Historic haunted places in New Orleans, LA. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
The former Orleans Theatre became a convent orphanage before turning hotel in the 1960s. Guests report children's laughter in the halls, a nun by the bed in Room 644 and a woman in…
An 1867 history book spread the legend of a sultan's brother whose household was slaughtered here by assassins. The slain brother is said to still inhabit the house.
Open for guided historical tours only (Save Our Cemeteries); ghost tours not permitted.
Laid out in 1833 for the old City of Lafayette, this walled Garden District block filled quickly with yellow fever victims and later became a backdrop for Anne Rice's vampire novel…
This French Quarter shop is named for Marie Laveau, the Louisiana Creole Voodoo practitioner, herbalist, and midwife who became famous in 19th-century New Orleans. Her daughter, Ma…
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, 425 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70112
Inside St. Louis Cemetery No. 1; access by guided tour only.
This tomb is linked to Marie Laveau, the renowned Louisiana Creole Voodoo practitioner, herbalist, and midwife of 19th-century New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II, also prac…
The Museum of Death in New Orleans is one of two locations of a museum also found on Selma Avenue in Hollywood. J. D. Healy and Catherine Shultz founded it in June 1995, with the s…
The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum is a two-room museum in the French Quarter between Bourbon and Royal Streets. It is devoted to the history, mysteries, and folklore of Louisi…
Legend tells of Jacques de St. Germain, who drank only red wine and fled after a young woman said he bit her neck, leaving bottles of wine mixed with blood. A bricked-up second-flo…
Founded in 1789, it is the city's oldest cemetery and holds Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau's tomb. Lore says her spirit scratches, pinches or shoves visitors, offerings or not.
For about 80 years the city's largest funeral home, now a haunt. A crying woman is said to keep to the top floor and two children play pranks on visitors.