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INVESTIGATION REPORT

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 2, 2010       WEATHER= 56-82F, MOON PHASE= WANING GIBBOUS    # OF INVESTIGATORS= 2

WE TOOK A TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS TO EXPERIENCE THE HUGE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS, INCLUDING A MARDI GRAS STYLE PARADE AND THE ENDLESS NIGHT VAMPIRE BALL. WE ALSO TOOK IN THE WONDERFUL SCENERY, RICH HISTORY, AND A HURRICANE OR TWO (THE DRINK-NOT THE STORM). WE STAYED AT THE PLACE D'ARMES HOTEL, AND KNOWN HAUNTED SITE. WE VISITED THE OLD ST. LOUIS #1 CEMETERY, THE VOODOO SPIRITUAL TEMPLE, OAK ALLEY PLANTATION, THE  SWAMP,  ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL, AND MANY MORE INTERESTING PLACES. DURING OUR STAY AT THE HOTEL, WE NOTICED THAT ASKING OUT LOUD FOR THE ELEVATOR TO COME TO OUR FLOOR WORKED WONDERS, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING MUCH LONGER FOR IT TO ARRIVE. THE SPIRITS OF SEVERAL CHILDREN WHO WERE BURNED ALIVE DURING A FIRE AT THE SCHOOL THAT ONCE STOOD ON THE SITE HAVE HAUNTED THIS HOTEL FOR YEARS. THEY CAN SOMETIMES BE HEARD PLAYING IN THE ELEVATOR. EERIE FEELINGS WERE HAD IN THE HOTEL COURTYARD A FEW TIMES. KNOWN AS AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED CITY, NEW ORLEANS HAS LIVED UP TO ITS REPUTATION VERY WELL. THE CITY HAS SEEN BEYOND ITS FAIR SHARE OF HARD TIMES, FROM THE ALLIGATOR  INFESTED SWAMP LANDS IN ITS BEGINNINGS, THROUGH THREE MAJOR YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMICS, POOR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, TREMENDOUSLY HIGH CRIME RATES, HURRICANES (THE STORMS) AND OIL SPILLS.  THROUGH IT ALL, THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS HAVE  SURVIVED WITH GRACE, TENACITY, AND A STRONG LOVE FOR THEIR WONDERFUL CITY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS?

ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL-THE OLDEST CATHEDRAL IN THE U.S.	AN EXAMPLE OF "GHOST BLUE" PAINT, SOMETIMES USED ON OPENINGS OF HOMES BECAUSE "GHOSTS DON'T LIKE BLUE"	SOME OF THE BUILDINGS NOW USED FOR THE PLACE D'ARMES HOTEL USED TO BE A PLANTATION OWNERS CITY RESIDENCE. THE BARS ON THIS WINDOW WERE INSTALLED TO KEEP HIS SLAVES FROM ESCAPING.
LAFITTE'S BLACKSMITH SHOP-THE OLDEST BAR IN THE U.S. ALSO HAUNTED. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY UNSEEN HANDS (INCLUDING MYSELF) AND SEEN THE APPARITION OF THE FAMOUS PIRATE INSIDE THE OLD BUILDING.	THE INFAMOUS LALAURIE HOUSE, WHERE BRUTAL MURDERS AND TORTURE HAVE CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE SO OPPRESSIVE THAT NO TENANT HAS EVER STAYED VERY LONG.	MURIEL'S RESTAURANT, WHERE A TABLE IS PERMANENTLY SET FOR A FORMER OWNER- FINALLY PUTTING A STOP TO HIS HARASSMENT OF PATRONS, 150 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.
ONE OF SEVERAL PLANTATIONS ALONG RIVER ROAD. THE MOVIE THE SKELETON KEY WAS FILMED HERE	OAK ALLEY PLANTATION. NOTICE THE APPARITION IN THE CENTER PHOTO-CAPTURED BY SUE	ALLIGATOR IN THE SWAMP-ABOUT 10 FEET LONG
WE RAN INTO THE BOOTH BROTHERS & SOME OF THE SPOOKED CREW AT THE ENDLESS NIGHT BALL.  NICE FOLKS!	SCENES FROM ST. LOUIS #1 CEMETERY. LEFT TO RIGHT: OVEN TOMBS, VOODOO QUEEN MARIE LAVEAU'S TOMB, THE CENTER AISLE, NICOLAS CAGE'S NEW PYRAMID TOMB, A JAZZ BAND PLAYS ON ALL SAINTS DAY.