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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.