Haunted New Orleans
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The Most Haunted City in America
Say the name, "New Orleans" and your mind might conjure images of Mardi Gras parades or drunken revelry on Bourbon Street. Can you practically taste that spicy bowl of gumbo, the steamy cup of cafe au lait or those hot, sugary beignets? Do the smooth sounds of jazz spilling out of open doors in the French Quarter play in your head?
Indeed, these are all-too-familiar images of the Big Easy, but there is another side of New Orleans that is filled with darkness and mystery, vampires and ghosts, haunted mansions, cemeteries and three hundred years of tumultuous history that includes war, natural disasters, piracy, slavery and voodoo all culminating in the dubious distinction of being America's Most Haunted City.
Grab a candle, put on your garland of garlic and join me as we explore Haunted New Orleans.
Indeed, these are all-too-familiar images of the Big Easy, but there is another side of New Orleans that is filled with darkness and mystery, vampires and ghosts, haunted mansions, cemeteries and three hundred years of tumultuous history that includes war, natural disasters, piracy, slavery and voodoo all culminating in the dubious distinction of being America's Most Haunted City.
Grab a candle, put on your garland of garlic and join me as we explore Haunted New Orleans.
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Everyone Returns...
"Everyone, dead or alive, returns to New Orleans. If people can't come back in their lifetime, they come back when they are dead." ~ Andrei Codrescu from his book, New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City
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Featured articles naming New Orleans among the most haunted cities in the U.S.
- Top 10 Most Haunted Cities in the U.S. | Top 10 Lists | TopTenz.net
- New Orleans #1 Most Haunted City in the U.S.
- Top 5 Most Haunted Cities in the United States | TravelBrook
- TravelBrook features the Top 5 Most Haunted Cities in the United
- Haunted New Orleans | Paranormalknowledge.com
- Learn more about the haunted history of New Orleans and all the myths, tales, and stories within it.
LaLaurie Mansion
The Most Haunted Location in the French Quarter
Located at 1140 Royal Street, the LaLaurie House has been considered the most haunted and the most frightening location in the French Quarter for more than 175 years.Below, learn more about the gruesome tale of a wealthy, prominent socialite who hid her dark side behind elegant social affairs, refined manners and a delicate, beautiful visage.
LaLaurie Tale
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More Haunted Places In New Orleans
Though not exhaustive, below is a list with links to other well known and documented haunted places in New Orleans, including hotels, bars and more.
- Beauregard-Keyes House
- The Beauregard-Keyes House can be found across from the Convent of Ursula in the French Quarter at 1113 Charles Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.
On foggy, moonlit nights, General Beauregard and his troops materialize out of the wood paneled walls along the hallway near the ballroom. There is also an apparition of a fiddler player and dancing entities. - Columns Mansion
- The Columns Mansion is located in the Upper Garden District close to the street car line at 3811 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
There are three known gentile spirits, with impeccable southern manners seem to be sharing the mansion with the living: A well-dressed gentleman, a floating female dressed in white and a little girl who wanders around the third floor near the balcony. - Hotel Monteleone
- The Magnificent Hotel Monteleone is located near the heart of the French Quarter at 214 Royal Street (Rue Royale), New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
In March 2003, the International Society of Paranormal Research spent several days investigating Hotel Monteleone. While at the hotel, the team made contact with more than a dozen earthbound entities. Among them were several former employees, a man named William Wildemere who died inside the hotel of natural causes, and a boy who was much older when he died but enjoys returning to Hotel Monteleone as a 10-year-old to play hide-and-seek with another young spirit. - Haunted Bars
- A list of some of the more haunted bars and lounges in New Orleans, including but not limited to:
Alibi Bar, 811 Iberville Street just off of Bourbon Street.
