In 1973, 25-year-old Gayle Hook was found shot near the shoreline of South Kona. No weapon. No witnesses. And no answers.
Half a century later, her case remains one of Hawaii’s forgotten murders—a story swallowed by the tide and erased by time.

This episode explores her final night, the investigation that went nowhere, and how early-1970s Hawaii—on the edge of a tourism boom—was unprepared for the darkness that surfaced beneath the palms.

Sources:– Honolulu Advertiser archives (1973)– Hawaii Tribune-Herald archives (1973–1974)– Hawaii County Police historical case files– Local oral histories from South Kona residents

Mahalo: To the archivists and community members who keep these memories alive. And a special mahalo to Yoza, whose song Obsession carries this story. Follow her on Instagram @yozamusic or visit yozamusic.com.

If you have information about the unsolved murder of Gayle Hook, contact CrimeStoppers Honolulu or the Hawaii County Police Department.

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