Haunted Places
LEFT: Considered the most haunted house in New Orleans is the LaLaurie Mansion at 1140 Royal Street. Dr. Louis LaLaurie and his wife Delphine lived there. Delphine tortured and killed many of their slaves in the attic. The full story is not for the faint of heart or stomach. RIGHT: Scenes from the Conti Wax Museum that depict Madame LaLaurie and the tortured slaves.
LEFT: Pirates Alley is where many "duels to the death" took place at dawn in the early 1800s. Located near the St. Louis Cathedral at Jackson Square, many claim that if you’re there at dawn you can still hear the clashing swords of the 1,600 men who died there. The duels were took place near the church so the Priest could absolve you of your sins before you died. RIGHT: The Old Ursuline Convent is the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley. It was here that the Ursuline nuns brought the famous "Coffin Girls" who are rumored to have smuggled vampires into New Orleans. Locals say that vampires exist on the third floor of the building. The church sealed each top-floor window with 183 blessed screws, and no one is allowed to enter the second or third floors.
Graveyards must be above ground because New Orleans is below sea level.
The Conti Wax Museum is not haunted, but wax museums are creepy anyway, don’t you think?