Friday Five: Haunted Places in Louisiana

With Halloween coming this Sunday, and in keeping with our True Blood theme, I thought it would be fun to list my top five picks of haunted places and what happens there, in Louisiana. Some may sound familiar to you. So turn out all the lights, draw all the shades, and get ready to feel the tiny hairs on the back of your neck stand straight up.

1. South Shreveport – Old Elerbe School – This is an old burned-down elementary school where children whose parents were wealthy went to school. Bells and faint screams can be heard at night.
2. New Orleans-St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.- The Gravestone of famed Voodoo Queen Marie LaVeau is said to have a crow looking over it. The spirit of Marie is said to inhabit the crow.
3. St. Francisville – The Myrtles Plantation – A profound sense of longing and loss clings to the moss draped trees surrounding the Myrtles Plantation, thick as the heady azalea-laced air. Legends abound here and the Myrtles Plantation is one of the most recognized haunts in the South, known as “one of America’s most haunted homes.” Visitors have mentioned jewelry disappearing and waking to find themselves fully tucked into their beds. Strange noises on the staircase, furniture that moves, a grand piano that plays by itself, mysterious handprints on the mirrors, odd things appearing in photographs – There is no doubt that the Myrtles is haunted, but the debate rages even now as to who or what is doing the haunting. (Read more…)
4. Buras – Fort Jackson – Ghosts of soldiers who fought in the Civil War can be seen walking around the place at night.
5. West Shreveport- Caddo Detention Center- Now a division of Caddo sheriffs department, once the areas maximum security prison. Security guards who were on watch before it was it reopened reported seeing figures walking amongst the corridors, slamming open cell doors shut, and producing cold spots. Some guards claim to have seen headless figures walking in front of security cameras. There are certain areas in the prison that wild nor domesticated animals will not enter, most specters are seen wearing the gray jumpsuits issued to prisoners.

Source: Haunted Places in Louisiana

What stories have you heard?