People often associate New Orleans with delicious cuisine and jazz music, yet few realize its dark history.
One of New Orleans’s most haunted locations is LaLaurie Mansion, once owned by Madame Delphine LaLaurie – who many may recognize from AHS: Coven with Kathy Bates starring. This home has a dark past and is often visited by ghost historians and tour guides.
The Hermann-Grima House
The Hermann-Grima House, once home to both Hermann and Grima families, now serves as a museum. Legend has it that it is haunted by several spirits from its history dating back to the 1700s and 1800s; among these spirits is believed to be Comte de Sainte Germain who is said to be seen frequently around this location.
One ghost you might come across at the home is that of a slave girl who died of tuberculosis, while visitors have reported seeing books move themselves and hearing footsteps when no one was present.
Home is also thought to be the final resting place of Reverend Dagobert, former pastor of St. Roch Cathedral during the 1700s. Witnesses have reported seeing his ghost wandering about both church and cemetery grounds.
Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans is known to be America’s most haunted city, so it should come as no surprise that buildings in its environs might contain ghostly spirits.
Hotel Monteleone, one of New Orleans’s most haunted buildings, reportedly houses numerous ghosts including Maurice Begere’s mischievous spirit as well as Red, an employee whose spirit can open and close restaurant doors on its own.
May Baily’s brothel operated on this property during the mid-to-late 1800s, and it is said that one of its working girls still haunts the bar today. Patrons have reported seeing her shadow in mirrors, rearrange liquor bottles behind the back bar or other mysterious activities taking place at May Baily’s.
The Old Ursuline Convent Museum
If you’re in New Orleans and searching for some of its most iconic ghost stories, look no further than Old Ursuline Convent Museum. Most commonly associated with Madame Delphine LaLaurie who was notorious for torturing her slave mistresses at this site, its high fencing provides an effective barrier from unwanted visitors and visitors.
Many visitors to the convent have heard children playing outside their windows at night even when no children were present. Furthermore, many have reported hearing footsteps of an unknown figure walking through hallways as well as hearing an unexplained scream echo from an attic window.
Muriel’s Restaurant
New Orleans is steeped in history, and its atmosphere lends itself to many legendary tales of ghost sightings and brushes with voodoo. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that both food and fear coexist casually at some local restaurants and homes – such as Muriel’s Jackson Square Restaurant.
This building is said to be haunted by Pierre Antoine Lepardi Jourdan, who tragically lost his dream home during a poker game in 1814 and committed suicide by hanging himself. Since then, guests report hearing female voices and feeling an unsettling presence in this second floor area now known as Seance Lounge of this restaurant. Glasses may fly across the room and break on their own without human visitors present in the space.
LaLaure Mansion
The LaLaure Mansion in New Orleans is one of its most haunted properties. Once home to Madame Delphine LaLaurie, an infamous socialite and serial killer who murdered over 200 individuals before her own death. Numerous witnesses have reported hearing bloodcurdling screams, chains clinking together and moans of torture coming from within its walls.
American Horror Story: Coven made this house famous, with Kathy Bates as Madame LaLaurie making many cameo appearances as its star villainess. Additionally, it is a popular tourist attraction.
Visitors come to New Orleans not only for its delicious Creole cuisine and stunning architecture, but also to see this haunted place rumored to be full of restless spirits, pirates, and an alleged legendary voodoo queen. There’s no other structure in New Orleans with such an eerie allure!
