Real Haunted Places on O'ahu
Joie Nishimoto and Remington Taum
Issue date: 10/26/09 Section: Features
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In the book "The Legend of Morgan's Corner: And Other Ghost Stories of Hawai'i," Lopaka Kapanui explains that ghosts were once humans, and because of events surrounding their deaths- usually because of a tragic or sudden death-they are compelled to stay on earth. There are both good and bad spirits.
"The good spirits are easy to describe and a delight . . . and who return now and again . . . often to provide silent and invisible comfort," Kapanui wrote.
Bad spirits are quite different. They are something that was never even human to begin with. Also, spirits may be very attached to a certain place and weren't ready to leave when they died. Ghosts also don't have a sense of time, and the air usually changes before you see a ghost.
Here are some scary places on O'ahu that are claimed to be haunted.
Hamilton Library at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa
Susan Murata, head librarian at KCC, who worked at Hamilton for 15 years, has had some creepy experiences. Murata said that she would walk up the stairs and she would see something out of the corner of her eye and nothing would be there.
"The hair was standing on the back of my neck," said Murata.
Murata never saw this, but more than five people had told her that there is a woman in a white dress in one of the bathrooms. Her face would be covered with her hair, and she'd be standing behind you.
"Something must have happened in that bathroom," Murata said.
16th Avenue bridge in Kaimuki
According to a story in Honolulu Magazine, a hit-and-run killed a little girl on 16th Avenue bridge. People in the area say that her spirit still haunts the bridge asking pedestrians for a ride home. She later disappears at the end of the bridge.
Morgan's Corner
Kapanui's book mentions that in March 1975, Dana Bonafacio and her friend Cheryl Vera Cruz were kidnapped at gunpoint from a bus stop located in Kailua. They were forced into a vehicle. Vera Cruz escaped, but Bonafacio was raped and shot at Kiona'ole road, which is know as Morgan's Corner.
After Kapanui's investigation and hearing claims of a beaten young girl in the area, it's obvious that her spirit is still attached to the place where she died.
Corner of 8th and Harding (Kaimuki)
Preston Galera, co-founder and investigator of Hawaiian Island Ghost Hunters, explained that the exact location cannot be exposed because of confidential information. The house near this area is known to have demonic energy and police reports have actually been made.
Personal accounts can be read on the online website in the forum section.
Visit http://www.hawaiianislandghosthunters.com/
Kaimuki/Diamond Head Area
This area served as a path from King Kamehameha's conquest of O'ahu. He landed his war canoes on in 1795 on the shore between Wai'alae and Waikiki.
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