# Pele’s Curse: Haunted Volcanoes of Hawaii

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Podcast: [Haunted Real Estate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/haunted-real-estate-5840109)
Published: 2026-03-30T12:50:09+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/hauntedrealestate/2674000
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## Resource

In this episode of Haunted Real Estate, Ashley and Lanie takes you to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, into the fiery domain of Pele — goddess of volcanoes, creator and destroyer of the Big Island. We trace the land’s deep Indigenous history, from ahupuaʻa stewardship and sacred offerings at Halemaʻumaʻu to the Great Māhele and the arrival of western concepts of “ownership.” Along the way, you’ll hear the legend of Pele, the lovers ʻŌhiʻa and Lehua, battlefield footprints frozen in ash, and modern stories of hitchhiking goddesses, a mysterious white dog, and tourists desperate to mail lava rocks back to the island. We’ll walk through what happens when homes are built in lava zones like Royal Gardens, Kalapana, and Leilani Estates — and what it really means to claim a deed on land that many believe still belongs to Pele. Sources Pele legends, genealogy, and Halemaʻumaʻu as her home: cultural overviews and retellings of Pele’s moʻolelo and ʻŌhiʻa–Lehua stories.[wikipedia +3] Indigenous history, ahupuaʻa system, and mālama ʻāina: Native Hawaiian–authored descriptions of traditional land management and the Great Māhele’s impact on land tenure.[rvshare +4] Kīlauea history, 1790 footprints, and early visitors: USGS and NPS materials on Ellis’s 1823 account, Kapiʻolani’s 1824 visit, and the Keonehelelei footprints.[usgs +6] Park creation and major eruptions: NPS and USGS histories of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Royal Gardens, Kalapana, and the 2018 lower Puna eruption.[wikipedia +11] Pele’s Curse and returned lava: discussions of the modern curse legend, origin stories, and apology letters from tourists returning rocks.[wikipedia +3] Pele sightings, hitchhiker stories, and white dog: Hawaiʻi folklore collections, Mysteries of Hawaiʻi narrativ…

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