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Patrick
 IP: 66.190.217.94 Aug 17, 05 - 3:52 AM |
Ghost Listing for Louisiana
The following is a list of all of the ghost and hauntings (rumors or factual) pulled from various net sources. I made this list in the past when I started up here in Louisiana as a ghost hunter. ~~~ Parlange Plantation, Baton Rouge See website for information. *Website Built in 1750 by the Marquis Viscent de Ternant, Parlange was constructed of bousilliage (mud, moss and deer hair) and cypress set over a hand-made brick raised basement. The plantation home is one of the finest examples of French Colonial architecture remaining in Louisiana and the country today. The home remains in the possession of the Marquis' descendents, the Parlange family. No one knows why, but a girl in a wedding dress can be seen running through the oak trees on the property. Beauregard House, New Orleans. See website for location. *Website In the Old French Quarter of the City of New Orleans along Chartres St. lies an architectural jewel in the Palladian and Louisiana raised-cottage style--The Beauregard House. Many a southern soldier spent their last night here before being killed at Shiloh. It's said they remain on the property even to this day. LaLaurie House, New Orleans. 1140 Royal Street. "The origin of the ghostly tale dates back to 1832 when Dr. Louis Lalaurie and his wife, Delphine, constructed their Creole mansion in the French Quarter. They became renowned for their social affairs and were respected for their wealth and prominence. Madame Lalaurie became known as the most prominent French-Creole woman in the city, handling the family's business affairs and carrying herself in great style. Her daughters were among the finest dressed girls in New Orleans." -- Troy Taylor. The Madame has never left this house, or so legend says. There has also been evidence of a talk black figure and other assorted spirits. Are you brave enough to go? Griffin House, New Orleans. 1447-51 Constance Street. Originally built in 1852, many insensitive alterations have degraded this once fine Greek Revival house. It hasn't discouraged the spirits, however, as unexplained sounds and footsteps are heard here on a regular basis. Myrtles Plantation, St Francisville. See website for location. *Website One of the most haunted places in America. Chloe, a plantation slave, was once caught listening in on the master's conversations. To reprimand her and set an example, he cut off her ear. Afraid that she may lose her position as a trusted house slave, she baked a cake for the mistress and her children, adding in a small amount of natural herbal poisoning. She had hoped that, in nursing them back to health, her position would once again be secured. Her plan backfired as they all died and Chloe was put to death by the other slaves soon after in fear of retribuiton against them all. Go visit this historic website and see some of the marvelous pictures taken on property. Old State Penitentiary, Baton Rouge. Now the Louisiana State Police Headquarters and Barracks. *Website As if the ocassional criminal isn't enough to deal with, now this! Once the home of a morgue and execution chamber, the main building here is built over a basement that is constantly dark and seeps water due to high water levels. Employees have experienced the sounds of footsteps, lights turning themselves on and off and a feeling of evil in darkened spaces. Joseph Jefferson's Mansion, Jefferson's Island. Address unknown. Chairs move on their own accord, green balls of light have been witnessed, and one can even hear disembodied footsteps rumored to be those of Joseph Jefferson, the founder of the island. Saint Charles Borromeo College, Grand Coteau. Address unknown. Once an old Ursuline Convent, this building is now used as a preliminary training center for the Society of Jesus Religious Order. After serving God in life, an old priest is said to be seen wandering the halls here, serving him even unto this day. Odin's Inn, Metairie. 3613 18th St, 889-2456 I've looked and looked for a location in Metairie but I am beginning to believe this is the Odin's located in Fat City, which is the only one the web seems to have a reference on. Here at Odin's, there are unexplained noises, cold spots, lights which go on and off on their own accord, apparitions and a man who is said to appear in a mirror. Stowe's Bar, Ruston. 210 West Park Ave, Ruston. 813-251-3402 Once the home of a confederate hospital, Stowe's still stores old equipment from that era in an upstairs area that is closed off. If one listens carefully, on any given night you can hear the mysterious sounds of footsteps and beds sliding across the upper room floor. |
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Patrick
IP: 66.190.217.94 Aug 17th, 2005 - 3:59 AM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
The above was just a small sample of what I have, the rest of my list can be found and the next two locations. The text logs might be best suited if they were downloaded rather than viewed, since they are not wordwrapped online. http://www.geocities.com/pduhe78/LA_Ghost_List.txt http://www.geocities.com/pduhe78/LA_Ghost_List_2.txt |
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Pam SLGH
IP: 70.180.40.109 Aug 17th, 2005 - 6:58 PM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
Patrick, I think there is a reason why you have Jefferson Island listed on this post. I have had a strong feeling about this place for a long time and usually when I have this tugging feeling there is a reason for it. I have asked Case Managers in the past to try to make arrangements for an investigation there but to no avail. I am going to get Mark to check into it since that is his territory. Thanks for the listing. Public places are not really our thing unless the business invites us such as the Hotel Monteleone did. Thanks for the listing and I want to see if we can get something going for "Jefferson Island". |
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Mark
IP: 68.229.128.115 Aug 19th, 2005 - 4:37 AM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
I have not had much luck getting the Bread and Breakfast places to let us investigate cheaply. Will work on it to see what I can do with old Rip Van Winkle. Mark |
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Marlene
IP: 70.191.204.232 Aug 21st, 2005 - 9:07 AM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
Hello again from north west Florida. There are two locations you may find of interest, one is between Napoleonville and Plattenville, the Madewood Plantation. Granted it is a B&B, but when approached in a professional manner they might be receptive. The other is the 1891 Castle Inn just off St. Charles in New Orleans. Miss Karen welcomes those that share our interest. Again, a B&B, but worth a mention. |
