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Dark House

Kasha House of Kaimuki (Honolulu, HI) Feat. Medium Lopaka Kapanui

Dark House

House Beautiful/Hearst

Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4757 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Hadley and Alyssa discuss the Kasha House of Kaimuki in Honolulu where, for years, occupants have reported attacks by an “unseen” force. They dig into the long history and mysterious location of the home before reviewing two of the most common theories surrounding the source of these reported attacks: a shape-shifting creature of Japanese folkloric origins known as the Kasha, and the angry spirit of a corpse buried in the backyard. They also hear from a recent resident who experienced paranormal activity while living in the condos that replaced the original house after it was demolished. Later, Alyssa and Hadley are joined by Lopaka Kapanui, a native Hawaiian storyteller, tour guide, and medium, who shares his own experience with the Kasha, as well as stories from other haunted hot spots on Oahu. CREDITS Alyssa Fiorentino - Co-host & Producer Hadley Mendelsohn - Co-host & Producer Jessy Caron - Producer Jacob Stone - Sound Editor & Mixer Ian Munsell - Assistant Audio Engineer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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So the urban legend is in the 40s, local Chinese family was having dinner. Somebody broke into

0:35.8

the house and slaughtered the entire family.

0:39.3

And so that's how the house slowly gained his reputation. And over the ages, as more people

0:43.7

move in, more things happen, more experiences. So it's become this sion of local legend.

1:02.7

Hello, everyone. I'm Hadley Mendelsohn. I'm here with my co-host, Alyssa Fiorentino, and you are listening to Dark House.

1:08.7

Hey guys, each episode, we put the spotlight on an allegedly haunted or otherwise notorious house.

1:13.0

We dig into the history of each house to uncover why and how it became so infamous.

1:17.5

We also feature special guest interviews with experts who can take us behind the scenes and share insider information.

1:19.0

And when we're not researching paranormal and true crime stories, we're actually design editors.

1:24.0

So we also tend to emphasize the usually creepy design elements of the home and really

1:29.4

just talk about how the house itself is a sentient main character, if you will. So with that,

1:36.1

let's get into it and I'll tell you what you can expect from today's episode. We are going to

1:40.9

visit a new destination we haven't been to yet, Hawaii, and Honolulu specifically, which is on the island of Oahu.

1:47.8

And I chose this one for a few reasons, but one of them being that I grew up spending a lot of time in the Kahala neighborhood because my family worked there and lived there some of the year.

1:56.5

So I miss all of those lovely days in Honolulu growing up, especially now from my midtown office desk chair.

2:03.7

But I also, of course, being me, was like, I bet there's some creepy shit that happened there and I want to find some haunted houses in the area.

2:11.5

So as I got researching, I realized that there was plenty to dig into.

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