THE VERY REAL GHOSTS OF NEW ORLEANS

There are as many locals will certainly attest, far more real stories of ghost and paranormal activity in the city and surrounding area of New Orleans then one might openly admit. Though haunted tours and historians make honest claims of focusing on these certain haunted realities to thrill the curious, many tales and truths have become muddled and grossly distorted in their telling's.

Always hidden as many true haunted citizens will state is the vast plethora of wandering lost spirits, fiendish ghouls, blood lusting vampires and more then just a few common Hollywood flesh eating zombies.

Haunted New Orleans tales and legends as many know seem to grow and take on imagined greater proportions and significance then what horrors the actual stories and encounters often relate.

Very little is known with any certainty about the life of Marie Laveau. One must keep in mind that her surviving daughter had the same name, so the two were confused in later years in most recalled accounts. However it is thought, the mother was more powerful and the daughter was more elaborate in encouraging the public events (including inviting attendees to the St. John's Eve rituals on Bayou St. John) and financial response to their efforts. It is not known to which (if not both) the voodoo queen reputation refers in most respects. Marie I is supposed to have been born in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana around 1801, the daughter of a white planter and a free Creole of Color. She married Jacques (or Santiago, in other records) Paris, also a free Creole of color, on August 4, 1819; her marriage certificate is preserved in Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.

Very little is known with any certainty about the life of Marie Laveau. One must keep in mind that her surviving daughter had the same name, so the two were confused in later years in most recalled accounts. However it is thought, the mother was more powerful and the daughter was more elaborate in encouraging the public events (including inviting attendees to the St. John's Eve rituals on Bayou St. John) and financial response to their efforts. It is not known to which (if not both) the voodoo queen reputation refers in most respects. Marie I is supposed to have been born in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana around 1801, the daughter of a white planter and a free Creole of Color. She married Jacques (or Santiago, in other records) Paris, also a free Creole of color, on August 4, 1819; her marriage certificate is preserved in Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.