Haunted Tours in New Orleans
Maybe it's the Voodoo influence. Others just call it honest curiosity. Whatever it is, New Orleans has a fascination with the dead. Locals say that paranormal experiences abound here. If you are interested in exploring the spooky side of New Orleans, there are a variety of opportunities. Tour haunted houses, take a witchcraft tour, or learn about Vampires in the Crescent City.
Haunted History Tours offers you a number of ways to scare yourself.
Save Our Cemeteries, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving New Orleans' cemeteries, provides a historical and architectural perspective of the city's magnificent Cities of the Dead. Visitors tour the city's oldest burial ground, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 or the Garden District's Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This volunteer organization is credited with preserving these local treasures. Save
New Orleans Cemeteries.
For a truly haunting memory, experience a Voo Doo ritual, sponsored by the Voo Doo Museum, every Friday night at 7:00, at the Museum's contemporary location, 217 North Peters Street, on the edge of the historic French Quarter. The Museum also offers Bloody Mary's Walking Tour from its historic location at 724 Dumaine Street.