A podcast by MAKENA. Siena and Toast, two Hawaii girls, talk about being gay, Asian-American, mostly-vegan, lessons learned as performing and recording singer-songwriters, and their relationship. Plus, listener contests, laughing, inspiration, and encouragement.
Mon, 19 October 2009  the graves at "obake park"Who is confronted by hauntings and ghosts? A lesbian couple on Oahu, a family of four on summer vacation, and a sampan bus driver, alone on his last run of the night. Selections from... Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales, 5 - by Rick Carroll Obake Files - by Glen Grant Stay strong and healthy, the better to defend against ghosts with. We've ordered from iHerb.com for years because of their consistent quick and accurate deliveries. Get $5 OFF your first order with iHerb by entering code GIR278. If you enjoy the podcast, please vote for GMG on Podcast Alley, or write a quick comment at GMG's page on iTunes. Mahalo plenty to GMG listener Myra for her help with this episode. Happy Halloweeny :) - Siena and Toast image courtesy of Randym Comments[12] |
phew!!! dat was fun!! mebbe madonna's neighbor should hear da story!
t'ings dat go bump in da night... DW an' I wen' stay at one marriot ova da weeken' fo' da Susan G. Komen Race for da Cure. You know how all da hotels have dat "red rum red rum" look to da hallways? Well, ensai my lolohead, I was repeating dat as we walked to our room. sheee... stay real quiet in da hotel. I wen' request a room on a high floor jus' fo' get away from extempotraneoism sounds (go check da spelling)and I t'ink we stay da oney ones on da floah. Our room was da las' one down da hallway.
Of cou'se da firs' t'ing I gotta do is walk out on da balcony. Ho! awmos' trip ova da t'reshold, even dough got one small sign say "watch you step"... I t'ought dey meant watchum when you ou'side!! ho! my heart was pounding cuz da balcony not dat deep!!! One good trip an' ho! sayonara! aloha! goo'bye! ta-ta! ovah da balcony you go!
Annyway, afta we settle down wit' da han'sanatizahs and da disfenecting cloths, we heard dis real loud crash from da bat'room.... and you know how dose bat'rooms got dat kine dobbo kine showah curtains? Well, I t'ink I no like go checkum... but DW stay all propped up on da bed with all da pillows like one ant in one marshmello bag, so I go take looksee.
An' you know sometimes how da bat'room sink not in da bat'room, but just outside wit' da mirror reflecting da floor to ceiling mirror on da closet? So you get dis feeling dat someone watching da back you head, but it's just your reflection watching you watch da back you head...
and den I see...Aiyah! da covah from da ova head light in da bat'room wen fawdown. How dat happen? No mo' sound from da room above... an' look like da covah nevah been clean fo' long time cuz got about ten gnats make ensai. ...aw.... das all... not so scary like da kine ghos' stories here, but da set up was good, hah?
Whachu t'ink a-lo, forensics judge? 7.5 outta 10 o'wha?
now... where is dat queen of da long comment? yoo-hoo!
Thanks ladies! I'm looking forward to more stories befitting of the halloween occasion!
t'ings dat go bump in da night... DW an' I wen' stay at one marriot ova da weeken' fo' da Susan G. Komen Race for da Cure. You know how all da hotels have dat "red rum red rum" look to da hallways? Well, ensai my lolohead, I was repeating dat as we walked to our room. sheee... stay real quiet in da hotel. I wen' request a room on a high floor jus' fo' get away from extempotraneoism sounds (go check da spelling)and I t'ink we stay da oney ones on da floah. Our room was da las' one down da hallway.
Of cou'se da firs' t'ing I gotta do is walk out on da balcony. Ho! awmos' trip ova da t'reshold, even dough got one small sign say "watch you step"... I t'ought dey meant watchum when you ou'side!! ho! my heart was pounding cuz da balcony not dat deep!!! One good trip an' ho! sayonara! aloha! goo'bye! ta-ta! ovah da balcony you go!
Annyway, afta we settle down wit' da han'sanatizahs and da disfenecting cloths, we heard dis real loud crash from da bat'room.... and you know how dose bat'rooms got dat kine dobbo kine showah curtains? Well, I t'ink I no like go checkum... but DW stay all propped up on da bed with all da pillows like one ant in one marshmello bag, so I go take looksee.
An' you know sometimes how da bat'room sink not in da bat'room, but just outside wit' da mirror reflecting da floor to ceiling mirror on da closet? So you get dis feeling dat someone watching da back you head, but it's just your reflection watching you watch da back you head...
and den I see...Aiyah! da covah from da ova head light in da bat'room wen fawdown. How dat happen? No mo' sound from da room above... an' look like da covah nevah been clean fo' long time cuz got about ten gnats make ensai. ...aw.... das all... not so scary like da kine ghos' stories here, but da set up was good, hah?
