{"id":3276,"slug":"keomuku-lanai-city-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Keomuku is the punished — the 'heiau stones' that's the railroad's damage, the 'salt water' that's the gods' answer. The 'sugar failed' is the withered — the '1899-1901' that's the plantation's span, the 'drought' that's the killer's name. The 'church left' is the stood — the 'Ka Lanakila' that's the '03's build, the 'last structure' that's the village's proof.","The 'epidemic blamed' is the told — the 'angered gods' that's the legend's logic, the 'population wiped' that's the story's claim. The 'kupuna care' is the tended — the 'visits still' that's the elders' duty, the 'restored' that's the church's state. Keomuku is the emptied — the '2,000' that's the village's peak, the 'ghost' that's the now's label.","The file keeps Keomuku: the punished mill, the failed sugar, the standing church, and the tending kupuna.","Keomuku is the archive's Hawaii file — the village the gods allegedly cursed."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Keomuku is the archive's Hawaii file — the sugar town a broken heiau doomed.","A village keeps its church — the file's suggestion being that Keomuku's hold is the punished: the 'heiau' that's the damaged sacred, the 'salt water' that's the curse's sign, and the 'Ka Lanakila' that's the last wall."]}],"name":"Keōmuku","aliases":[],"type":"GHOST_TOWN","type_label":"Ghost Town","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","GHOST_TOWN","LOCAL_FOLKLORE"],"groups":["dark-history","ghost-towns","legends"],"desc":"The sugar village that died—the church still stands.","full_desc":"Keōmuku is a ghost town in Lanai City, Hawaii. The sugar village that died—the church still stands. The archive files it under ghost towns, dark history and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.","address":null,"city":"Lanai City","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":20.827932,"lon":-156.914703,"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","research_notes":"HI2 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":3354,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the church. Keōmuku, Hawaii is the kind of town where the dead outnumber the residents — the reports just make the census official. Witness accounts, no evidence file: the claim is anecdotal and stays that way. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped. The reports keep the address on the map.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Keōmuku","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keomoku,_Hawaii","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The village’s abandonment is documented. A ghost town's file is unusual: the emptiness itself is documented, and this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'Keōmuku' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Keōmuku","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keomoku,_Hawaii","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site is largely open-air; some buildings may be unsafe or on private land. Check local conditions 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":"Keōmuku","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keomoku,_Hawaii","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}