New Orleans - Most Haunted City in North America

New Orleans:

This is considered to be the most haunted city in all of the US, and its history includes murders, voodoo curses, duels and tales of Revolutionary War Pirates.

The city was such a cultural melting pot when it was first being settled that fights would break out easily and accidents would happen and murders would be plotted. Visitors have recalled seeing ghosts or feeling unsettled in various parts of the city with the LaLaurie House being one of the most haunted buildings in the city.

It was in 1832 when Dr. Louis LaLaurie and his wife Delphine moved in to the house in the French Quarter. They were very well respected and their house was admired by all who were lucky enough to visit. However, as much as Delphine was admired by all who met her, she was brutally cruel to her dozens of slaves that she had; even keeping her cook chained up in the kitchen so that she could call on them whenever she needed.

Rumours started to circulate that something was happening to the slaves as some would just disappear and the changeover would be rather rapid. When the authorities took the slaves away from the LaLaurie House, Delphine managed to get her relatives to buy them back for her.

In April 1834, a fire broke out in the kitchen and when firefighters looked through the remains they found a door in the attic with at least a dozen bodies all chained to the wall and operating tables, confined in cages, and dismembered with parts all around the room. Not all of them were dead at this point.

It appeared that they were all tortured so as not to provide a quick death, with some being cut open but clearly still being able to stay alive. It is believed that Delphine was responsible for all the torture. She managed to escape the city with her family and was never seen again.

The stories of hauntings and ghosts around this house continue to this day. Today the building is luxury apartments.

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Haunted New Orleans
by Holly Sendy in Paranormal, March 15, 2009

New Orleans is the most haunted city in the United States. Here are some of the cities haunted places.

As I had mentioned in a previous article, New Orleans is the most haunted city in the United States. The history is stronger than anyone can rhetorically create. New Orleans was created on a vast swamp that once was a sacred Indian burial place. The French saw New Orleans as a profitable trading city due to its location on the Mississippi. The rich, though, had no taste with living in this city so the King of France sent over the extra laborers from the prison to build the city so it can grow and prosper and become the city of dreams.

Those who were among the first to populate this city included murderers, thieves, rapists and common criminals. The living conditions were deplorable. Harsh elements, quick sand, alligators, venomous snakes, mosquitoes and disease were rampant. The murder rate was high. Major fires devoured the city, numerous hurricanes, wars, and yellow fever epidemics over hundreds of years created excellent conditions for ghosts and haunting.

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New Orleans, Louisiana, is considered the number one haunted city in the United States.

We’ve all heard about numerous haunting around the United States, but we can’t help but wonder which of the many cities is the most haunted. New Orleans, Louisiana, is considered the number one haunted city in the United States. With over 200 years of ghostly legends involving Voodoo curses, Spanish moss draped oak encircled duels, cold-blooded murders, stories of Revolutionary War Pirates and Civil War soldiers; New Orleans has earned a serious reputation as one of the most haunted cities.

It all started hundreds of years ago when the port of New Orleans was melting cultures together. Everything came there to blend and be adapted through variety of cultures. New Orleans was among the earliest settled cities of the new world. It was held by French and Spanish, threatened by the British, and governed by Abraham Lincoln’s Army during the Civil War.

One could spend a lifetime in the city and still not know all there is to know and never get enough. It is said that the city casts a spell on all those who visit, will eventually come back. The magic is found in the unique architecture and the very air that flows through the city. Changing in a moment to become anything desired this city will definitely draw you in.
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Once in the Congo Square, slaves beat the rhythm to the Old Lady’s heart to an African frenzy under the watch
of Marie Laveau, the greatest Voodoo Queen to ever live. The well-to-do built mansions uptown, while immigrants and natives packed into the ramshackle row houses of the burgeoning French Quarter, where the true soul of this old city can really be found. Jean Lafitte and his pirates plotted in a blacksmith shop that is still preserved on Bourbon Street. While blocks away the great priest Pere Antoine seem to resonant from the walls of the St. Louis Cathedral. All around the humid air is filled with memory and thoughts of days gone by.

New Orleans is an experience you will never forget.

Celebrities / Famous People

i decided to make a note of famous people that ive met/ got their autograph/ shaken hand with (or gotten within 2 feet of)

Sarah Palin - shook hand, video of her, SRLC, pic of
Bobby Jindal - shook hand 2X's monroe & SRLC, pic of
Suprya Jindal - commercial shot with her, at gov mansion BR
Rick Perry, TX Gov - shook hand, talked with, video of, autograph, pic of
Newt Gingrich - shook hand, video of, pic of
Mike Pence, Rep Ind - shouted at, video of, pic of, autograph
Sean Hannity - talked to briefly, video of, pic of, autograph
Liz Cheney - shook hand, video of
Karl Rove - shoot hand, picture with, autograph on book, video of
Mary Matalin - picture with, shook hand

