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Haunted Places in New Orleans, LA

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.

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An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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Bourbon Orleans Hotel

Haunted place

717 Orleans St, New Orleans, LA 70116

Open (operating hotel).

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…

Source: viatravelers.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

LOUISIANA / HAUNTED PLACE

Gardette-LePretre House (The Sultan's House)

Haunted place

716 Dauphine St, New Orleans, LA

Private, exterior only.

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.

Source: nola.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

LOUISIANA / HAUNTED PLACE

Lafayette Cemetery

Haunted place

1400 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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…

Source: nola.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo

Haunted place

739 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116

Open (shop).

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…

Source: en.wikipedia.org

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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Marie Laveau's Tomb

Haunted place

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…

Source: en.wikipedia.org

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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Museum of Death

Haunted place

227 Dauphine St, New Orleans, LA 70112

Open (museum).

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…

Source: en.wikipedia.org

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum

Haunted place

724 Dumaine St, New Orleans, LA 70116

Open (museum).

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…

Source: en.wikipedia.org

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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St. Germain House

Haunted place

1041 Royal St, New Orleans, LA

Private, exterior only.

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…

Source: nola.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

Haunted place

425 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70112

Guided tours only (licensed guide required).

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.

Source: viatravelers.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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The Mortuary

Haunted place

4800 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119

Escape rooms year-round; Halloween haunted attraction.

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.

Source: viatravelers.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Map of New Orleans, La haunts

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Bourbon Orleans Hotel1Gardette-LePretre House (The Sultan's House)2Lafayette Cemetery3Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo4Marie Laveau's Tomb5Museum of Death6New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum7St. Germain House8St. Louis Cemetery No. 19The Mortuary10

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