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INVESTIGATION REPORT
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS
SEPTEMBER 5-7, 2003 # 0F INVESTIGATORS=4
WEATHER= HOT. MOON PHASE=WAXING GIBBOUS
NEW ORLEANS IS A CITY WHERE 85% OF THE BUILDINGS ARE HAUNTED. WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE OLD FRENCH QUARTER AT NIGHT, AND FOUND OUT A LOT OF INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SOME OF THE HAUNTINGS THERE. THE TOWN WAS ESTABLISHED ORIGINALLY IN 1718, AND WAS BURNED TO THE GROUND ALMOST ENTIRELY IN 1788. THE BUILDINGS WERE ALL MADE OF WOOD BACK THEN. ANOTHER FIRE SHORTLY AFTERWARDS (1794) ALL BUT FINISHED OFF NEW ORLEANS. AFTER THAT TIME THE BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN BRICK AND STONE.
SINCE THE CITY WAS BUILT IN SWAMPLAND, THE WEALTHY PARISIANS OF THE TIME HAD NO INTEREST IN LIVING THERE. THE KING OF FRANCE DECIDED TO POPULATE THE TOWN WITH PRISONERS. THE MURDER RATE WAS VERY HIGH. THE SPREAD OF DISEASE, THE ALLIGATORS, AND QUICK SAND WERE ABUNDANT, ALONG WITH HURRICANES, WARS, AND YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMICS (OVER 8,000 DEAD). IT WAS NOT A NICE PLACE TO LIVE, BUT THIS HISTORY GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY THAT IS FOUND THERE TODAY.
NOW NEW ORLEANS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, FULL OF DIVERSITY AND WONDERFUL ARCHITECTURE. IT'S HISTORY INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO OVERCAME DISASTERS, AND SOME WHO COULD NOT ENDURE THEIR SUFFERING. IT IS MOSTLY THE TORTURED SOULS OF NEW ORLEANS HISTORY THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PICTURES AND STORIES YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ.
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 THIS IS THE FOUNDER OF NEW ORLEANS-BIENVILLE. HIS STATUE CAN BE SEEN NEAR JAX BREWERY. HE SEEMS TO BE SURROUNDED BY SOME FRIENDS. |
 DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS WITH A NICE BLUE VORTEX. |
 THE INFAMOUS LALAURIE MANSION, WHERE DAUPHINE LALAURIE MERCILESSLY TORTURED NUMEROUS SLAVES IN 1834. IT IS LOCATED AT ROYAL AND GOVERNOR NICHOLLS STREETS. |
 ANOTHER OF THE LALAURIE HOUSE. THE VICTIMS WERE DISCOVERED AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT. THE LALAURIE FAMILY ESCAPED, NEVER TO BE FOUND. |
 ANOTHER OF LALAURIE. ORBS SHOWED UP IN ALL 15 PHOTOS TAKEN OF THIS HOUSE. |
 ANOTHER OF LALAURIE. NOTICE THE PEOPLE ON THE BALCONY. (THERE WERE NO LIVING PEOPLE THERE) ALSO MANY VORTICES. THESE PICS ARE 35MM, AND THE NEGATIVES SHOW THE SAME. NO SCRATCHES OR SMEARS. TAKEN BY CHRIS |
 A CLOSE-UP OF THE "PEOPLE." TAKEN BY CHRIS |
 THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP TEAROOM IS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING. THIS IS WHERE A WEALTHY MAN'S MISTRESS DIED ON THE ROOFTOP. SHE FROZE TO DEATH, AFTER BEING TOLD TO WAIT FOR HIM THERE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER (THE ONLY TIME OF YEAR THAT NEW ORLEANS ACTUALLY HAS A WINTER). THE MAN WENT OUT TO FIND HER, SEARCHING EVERY BALCONY FIRST. LOOKS LIKE HE IS STILL LOOKING. |
 THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE "THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP TEAROOM" EXISTS. IT IS HAUNTED BY A SPIRIT NAMED JULIE, WHO IS KNOWN TO TOUCH PEOPLE AND SHOW HERSELF OFTEN. |