SPORTS FIGURES
Mike Didka - picture taken with
Drew Brees - picture taken with, autograph on book, video of us talking to him
Sean Payton - shook hand, photo with, autograph, superbowl ring, video, shook hand
Garrett Hartley - photo of, video of him talking, touched his hand (video of that)


Kate Hudson - pregnant, hornets game, walked past me in the aisle
Lil Wayne - before he was huge, NO Hornets game, bathroom (also Baby)
=Broadway in NYC
Angela Landsbury - auto, picture of
Rupert Everett - picture of
=West Side Story Premiere
William Shatner - picture of
Vanessa Williams - Picture of

Madison 4 Emilys Graduation, Grades

Today I'm in Jackson Mississippi, or Madison, we are here for my cousin, Emilys graduation – lots of things have gone down since my last post, most notably I'm out of school and working for my dad – working for my dad is okay, it’s a great job, but getting along with him is hard and its really annoying sometimes

right now im sitting in my little cousin, olivias, dance class while they dance to lady gagas "bad romance" - the receptionist is really cute but she is married, so darn!

I really enjoy spending time with my family up here in Miss., I really feel wanted and needed – something that i feel that i dont get at home, at times

this morning, kym and i went to the gym and did spin class, yesterday we did a P90X type class, yet not as challenging

my grades are out - i got : A, B, C, D, D (nicht gut)

Drinking @ the Bulldog

mark and i went to the bulldog last night, i needed that little break - i have been studying in my hiding spot on the second floor of Coates and just wanted a break from it all, so after my final in marketing which i bombed (60ish) i got a shower and headed to the bar around 10, tonight was "bring your glasses home" night and i took 5 home, i could have had 20 but they took them (dammit) - i had 4 beers (optimators and andy gators) and 1 shot of patron - and got drunk as ever, i lost my s#!+ i havent been that drunk since europe, i met some nice ppl Holly and a pastor who drank my beer (some of it) and i would like to attend that church when i get back to BR
some indian guy came up and wanted to buy us shots and wanted to take sarah out and i talked her up, without knowing her, so that he would buy us more drinks - then i decided to leave

i got in my car and knew that it would be bad, i was soo drunk - ive never been that drunk in a car before, i was soo over the limit - if idda gotten a ticket, i would have been jailed FOR SURE - i called my mom at 1:16am and talked to her for 22 minutes until i got back to the apartment, i had to stop twice to throw up (once at a house and once at the school) then i threw up a little in my car and on my pants

it was only 3 miles from bulldog to my house but it felt like forever

i got inside and went directy for the shower, where i took a quick one and got out and knocked over my TV on my head and still have a bump - i was soo dizzy, i felt awful - i dont know how, but i ended up in bed and prolly passed out - i didnt set my alarm clock so i woke up @ 10:30 and my exam was at 12:30

i didnt do well, it was a pretty bad hangover - i took 3 asprin and went to the test, if i looked at the test i was okay but everytime i looked up i felt woozy

not good dan

Aunt Barbie in town, Update

my aunt barbie, my dad, and i - with my ring, rubbing the head of mike the tiger for good luck

Friday, May 07 2010, @ 11:15am

i have been waking up @ 5 or 6 every morning, what is wrong with me?
today i woke up @ 6 and watched F&F until i went to turn on the comp and check out the british elections, darren sharper, FB&FV, and GMA (which i cried b/c this lady "little A" won a contest and it was really sad) right now im eating cheezeits and salt (which i hand crack to place on top of the cheeze-it and in my mouth) i am doing the laundry and cleaning while i wait for my mom and aunt to come to BR and i can take them around the city.

they came up on wed and i got my ring, the best looking ring in the world (is it sacrilegious to be in love with a ring?) its a purple stone that changes colours under different light - black, blue, green

wed was cinco-de-mayo, the day i got my BMW(2009) and my LSU senior ring (2010) so it seems that cinco-de-mayo will be an important day in my future

on Wed we went to bass proshop for lunch and then to the governors mansion, we had a great time there - although, bobbie johnson was in a real pissy mood and treated us like crap, but we got bobby jindals favorite chocolate chip cookies, so that was a nice treat

today i would like to take them downtown and to see the state capitol building, then to campus and to perkins rowe

my aunt barbie is in town, she is from pennsylvania, and is an important figure in my life. She is my biggest fan, and i love her dearly - she is really funny and has the best stories, however long
we say, is this a LS or a SS (long story or a short story?) usually, if not always, its a LS
- she always tells me how much she loves me and how much i mean to her, she says "dan, you are destined for something great" - i really wish that i could fastforward my life 10 years and make myself an important person, just to show her she was right
she is really funny, she "reads the newspaper with a pair of scissors" she sends her monthly cut outs that she thinks that i will enjoy, and i try to read them all
she loves to read books, she sends me many of the books that she likes but i never get around to reading them - i have a whole stack to get to when i find some time
aunt barbie is the best aunt anyone could ask for, she listens, she provides insight, and makes a point to brighten your day - i love her very much and cant wait till she gets here!!