Haunted NOLA
This is the tale of an ornery old man and a mischievous little girl whose Uptown neighborhood quarrel continued beyond the grave.
As Carnival parades return to the streets of New Orleans, revelers and krewes might not realize they are celebrating life alongside the dead, with many purportedly haunted spots on or just a doubloon’s throw away from the parade route.
Our story begins with the Casket Girls of Ursuline Convent – a towering building that still stands in the French Quarter where nuns, ghosts and vampires are said to coexist.
Hear now the tragic tale of one Marguerite O’Donnell, a Bourbon Street showgirl whose love triangle life reads like the pages of a dramatic play. Her heartbroken ghost is said to have killed her younger lover in a fiery rage, quite literally.
We live in New Orleans, so yes, we know, there’s no shortage of ghost stories. Yes, we all know about Madame LaLaurie and Marie Laveau, but what about the other ghosts. There’s just so many calling out for us to see them.
Cruel experiments. Suicide, murder and looting. Blood dripping from the ceilings of a Garden District home.
At sunset, he could be seen peering down on the street, horns and all.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the ghost of Madame Mineurecanal and her terrier began to appear.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a priest and a dog walk into a cemetery… and never leave.
In New Orleans, we know a thing or two about hauntings. Whether you believe or not, here are 10 things that claim to be able to help.