{"id":3251,"slug":"hulihee-palace-kailua-kona-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Hulihe'e is the '38 — the Kuakini that's the governor, the lava rock that's the build. The Kalākaua was the '85 — the purchase that's the summer palace, the 'Hikulani Hale' that's the rename. The Daughters are the '27 — the rescue that's the stewardship, the hotel that's the refused.","The Princess Ruth is the symbol — the grass hale that's the preference, the 'cultural identity' that's the stand. The koa is the wood — the staircase that's the native, the Victorian that's the added. Hulihe'e is the palace — the '38 build, the royal retreat that's the use, the museum that's the now.","The file keeps Hulihe'e: the 1838 Kuakini, the Kalākaua purchase, the Princess Ruth hale, and the Daughters '27.","Hulihe'e is the archive's Kailua-Kona file — the royal retreat."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Hulihe'e is the archive's Kailua-Kona file — the saved palace.","A palace keeps its hale — the file's suggestion being that Hulihe'e's hold is the refusal: the Princess Ruth who slept outside, the Daughters who refused hotel, and the '27 rescue that's the museum."]}],"name":"Huliheʻe Palace","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","ROYAL"],"groups":["hauntings","legends"],"desc":"The vacation palace—where the moʻo reportedly guards.","full_desc":"A site in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Huliheʻe Palace is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The vacation palace—where the moʻo reportedly guards. HauntHunt files it with royal history, local folklore and haunted places. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the moʻo. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Kailua-Kona","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":19.645581,"lon":-155.997749,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site / memorial","research_notes":"HI batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":3308,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The moʻo is documented folklore. The site in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. 'Huliheʻe Palace' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The moʻo","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Huliheʻe Palace","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulihe%CA%BBe_Palace","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3309,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures in the palace. The reports at Huliheʻe Palace are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. 'Huliheʻe Palace' carries the account. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Huliheʻe Palace","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulihe%CA%BBe_Palace","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The 1838 palace is documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'Huliheʻe Palace'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from. The claim holds its place in the ledger.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1838","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Huliheʻe Palace","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulihe%CA%BBe_Palace","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The moʻo is documented folklore. Huliheʻe Palace's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The account appears in 'Huliheʻe Palace'. Every community keeps one story like this; this is theirs.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Huliheʻe Palace","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulihe%CA%BBe_Palace","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The moʻo","claimed_identity":"The moʻo","verified":null,"summary":"The moʻo is documented folklore. The site in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. Sources including 'Huliheʻe Palace' keep the claim in circulation. The file keeps The moʻo on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive. The report keeps its place in the record.","behavior":"The moʻo is documented folklore.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Huliheʻe Palace","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulihe%CA%BBe_Palace","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Huliheʻe Palace","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulihe%CA%BBe_Palace","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}