʻm at home watching the game and the contractor calls and tells me that you owe him $4,000 and you keep saying youʻre going to meet him but you never show. Jon, just tell me that you have $4,000 on you right now, otherwise, I have to do something and thatʻs really gonna fuck up my Sunday."

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #44

LANA MĀLIE

Her best days were long past; the memories of the spotlight on the stage with a capacity crowd standing on their feet were now white noise in the most distant of yesterdays. The adoration and wonder of her otherworldly performances could be found in any video archive if one cared to search for them today. She could no longer wear the outfits and dresses that framed her once svelte figure, but wearing the loose-fitting muʻumuʻu was much more merciful.

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #45

KĀKAUʻILI

Case File: 2794986-001

Keʻeaumoku Street


James was the go-to guy for my tattoos. His artwork was great and very imaginative, so I never had to pick out a design. He always did my tattoos freehand and he always did the talking, well, it was more like an interview except that James knew the right questions to ask.

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #46

HO'OPA'I


FILE CASE: #10081-23-512

'EWA 1978


I hadn't done well during my Sophmore year in high school I was part of a dance group and I was so caught up in it that nothing else mattered to me. My grades suffered, and so I had to go to summer school. I had no choice, my father told me that I wasn't going to be held back, I was going to finish the 10th grade because he'd only gone that far in high school so he didn't want the same for me. The summer school wasn't the punishment, it was placing poles in the acreage we had behind our house. That was the punishment. My father told me that I would also have to dig the holes as well, I wanted to cry but my father whispered into my ear, "You cry, and I'm going to beat your ass."

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #47

KAULEINA


CASE FILE #383-6617.02

KUAOKALĀ TRAIL 2007


Before

I know what deep-seated insecurity feels like and I know what it does to a person over the long term. Someone would have to have a very thick layer of skin to not be bothered by the negative thoughts and feelings that are put upon them day in and day out by other people.

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #48

KEIKI KĀNE


When we first moved to our home, the neighbors who lived behind us noticed our grand-children exploring and playing in the backyard. Imagine the surprise when our grand-children came in the house to let us know that they'd just made a brand new friend and that he was on his way over.

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2019 #49

HUI ELEMAKULE KEPANI

FILE CASE #1082-38340

The Stranger: Palolo


It was early and my stomach was growling so I washed my face and brushed my teeth, fixed up my hair a bit, and then headed out to the drive-thru for breakfast. I was still wearing my shirt and shorts from the night before, I also had my socks on because when it gets cold in Palolo, it chills you right down to your feet. I walked out to the van and backed it out of the driveway and soon I was off. Dammit, it was low on gas.