Whachu t'ink a-lo, forensics judge? 7.5 outta 10 o'wha?
now... where is dat queen of da long comment? yoo-hoo!
Thanks ladies! I'm looking forward to more stories befitting of the halloween occasion!
Ok so dis one my dad and aunties wen tell us afta my grampa pass away. My dad wen home (hawaii) fo da funeral and he said was a Buddhist ceremony in an outdoor tent kine thing, all in Japanese so he neva understand what da priest talking about. Pretty soon da priest starts getting pretty serious kine, raising da tempo, an just den a strong wind blew thru da tent and den starts pouring rain, sideways kine! As soon as da priest wen finish, da wind and rain stop and da sun came out again!
But dis only da beginning... dat night my dad wen nene (sleep) in my grampa's room (crazy, i know!). So in da middle of da night, he wen hear da squeak from da front gate and footsteps coming to da steps and up to da front door. He thought he stay dreamin' but then he hear da front door open and da steps come allaway inside. Da next thing he knows it feels like someone stay sitting on top his chest! No can breathe! So he starts yelling..."Pop! It's me, pop! It's ok... it's just me!" After dat da pressure wen disappear! Da next day at breakfast he stay thinking was one dream he wen have and so he starts to tell his sisters..."I wen have one dream last nite..." but then one of my aunties wen interrupt and say "oh yea, whatchu doing last nite? i heard you walking around outside da gate. whatchu wen do?" After he told them about da "dream" everyone stay quiet but pretty convinced dat wasn't one dream after all...I guess my grampa just wanted to come home one mo' time...
But dis only da beginning... dat night my dad wen nene (sleep) in my grampa's room (crazy, i know!). So in da middle of da night, he wen hear da squeak from da front gate and footsteps coming to da steps and up to da front door. He thought he stay dreamin' but then he hear da front door open and da steps come allaway inside. Da next thing he knows it feels like someone stay sitting on top his chest! No can breathe! So he starts yelling..."Pop! It's me, pop! It's ok... it's just me!" After dat da pressure wen disappear! Da next day at breakfast he stay thinking was one dream he wen have and so he starts to tell his sisters..."I wen have one dream last nite..." but then one of my aunties wen interrupt and say "oh yea, whatchu doing last nite? i heard you walking around outside da gate. whatchu wen do?" After he told them about da "dream" everyone stay quiet but pretty convinced dat wasn't one dream after all...I guess my grampa just wanted to come home one mo' time...
k' Camme, i'm not so sure about the rest of da story but you definitely get da 10.0 for NOT taking a nose dive off the balcony! now dats da chickin skin!!!
thanks for the stories. those sound effects rocked!!! : )
hmm, scary ghost stories...well one of the first nights my parents went out and left my brother in charge, Whiskers our outdoor cat came scargglin' home after a night out. she was meowing, carrying on, clawing at the screen, sayin LET ME IN!!!...
okay, not scary. but like waaaay scary at age 10??? she sounded like an angry boogie man.
anyway, have a great night all. may we all breath freely and deeply into our chests...
Alo
p.s. Whiskers looked a lot like the photo of the Tortoise shell in the community photos...except BIGGER and SCAAARIER! : )
thanks for the stories. those sound effects rocked!!! : )
hmm, scary ghost stories...well one of the first nights my parents went out and left my brother in charge, Whiskers our outdoor cat came scargglin' home after a night out. she was meowing, carrying on, clawing at the screen, sayin LET ME IN!!!...
okay, not scary. but like waaaay scary at age 10??? she sounded like an angry boogie man.
anyway, have a great night all. may we all breath freely and deeply into our chests...
Alo
p.s. Whiskers looked a lot like the photo of the Tortoise shell in the community photos...except BIGGER and SCAAARIER! : )
hoooo boy! ok i just listened to the spooky stories and i have to say that even tho i read them already before, the added sound effects of the banging on trailer gave me chicken skin! I can't imagine that family putting up with that for 8 hours...I would've high-tailed it outta there!
yes exactly myra!!! that's what i was thinking!!! i'd a been drivin' that trailer somewhere like it was nobodies business!!!
i also like that the kids' names were george and mary. same names i believe as the characters in "It's a Wonderful Life" : )...
Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight?
Come out tonight, Come out tonight?
Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight,
And dance by the light of the moon.
peace.
Alo
i also like that the kids' names were george and mary. same names i believe as the characters in "It's a Wonderful Life" : )...
Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight?
Come out tonight, Come out tonight?
Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight,
And dance by the light of the moon.
peace.
Alo
Great stories! Thanks for sharing!
By the way, very interesting to hear about a spirit possibly sitting on someone's chest or holding a person down while they're asleep. I've heard about this for years, but have never experienced it myself -- until a few weeks ago -- when I was in Waimanalo, Hawai'i!
On the first night that I slept in one of the beach houses that my friend had rented for his wedding party, I had awaken in the morning from what I thought was a bad dream. During my sleep, I felt some kinda pressure on my chest and feeling like I couldn't breathe. I was also trying to shout out something too, but was unable to do anything, feeling helpless! I suddenly woke up. The feeling of being unable to breathe felt very real.
I've never seen a ghost or anything resembling a ghost or spirit. I didn't even think that what I had experienced while in Hawai'i could've been a ghost! But when Siena had mentioned that this spirit/ghost sitting on someone's chest thing is common in Hawai'i, I really do wonder now!
By the way, very interesting to hear about a spirit possibly sitting on someone's chest or holding a person down while they're asleep. I've heard about this for years, but have never experienced it myself -- until a few weeks ago -- when I was in Waimanalo, Hawai'i!
On the first night that I slept in one of the beach houses that my friend had rented for his wedding party, I had awaken in the morning from what I thought was a bad dream. During my sleep, I felt some kinda pressure on my chest and feeling like I couldn't breathe. I was also trying to shout out something too, but was unable to do anything, feeling helpless! I suddenly woke up. The feeling of being unable to breathe felt very real.
I've never seen a ghost or anything resembling a ghost or spirit. I didn't even think that what I had experienced while in Hawai'i could've been a ghost! But when Siena had mentioned that this spirit/ghost sitting on someone's chest thing is common in Hawai'i, I really do wonder now!
Okay, I think that I have figured out the story about the old lady's spirit on the sampan bus. During the era when those buses ran, Hilo was the second biggest town in the Hawaiian islands. Back in those days, people would get dressed up when they went to visit the 'big town', so as to not look out of place.
I think that the old lady had been visiting Hilo when one of the lethal tsunamis struck the area, in either 1946 or 1960. Her drowned body was swept by the torrent into one of the countless cavities of the volcanic landscape, and was never recovered. Those same tsunami waves also washed up untold thousands of fish onto the land, where many died and rotted alongside the body.
Several years later, someone disturbed the old lady's remains, and that caused her spirit to long to return to her family home outside of Hilo.
I think that the old lady had been visiting Hilo when one of the lethal tsunamis struck the area, in either 1946 or 1960. Her drowned body was swept by the torrent into one of the countless cavities of the volcanic landscape, and was never recovered. Those same tsunami waves also washed up untold thousands of fish onto the land, where many died and rotted alongside the body.
Several years later, someone disturbed the old lady's remains, and that caused her spirit to long to return to her family home outside of Hilo.
Ken: I've had that happen too! Totally thought it was a nightmare. I don't even remember dreaming anything. All I remember is trying to wake up. I think that I heard myself struggling and that it was my own voice that finally woke me up. The feeling I had was that I knew it was something that wasn't good. It was totally unnerving!
@David Hey! I lived in dat "era"! nyuk-nyuk! I remember seeing da sampan bus da last time i lived in Hilo... back around 1969. Das one good splanashun of da story, howevah!
i t'ink plenny keeds growing up merembah da kine "choking ghos'" I t'ink scary kine stuffs, too, when you hear someone talking diff'rent kine language when dey sleeping, too!
oooh! tell samoah stories!!! o' go fine da kine ...chry go you tube foah hawaiian ghos' stories!!!
i t'ink plenny keeds growing up merembah da kine "choking ghos'" I t'ink scary kine stuffs, too, when you hear someone talking diff'rent kine language when dey sleeping, too!
oooh! tell samoah stories!!! o' go fine da kine ...chry go you tube foah hawaiian ghos' stories!!!
Yow - that was pretty creepy! Not sure what ghosts want with food but I guess if it's what they want...I'll have to make some ghost stories for the strip though I doubt I'll make it on time for Halloween...I will listen to the next one now...a little behind...
posted by: Robert on the Rainbow on Tue, 10/27 05:41 PM EDT
Post your comment:
Email List
Subscribe
 |
or | Subscribe by Email |
Join In
Sponsor
To contribute regularly, choose a monthly amount. ...and thanks!To make a one-time contribution, use this button. thank you!
Search
Friends of GMG
Previous Episodes
Categories
Hawaiigay
general
music related stuff
podcasts
technical updates
vegetarian
Archives
FebruaryMarch
April
May
August
September
October
November
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
