Old Hilo Memorial Hospital

The Story

Ke Ola Magazine reports that elders attending the building’s adult-care program sometimes heard children playing outside when no children were there. A staff member also recalled a strange line of crayons leading toward a shower room. These gentle child-presence accounts sit alongside the more famous “crying babies” legend, whose alleged fatal nursery fire local researchers could not substantiate. Ke Ola challenges fatal-fire backstory through historical records and oral-history work. KRG investigation heard no babies and called findings inconclusive. Current building use/renovation access must be checked.

The Hauntings

Ke Ola Magazine reports that elders attending the building’s adult-care program sometimes heard children playing outside when no children were there. A staff member also recalled a strange line of crayons leading toward a shower room. These gentle child-presence accounts sit alongside the more famous “crying babies” legend, whose alleged fatal nursery fire local researchers could not substantiate. Ke Ola challenges fatal-fire backstory through historical records and oral-history work. KRG investigation heard no babies and called findings inconclusive. Current building use/renovation access must be checked.

A sense of place.

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Sources & further reading.

• Then & Now: The Old Hilo Hospital — Ke Ola Magazine (reports)

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