Pat O'Brien's, 718 St. Peter Street
Lafitte's Blacksmith's Shop, 941 Bourbon Street
O'Flaherty's Irish Channel Pub, 514 Toulouse Street
The Old Absinthe House, 240 Bourbon St. - Magnolia Mansion
- Located one block from the St. Charles Street Car in the Garden District at 2127 Prytania Street %u2022 New Orleans, LA
Rich in history, this mansion was built in 1857 and has a number of invisible residents including a ghost maid who has tucked people into bed and a little girl who walks around the halls.
More Haunted Places on YouTube
Haunted New Orleans TV
Follow a team of paranormal experts led by investigator, Kalila Smith, to the most haunted locations in New Orleans.
Legends and Lore
Spooky Stories of New Orleans Hauntings
- Devil Baby of Bourbon Street
- Original Story by Alyne Pustanio
- The LaLaurie House
- A grisly tale of wealth, slavery and unfathomable cruelty
- Marie Laveau
- From Stories of New Orleans, by Andre Cajun, "Sage of the Bayous" © 1957
- The Sultan's Palace
- By Sharon Keating
- Chicken Man
- by J. J. Mccay
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There is no architecture in New Orleans, except in the cemeteries.
~ Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi
Cities of the Dead
New Orleans Cemeteries
For esthetic, traditional and practical reasons - not the least of which is that New Orleans is built on a swamp - the deceased are buried above ground.
Elaborate artwork, sculptures and wrought iron embellishments decorate the stone crypts and mausoleums that align walking paths giving them the appearance of miniature villages and the nickname of "Cities of the Dead."
There are 42 cemeteries in the New Orleans area with many interesting, fascinating and very haunted ghost stories. Below is a map featuring some of the better known locations.
Elaborate artwork, sculptures and wrought iron embellishments decorate the stone crypts and mausoleums that align walking paths giving them the appearance of miniature villages and the nickname of "Cities of the Dead."
There are 42 cemeteries in the New Orleans area with many interesting, fascinating and very haunted ghost stories. Below is a map featuring some of the better known locations.
Cities of the Dead
New Orleans Cemeteries
Tour Haunted Sites
in New Orleans
More information for exploring haunted New Orleans - either with a professional guide or on your own.
- The Official Save Our Cemeteries Site
- Founded in 1974, Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, preserving, and protecting New Orleans' 31 historic cemeteries. Tours operate on a first come, first served basis.
- New Orleans Cemeteries
- This site contains thousands of photos from every cemetery in New Orleans as well as information on types of graves, symbols and history.
- New Orleans Tours by Haunted History Tours
- New Orleans Oldest and Largest Walking Tour Company featuring: New Orleans Ghost Tours, Haunted Garden District Tours, New Orleans Voodoo Tours, New Orleans Vampire Tours, New Orleans Cemetery
- New Orleans Ghosts, Vampires, Voodoo, & Marie Laveau
- Before you head out, research hauntings in New Orleans
- App Store - Official Paranormal Guide - New Orleans
- Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about the Official Paranormal Guide - New Orleans on the App Store. Download the Official Paranormal Guide - New Orleans and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
- French Quarter Phantoms
- Tours include: Ghosts, Vampires, Cemeteries, True Crime and more.
- New Orleans Spirit Tours
- New Orleans Spirit Tours offers walking tours in New Orleans featuring our famous cemeteries, voodoo, ghosts and vampires.
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Ghosts of Music Past
| Track | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost of the Blues | Piron's New Orleans Orchestra | New Orleans Jazz of the 1920s | |
| Holy Ghost | Elm Boy Peg | New Orleans Bounce Essentials | |
| White Ghost Shivers | The New Orleans Owls | The Jazzy Twenties | |
| New Orleans | Former Ghosts | New Love. | |
| Ghost of the Blues | Piron's New Orleans Orchestra | Breaking Out of New Orleans, 1923-1927 (Disc 2) | |
| The Ghosts of New Orleans | Ballboy | The Royal Theatre | |
| Ghosts of New Orleans | Javelin | Thunder |
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