Moʻo are often referred to as lizard beings or “dragons” but, according to our oral traditions, moʻo are more like shapeshifters. In some tales, one may find the abode of the moʻo near a body of water. In our moʻolelo, our stories, most moʻo are female deities. They take on the form of a beautiful woman who takes a male a companion as a lover or as a meal. In both cases, the man ends up dead.

In Niumalu, there is dam built across a large bend in the Hule’ia River. It is a nine hundred yard long dirt levee faced with stone. It is said that the rocks used for the facing came from Wahiawa, near Hanapepe, and were passed hand over hand by the Menehune. As two young men found out, it's best not to do things you know you're not supposed to (like shooting paintballs) in places like this.

Named for the Water of Ha’o, an ancient spring nearby, this church is near the center of Royal activity in Downtown Honolulu. Is it haunted? Most definitely.

In February 1911, an employee of the Tennis Association arrived to perform his morning duties, he opened the curtains, light filtered into the room and, on the wall, he found a handwritten suicide note in Japanese. The author of the note said he would kill himself at the Baldwin house and, if he was not successful in haunting that place, he would return to the same bungalow and haunt there.

It’s September 1908 - the house owned by the Boyd family is located on the corner of ‘Auwaiolimu and Lusitana Streets. Renting the house is the Pecarick family and they’re having problems. Imagine combing your hair and the mirror flips over. Imagine holding a stick of kindling and having it slapped out of your hand. Imagine out of thin air, rocks coming through your house and embedding themselves in the side of your oven. Imagine these things happening and you have no control over them.

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.