Some would hear the grand piano playing well after midnight and, on many occasions, lights would turn on & off, strange noises were heard, tools would disappear and then reappear elsewhere, the contents of handbags were switched or dumped on the ground. All of these were attributed to ghostly hands. It's said that Royal ghostly appearances are still accepted as a fact of priory life and tradition.

In 1898, a group of Japanese workers was leveling off some mounds in the coconut grove called Helumoa. As they were returning from their break, a gale rattled the foliage of the tall palms like castanets. The workmen retreated from the falling trees when, flung high into the air by the catapultic motion of the roots was a mass of human bones - entire skulls, femurs, vertebrae, ribs, everything.

On the Eastern slopes of Punchbowl crater lies the foundation of the old Kanela‘au heiau. A temple of human sacrifice. The sacrificial victims were often from the Kauwa class who were drowned either in the waters of Kewalo or in the pond that was located on the Ward Estate, which is now where the Blaisdell Center is. Now, right on top of where the heiau used to be, stands Stevenson Middle School.

Just west of Koloa Landing, a small embattled hotel sat along the shore. The hotel was built by mainland contractor in the late 50s or early 60s. During its 20-something years of existence, the property had many owners and many names, but it started out as the Hale Nani.