Can a single volcanic rock change your luck?

For decades, visitors to Hawaii have mailed lava rocks back to the islands accompanied by handwritten letters describing broken relationships, financial hardship, illness, and the uneasy feeling that something simply was not right after taking a piece of paradise home.

Is Pele's Curse real? Or is the story asking a much deeper question about ownership, respect, and our desire to possess beautiful places?

Tonight on The Midnight Drive we explore one of Hawaii's most enduring legends before wandering into another mystery. The Menehune are said to be master builders who construct roads, fishponds, and temples beneath the cover of darkness before disappearing with the sunrise. Together these stories become something larger than folklore. They become reflections on craftsmanship, h ...