Baton Rouge
Parlange Plantation - a girl in a wedding dress and veil can be scene running through two rows of oak trees on the property, by the old manor house. It is believed that this phantom is that of Julie de Terant, who was to marry a French nobleman. During the ceremony, she ran from the house and threw herself head-first into one of the oak trees. She killed herself because she was in love with another, but was being forced into a pre-arranged marriage with the French man.

Old State Penitentiary - Now housing Louisiana State Police Headquarters and Barracks, this place is a veritable hotspot of ghostly activity. The old execution chambers and morgue now house offices, while the main two story building is located over a basement of some sort which is always dark and seeps with water due to the high water table in Louisiana. Employees have experienced the sound of footsteps on numerous occasions, which upon close examination, have turned up with no one being in the area. Other phenomenon include radios turning themselves on and off and dark spaces which take on malignant life of their own.

Buras
Fort Jackson - Ghosts of soldiers who fought in the Civil War can be seen walking around the place at night.

Church Point
St. Edwards Church- According to visitors to the church, there is a grave of a twelve year old girl in the cemetery behind the church that has the power to cure. The girls name is Charlene Richard and she was a little Cajun girl who died some 40 years ago. Although I haven't found any yet, there are supposedly testimonies to her cures from all over the world. There is a box on top of the headstone where visiors can drop in requests.

Destrehan
Destrehan Plantation - The manor, built in 1790, has been a hot spot for paranormal activity since restorations were done in the 1980s. It is believed that the spirit of Stephen Henderson haunts the house. Stephen lived here with his wife in the 1850s. A white figure has been seen crossing the driveway, looking out windows and even sitting in a ghostly chair. Orbs and disembodied voices have been reported by visitors and employees.

Grand Coteau
Saint Charles Borromeo College - This building was an old Ursuline Convent that was now used as a preliminary training center for the Society of Jesus religious order. An old priest is seen wandering the halls here.

Hahnville
Vie Fortune Plantaion- There seems to be an old oak tree that is haunted here. Known to locals as the Moaning Oak, this tall white oak is where a young lady hung herself way back in 1790. According to the story, the oak tree starts creaking and making odd noises at midnight, but suddenly stops an hour later.

Herman
Grima House- This house inhabited by friendly helpful ghosts. They keep the powder room smelling like roses and light the fire in the fireplace on cold mornings.

Jefferson's Island
Joseph Jefferson's Mansion - This mansion is haunted by Joseph Jefferson's (the founder of Jefferson's Island) ghost. Green balls of light fly through the air and chairs slide down the halls, even footsteps can be heard.

Metairie
Odin's Inn - There are cold spots, unexplained noises, a man appeared in the mirror, lights turning on and off and sillouhettes/apparations appear.

Natchitoches
Campus of Northwestern LA University (which used to be an old plantation). There has been reports of a ghost woman who walks around by the columns that still stand where the plantation used to be. The people on campus call her Amanda. She has also been sighted by the old woman’s gym.

New Orleans
Beauregard House - Built in 1812, this house has a reputation for a lot of ghosts. General Toutant de Beaurgard and his troops are still seen acting out the Battle of Shiloh in the hallway by the Ballroom at 2 am. There  were thousands of soldiers killed at Shiloh and many seem to still haunt this building were they spent their last night.

Bottom of the Cup Tea Room - This is where the creole mistress of a well to do business man froze to death on the roof of her lover's home after being dared to do so. Her lover dared her to stay on roof, naked, all night and he would marry her. The problem was that an ice storm came through that night and she froze to death. Her ghost haunts the tea room. Usually she sprays magnolia perfume on women and plays with their hair and plays jokes on men - like shutting and locking a once open bathroom door as a man tries to enter.

Cornstalk Inn -This Inn is apparently  haunted by children, who supposedly like to use your camera and take pictures of you while you sleep.

Lalaurie House - Built by Delphine Lalaurie in 1832, this house was a place of torture and misery. Ms. Lalaurie had a strong hatred towards blacks and kept many chained in her attic, where she tortured them. Today, the ghosts of a tall black figure, Madame Lalaurie, and other spirits haunt this place.Strange sounds are heard throught the house, like that of a chain dragging down a staircase, tortured screams from the attic and the cries of a slave girl near the fountain in the courtyard.

Griffin House - unexplained sounds and footsteps are heard here.