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Mark
IP: 68.229.128.115 Aug 21st, 2005 - 10:27 AM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
Hello Marlene, thanks for the info! I am familiar with the Castle Inn, have not heard of the other. The biggest problem I have run into, is some of the B&B will not allow an investigation with other guests present. They would you prefer to rent out the whole place and that at times can get real costly  Mark |
Bon
IP: 68.114.107.57 Aug 21st, 2005 - 4:26 PM |
I'm curious *what's new..lol* Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
Does anyone have any listings (I've read the lists on the links above by Patrick, great job by the way) of any activity locations in the western side of the Northshore? like Hammond, Ponchatoula, Springfield, Albany, etc? I know of one private home in Albany (my dad and step-mom) lived there and they had a few experiences they related back to me and I always felt unexplainably 'uncomfortable' in the back room addition of the home, making sure that I stated out loud that I only needed to get whatever it was from back there when I needed to go in there alone for any reason and that I meant no harm and please don't be mad at me. According to my step-mom, a girlfriend of her brother stayed the night back there one night and my step-mom's mother (supposidly not a nice woman) woke her up in the middle of the night tugging on her and was telling her to leave. My dad also had an incident where mysterious bird seed (sounds funny I know) showed up all over him (he awoke in the morning to find it all over himself and his pallet bed - he slept in the livingroom on the floor because of his back) and then a day or so later after he had cleaned it all up (having even moved his lazyboy chair to do so), more showed up in the middle of the room in a neat little pile, after he left the room for only a few minutes to go to the restroom. They told me that they didn't have any birdseed, except possibly deep in a back closet or in the bird feeder in the tree outside in front of the house (which they hadn't filled in a long while). I know for a fact that no one lived there but my step-mom and my father, and there is no reason I can think of that either would have done it (particularly since my stepmom was totally spooked). Also, my father reported to me that he had a painting (he oil paints) fly off the wall and land several feet away when there wasn't any obvious reason for that to occur. The occurences only happened in noticible ways, those two-three times, but my father swears that he can occasionally hear several voices in the back room, but no one is ever there and that on occasion he sees shadows back there (they added a bathroom onto the house, so he typically uses that one and my stepmom the other. They also have their washing machine and dryer back there so they typically would leave the door open or cracked. He also reported to me that he has heard occasionally a child laugh, but that normally, it sounds like it comes from the attic area. I know for a fact that my step-mom's first child, her son drowned in a creek (I think she said it was behind the house) when he was only a little boy. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone else has heard of any intersting places over this way to possibly check out. Obviously, unless with "the group" and officially, I'm referring to public locations accessible to anyone. I look forward to any reports ya'll may have to share. Thanks and happy hunting, Bon |
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Marlene
IP: 70.191.204.232 Aug 22nd, 2005 - 5:15 PM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
Mark I cannot speak for the restrictions one might encounter at Madewood, I have not had any problems at the Castle Inn, whether we had just two rooms or the entire house. From previous visits, I think you will find activity in each room at the Castle. Patrick do you have any info concerning the old Ursuline Convent? We did find historical references to the 'casket girls', but were unable to confirm that the upper/attic floor has been sealed off. |
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Patrick
IP: 66.190.217.94 Aug 23rd, 2005 - 10:27 PM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
The Covenant is still a place of mystery, but the best story that I have gotten so far was that the girls who brought over the caskets was more or less like a death insurance policy, so that the church did not have to spend extra money on them in case they became sick from the "air" in the area. And what I mean by air is from plagues, disease, and such and so-forth from the stagnent air back then. As for vampires, hehe, you can have a hoot of a time by bothering the "believers" on www.nola.com on their vampire forum. |
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Marlene
IP: 70.191.204.232 Aug 25th, 2005 - 7:07 PM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
Now that is an interesting spin to the shape wooden crates - thank you for sharing that piece of information. From the historical information we reviewed the wooden crates/boxes were used in the place of trunks - most of these young women could not afford a trunk. The crates were built and donated to those traveling to the US. Unfortunately the crate was built in a similar shape to a casket used in those days sans the tag "casket girls". |
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Rob
IP: 199.80.93.254 Nov 1st, 2005 - 1:15 PM |
Re: Ghost Listing for Louisiana
This is my account of my visit to the upper floors of Stow's Bar winter 2005. Me being a regular goer to the Stow's night life never really belived the ghost stories of the upper floors. Until one day me and friend were walking around Ruston waisting time when the subject came to go on a ghost hunt. So after a while he talked me into it and we went to investigate. We walked around the second floor for about thirty minutes or with no luck. Not until we got to second room on the right. After looking around for a minute my friend went off to explore of the place leaving me there, But when i went to walk out the room a closet door to left of me shut. That was the first thing that was stange. After looking around for a minute we went to the third floor. We didn't even get off the stairs when we heard what sounded like stretchers going across the floor at the other of the place, but by the time we got there it was nothing. When we were checking the second to last room we heard a knoking sound back at the other end of hall, and that's when we decided we had enough proof of the ghost stories to cure our couriosity. |
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