This week’s episode travels to Honolulu’s Chinatown in 1923. A young woman named Betty escaped an arranged marriage in China and built a new life on the other side of the Pacific, but the man she left behind sent a curse after her. Every night at sundown, a malevolent ghost appeared in her bedroom, coal-eyed and hateful, withering every living thing around it. Betty held the line with prayer, garlic, and jujubes. Then one night at three in the morning, something else arrived — something the ghost wasn’t ready for.

How do cultural beliefs about ancestor veneration shape our understanding of protective spirits? Listen now to uncover the full story of Betty’s otherworldly experience or watch on YouTube

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