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🔍 Beneath the Palms: Hawaii's Darkest True Crime & Mysteries PodcastBeneath the Palms dives deep into Hawaii’s most chilling true crime stories, unsolved mysteries, and shocking disappearances.
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Simon Owen Disappearance: The Missing Hawaii Hiker Who Vanished at Manoa Falls (opens the original)
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Simon Owen was 21 when he vanished near the Manoa Falls Trail on Oahu in June 1994. He had survived a broken neck, rebuilt his future, traveled through the Amazon and Europe, and come to Hawaii for a summer of work and adventure. Then his bicycle was found locked near the trail entrance, but Simon was nowhere to be found. This episode of Beneath the Palms follows the disappearance of Simon Owen, the young Texas Wesleyan University student who worked at Chili's in Waikiki and spent his free time
The Palmyra Atoll Murders: Mac and Muff Graham, the Stolen Sea Wind and Two Different Verdicts (opens the original)
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The Palmyra Atoll Murders began as an adventure. In 1974, experienced sailors Malcolm “Mac” Graham and Eleanor “Muff” Graham reached remote Palmyra Atoll aboard their yacht, Sea Wind , expecting months of isolation in the Pacific. Instead, they vanished. Months later, the Sea Wind appeared in Hawaii with Buck Duane Walker and Stephanie Stearns aboard. The yacht had been altered and renamed, while Mac and Muff were nowhere to be found. Years later, Muff’s remains were discovered on Palmyra, leadi
Lisa Bissell Murder (Kauai) — Polihale Road Cold Case and the West Kauai Attacks (April 7, 2000) (opens the original)
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Lisa Bissell was 38 when she was found on April 7, 2000—stabbed in a ditch off a roadway leading toward Polihale on Kauai. This episode follows the documented timeline that’s publicly available, then widens to the 2000 West Kauai violence cluster discussed in reporting, including the Kekaha attempted sexual assault where a surviving victim helped generate a composite sketch, and the later homicide near Pakala Beach that intensified public concern and investigative scrutiny. This episode contains
The Cliff, the Syringes, and the Surgeon | Hawaii Doctor Gerhardt Konig and Arielle Konig’s Pali Puka Trail Attack (opens the original)
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The Cliff, the Syringes, and the Surgeon | Revisited On March 24, 2025, Arielle Konig went hiking above Nuʻuanu with her husband, Maui anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig. What began as a birthday trip ended with Arielle severely injured on the Pali Puka Trail, two hikers moving toward her screams, and an all-day search that ended with her husband’s arrest. This fully rewritten episode follows the marriage before the trail, Arielle’s account of being forced toward the cliff, the alleged syringe, the
The Unsolved Murder of Jubilee “Maile” Lum: Honolulu’s White Van Cold Case (opens the original)
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The Unsolved Murder of Jubilee “Maile” Lum Jubilee “Maile” Lum was twenty-one years old, taking adult education classes, planning to marry on her next birthday, and, according to her mother, four months pregnant. On August 24, 1999, her body was found wrapped in layers of plastic behind a Honolulu florist. The night before, Maile had reportedly been seen getting into a white or light-colored Ford Econoline van in Chinatown. A purple or turquoise pickup was also reported near the florist around t
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