NEW ORLEANS 2008

INVESTIGATION REPORT

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA JULY 2008

# OF INVESTIGATORS= 2,WEATHER= 95-97F & HUMID

MOON PHASE= WANING CRESCENT

NEW ORLEANS WENT "SPIRITUALLY FLAT" IN 2006 & 2007, BUT NOW THE GHOSTS WHO SEEMED TO HAVE FLED ALONG WITH THE LIVING AFTER KATRINA ARE BACK IN FORCE! BOTH MY HUSBAND & I WERE TOUCHED BY GHOSTS DURING THIS TRIP, AND AN APPARITION WAS SEEN IN OUR HOTEL ROOM. WHEN VISITING KNOWN HAUNTED LOCATIONS, WE COULD FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRITS AROUND US; A FEELING WE DIDN'T GET DURING LAST YEAR'S VISIT, THOUGH IT WAS FELT EVERY YEAR PREVIOUSLY THAT WE VISITED NOLA. FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEIL HAVE RETURNED, AND THE CITY IS BUSTLING-A WONDERFUL SITE INDEED! THOUGH THE HEAT INDEX WAS OVER 100 EVERY DAY, WE VENTURED OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL. SEVERAL OF THE CHURCH'S PAST PRIESTS ARE ENTOMBED HERE.	A FRENCH QUARTER COTTAGE WITH "GHOST BLUE" SHUTTERS & GATE. THIS BLUE IS TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT TO KEEP EVIL SPIRITS OUT OF THE HOME.	LAFITTE'S BAR ON BOURBON ST. THIS WAS BUILT IN THE 1700'S, AND IS A KNOWN HAUNTED LOCATION. I WAS TOUCHED BY UNSEEN HANDS IN THIS PLACE, WHICH IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE HERE.
PRESERVED BARRED WINDOW AT THE PLACE D' ARMES HOTEL. (USED TO HAVE SLAVE QUARTERS) BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE CITY'S FIRST SCHOOL, WHICH BURNED TO THE GROUND IN 1788, KILLING THE SCHOOLMASTER & SEVERAL CHILDREN. THIS IS KNOWN TO BE A HAUNTED LOCATION, AND I'VE HAD MANY PARANORMAL EXPERIENCES HERE.	THE ENTRANCE TO THE PLACE D' ARMES HOTEL. WHILE NAPPING, ONE MGW MEMBER WOKE TO AN APPARITION APPEARING AT BEDSIDE, THEN PRESSING A HAND TO HIS THROAT & CAUSING HIM TO CHOKE & COUGH. IT WAS A CREOLE WOMAN DRESSED IN A WHITE UNIFORM.	MURIEL'S RESTAURANT, WHERE THERE IS A TABLE SET FOR THE RESIDING GHOST AT ALL TIMES.
OUR ROOM AT THE HOTEL IS ON THE 2ND FLOOR CENTER-WITH THE DRAPES PARTIALLY OPEN. THIS BUILDING AT THE HOTEL WAS THE SLAVE QUARTERS AREA LONG AGO.	THE SITE WHERE WILLIAM FAULKNER WROTE HIS 1ST TWO BOOKS.	THIS WAS ONCE THE HOME OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS.
MANY RESIDENTS HAVE TAKEN THE DOORS OFF THEIR HOMES WITH THE "KATRINA MARKINGS" ON THEM & CREATED ARTWORK. THIS HANGS IN A RESTAURANT.	THE INFAMOUS LALAURIE HOUSE, KNOWN SIMPLY TO RESIDENTS AS "THE HAUNTED HOUSE". RECENTLY PURCHASED BY NICOLAS CAGE, WHO RESIDES HERE WHEN HE'S NOT FILMING A NEW MOVIE.	AT ABOUT 1:30AM ON JULY 24, A BARGE/OIL TANKER HIT A 590 FOOT FREIGHTER. THE BARGE SPLIT OPEN & DUMPED 1000'S OF GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE MISSISSIPPI. CLEAN UP WAS UNDERWAY DURING OUR VISIT.
IN 1808, PRINCE SULEIMAN OF THE TURKISH ROYAL FAMILY ARRIVED IN NEW ORLEANS WITH HIS EUNUCHS & SERVANTS. SIX MONTHS LATER, ALL WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED IN THEIR LIVING QUARTERS. OFFICIALLY IT WAS RECORDED AS A ROBBERY. THE TRUTH IS FAR MORE SINISTER AND INTERESTING...RETRIBUTION! YES, RETRIBUTION FOR THE YOUNG WOMEN OF NEW ORLEANS WHO WERE LURED INTO THE PRINCE'S NEARBY DUNGEON AND PREPARED FOR THE HAREMS OF ISTANBUL BY PSYCHOLOGICAL INDOCTRINATION, OPIUM-INDUCED SUBMISSION, AND TORTURE. BEWARE!!! FOR YOU HAVE ENTERED THE DUNGEON OF THE PRINCE! -THIS STORY IS COURTESY OF YE OLD ORIGINAL DUNGEON, NEW ORLEANS THIS PLACE IS NOW A BAR WITH 3 "CHAMBERS", INCLUDING THE DANK BASEMENT. WE SPENT SOME TIME HERE...NO STORIES WE CAN TELL...NICE FOLKS-CREEPY PLACE.