 THE CORNSTALK FENCE HOTEL. THE WROUGHT-IRON FENCE WAS MADE IN THE SHAPE OF MANY CORN STALKS. KNOWING THE HOUSE WAS HAUNTED, THE OWNERS AT ONE POINT HAD THE KEYHOLE ON THE GATE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. THIS WAS THOUGHT TO CONFUSE ANY SPIRITS WHO MAY BE TRYING TO GET TO THE HOUSE. |
 LAFITTE'S BLACKSMITH SHOP. IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1720'S, AND IS THE OLDEST WORKING BAR IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE SECOND OLDEST BUILDING IN NEW ORLEANS. JEAN LAFITTE WAS A PRIVATEER (BASICALLY A PIRATE). HE WAS ALSO A HERO IN THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS UNDER ANDREW JACKSON. THIS BUILDING WAS HIS BASE OF OPERATIONS. IT IS HAUNTED BY THE GHOST OF A BLACK-HAIRED WOMAN. GHOSTS OF PIRATES AND SOLDIERS ALSO WALK AROUND THE PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. |
 THIS IS A RUN-DOWN BUILDING ACROSS FROM LAFITTE'S BAR. WE COULD NOT FIND OUT WHO OWNS IT, OR WHAT IS USED TO BE. IT IS, HOWEVER, KNOWN TO BE HAUNTED. |
 ANOTHER SHOT OF THE MYSTERIOUS BUILDING. |
 THIS IS ANOTHER BUILDING WE CAN'T IDENTIFY. IS IT OBVIOUSLY VERY ACTIVE AS WELL. |
 OUR TOUR GUIDE AMONGST THE HUGE ECTO-CLOUD IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. |
 THE PERE ANTOINE ALLEY, NEXT TO THE SAINT LOUIS CATHEDRAL. THIS WAS THE SITE OF MANY DEAD SOULS BEING CARRIED IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION. THE PRIEST SANG AN OLD IRISH BALLAD DURING THE PROCESSION, WHICH WAS HELD IN SECRET ON A STORMY NIGHT. WHENEVER IT RAINS LATE AT NIGHT, THE PRIEST CAN STILL BE HEARD SINGING IN THIS ALLEY. |
 ANOTHER SHOT OF THE ALLEY. |
 THIS IS THE GARDEN AT THE BACK OF ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL. THE SMALL PURPLISH ORBS AT THE LEFT CAN BE SEEN IN 4 PHOTOS TAKEN AT THIS SPOT. |
 A DAYTIME SHOT OF THE PLACE D' ARMES HOTEL, WHERE WE STAYED. IT WAS BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE IN NEW ORLEANS. IT LATER WAS USED AS A PRISON, COMPLETE WITH A GALLOWS. MANY SPIRITS HAUNT THIS PLACE! STRANGE OCCURRENCES HAPPEN HERE CONSTANTLY. THE FIFTH FLOOR, WHERE OUR ROOMS WERE, IS ESPECIALLY ACTIVE. IT SEEMS THE ROOM PHONES CALL THE FRONT DESK ALL BY THEMSELVES. THE ELEVATOR HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN, AND PROVED THAT TO US MORE THAN ONCE. ON ONE OCCASION, IT GOT STUCK, AND WOULD NOT CLOSE ITS DOOR, OR MOVE. ANOTHER TIME, I FOUND MYSELF STANDING IN THE HALLWAY WAITING FOR IT TO ARRIVE SO I COULD GO DOWNSTAIRS. I COULD HEAR THE VOICES OF A MAN, AND AT LEAST 2 RAMBUNCTIOUS CHILDREN IN THE ELEVATOR CAR. I WAITED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THEN PRESSED THE CALL BUTTON AGAIN. THE ELEVATOR MOVED, BUT DID NOT OPEN FOR ME. I COULD STILL HEAR THE VOICES AND NOISES OF THE CHILDREN COMING FROM INSIDE THE CAR. I WAITED AGAIN, AND PRESSED THE BUTTON FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE DOOR FINALLY OPENED, AND NO ONE WAS INSIDE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE OLD SCHOOLMASTER HAUNTS THE BUILDING, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER GHOSTS. |
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 ROOM 508 AT THE PLACE D' ARMES. TAKEN BY CHRIS |
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HAUNTED HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS, CLICK HERE; BETTER YET-TAKE THE TOUR YOURSELF: |
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