Gardette-LaPrete House on Dauphine- It was here that a Turk who was impersonating a Sultan lived. One day the "real sultan" arrived and hacked up the imposter and his harem. The "imposter sultan" is supposed to haunt the home on the anniversary of his death by running around the house screaming. One old lady who still lives there (last I heard) has made friends with this ghost and has casual conversations with him.

Place D'Arms in the Quarter- This building used to be a school , but  people who would stay in what is now a hotel would hear children playing. When they would call the front desk to complain, they would be informed that there were no children at the hotel. Then a older gentleman with a full beard appeared and the children's voices stopped. He is believed to the Head Master of the school and has now "quieted" the children. Many patrons of the hotel have seen him and had conversations with him, but when asked his name he disappears. One woman also has a picture of him in her hotel room.

St. Louis Cathedral - Occasionally on early morning rain storms, the spipit of Pere Dagobert can be heard singing the "kyrie". The voice travels from St. Lois Cathedral to St. Louis Cemetary #1. The procession was from a funeral mass He conducted in 1769 for a group of townspeople who led a rebellion against the Spanish occupation. They were exectuted for insurrection against the crown and their bodies were left to rot in Jackson Square as an example. Pere held a mass for them and had them buried to the delight of the townspeople.

Laveau House- Marie Laveau, born in 1794 was the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. She sold potions and conducted ceremonies from her home in the 1830s. For sixty years she seemed to not age at all. Many speculate that there were two woman, perhaps a mother and daughter pair, who made this possible. By 1895, both Maries had disappeared. Now her ghost  and the spirits of those who followed her are said to still practice her voodoo rituals in her old house.

The Bourbon Orleans Hotel- 717 Orleans Ave (Located in the Vieux Carre')-Confederate Soldiers have been seen walking down halls cold spots in the ballroom. There is guestroom that people hear a little girl crying, when employees go in there is nobody there. Then of course there is basic stuff, Hotel guests that feel a presence at the end of their beds, upon turning on lights the sheets are rumpled as if someone were just sitting there.

St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.- . There are actually two unmarked tombs that are rumored to contain the remains of Marie Laveau. The gravestone is said to have a crow looking over it. Some say the spirit of Marie is said to inhabit the crow, while others believe that her spirit is in the form of a large black dog that wonders the grounds of the cemetery..

O'Flaherty's Irish Channel Pub- There are supposedly 4 or 5 ghosts here. One is a former owner who seems to be looking for something, although nobody knows what. One is another former owner of the premises who killed his secretary (servant?) when she wouldn't have an affair with him, and then killed himself. The secretary is also still in residence at the pub, too. Also, another woman who was married to one or two of the former owners of the property is also hanging around. The possible fifth ghost is that of a little boy who became separated from his mom in the French Quarter and died. According to his story, he was wandering, looking for his mother, when he wandered into O'Flaherty's, and at least one of the other ghosts seems to have taken him in.

Pirates Alley - The ghost of the famous pirate Jean LeFeit is sometimes seen around 3:00 a.m. walking up and down the alley named after him.

Poverty Point
Poverty Point State Commemorative Area- One of the oldest cities in America. There is a female apparition that is said to look like statues of the "Great Mother" from Europe. Although, the site is believed to be of Mayan origin. The site is named for a plantation that once stood here.

Ruston
Stowe's Bar - was once a confederate hospital. Old equipment still stored upstairs (which is closed). On any given night footsteps can be heard from the first floor and the old beds can be heard sliding across the upper floor.

Biomedical Engineering Building - the old hospital - There is a presence that inhabits the 4th floor (which used to be where the operating room was). The elevator continuously travels to the 4th floor although no offices are located there. It goes from the 1st floor (the old morgue) to the 4th floor, although another floor has been selected. Noises have also been heard on the 3rd floor when no one is around.

South Shreveport
Old Ellerbe 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.

St Francisville
Myrtles Plantation - Built in 1796 by Gen. David Bradford, the house is known for ten murders and at least one suicide. The ghost of a fomer slave haunts the area. Cleo, as he is known, was hung for killing two girls. Those two little girls are still seen playing on the front porch. The spirit of William Winter was shot by an unknown man on his front porch. He made his way back into the house and climbed up to the 17th step of the staircase before he died. His spirit is seen struggling up thos 17 steps. Ghosts from the slave graveyard are still reporting for duty.

Vacherie
Oak Valley Plantation- Built in the 1830s, the ghost of the owner, Louise Roman is said to still haunt her home. Her apparition has been seen in the master bedroom, brushing her long hair. A visitor took a picture in 1987 that apperently shows her image in the bedroom.

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.

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