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The first thing on most peoples agenda when visiting New Orleans is finding the most haunted locations and best paranormal active places in this most haunted city in America to investigate. Listed here are the most highly recommended tours that one should check out above all the rest. If your looking for real hauntings and want to skip the fake folklore, then these are the best tours with the most accurate information and the best tour guides in the city. As voted by you the millions of visitors to this web site.

Accept no imitations. Many ghost tours might as we know claim that they are the most haunted or the best in america but as we know some just don't live up to their reputations. Here at Haunted New Orleans tours we we strive to bring you only the best!

Here is the The Top Haunted Ghost Tours New Orleans, These are considered by Haunted New Orleans Tours and Voted by our readers as the very best Haunted Tour, Ghost Tours, Vampire, Voodoo, Cemetery Tour, Haunted History, Haunted House, Haunted Swamp and Ghost Walk Tour for you to enjoy and to investigate The Big Easy on your own.

There are plenty of options for tours in New Orleans, even some bike tours of the city. But unlike the relaxing Central Park bike tours in New York City, choosing these haunted New Orleans tours will give you a scare!

Real Haunted New Orleans History

1. French Quarter Phantoms ~ New Orleans Best Ghost Tour

FRENCH QUARTER PHANTOMS
RATED THE NUMBER ONE MOST HAUNTED BEST HAUNTED GHOST TOUR IN NEW ORLEANS

And Not For Nothing! This is the ONE TOUR IN NEW ORLEANS That Offers More Than The Usual “Fakelore” French Quarter Phantoms is the REAL DEAL Researched, Resourced, Genuine, If you only take one group tour while in New Orleans

THIS IS IT!

This is the most terrific highlight of any New Orleans trip! Voted the Number 1 best of the top ten tours in America by the millions of visitors to Hauntedamericatours.com.

THIS YEAR FRENCH QUARTER PHANTOMS IS FEATURING THEIR NEW TOUR TREME

Featuring sites and locations from the hit “HBO” television series about life in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Want a TOUR and not a Cattle-Call? For More Info or to Book Your Halloween Tour: www.frenchquarterphantoms.com

or phone (504) 666-8300         625 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, LA 70116 Accept no imitations.

2. ALYNE PUSTANIO ~ NEW ORLEANS MOST SOUGHT AFTER FOLKLORIST

THE BEST NEW ORLEANS PARANORMAL AUTHOR, OCCULTIST, PARANORMAL RESEARCHER Alyne Pustanio Photo with The real New Orleans Devil Baby Of Bourbon Street. When it comes to unraveling the real truths of the old tales of the Devil Baby of Old New Orleans no one in the entire state of Louisiana knows his true secret origins better then Alyne Pustanio. … [her writings have] a genteel flow … like the work of Margaret Mitchell …”   Brad Steiger, Paranormal Author and Expert   “… timelessly translucent …”   Jeff Rense, Syndicated Radio Personality www.rense.com   Alyne Pustanio is one of the leading paranormal experts in New Orleans and the surrounding region.  Unparalleled in her knowledge of the folklore and genuine history of haunted New Orleans, Alyne takes you beyond the “tour gore” and “fakelore” into the real heart of the Most Haunted City in America. Alyne has held audiences spellbound all over the country as an engaging public speaker.   A sixth-generation New Orleanian, a descendant of the family of American classical composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk and of Portuguese and Italian immigrants who can trace their lineage back to European Gypsies, many of Alyne’s ancestors were present at very beginning of some of the most notorious events in New Orleans history.  It from these first-hand accounts that Alyne has crafted her true and haunting tales of Old New Orleans including The Devil Baby of Bourbon Street, The Black Lady of Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, The Beast Ramon, Violette The Zombie Child of New Orleans, On The Trail of the Loup Garou, and most especially the story of the notorious Lalaurie House Haunting.  In fact, her original sources and research work on the Lalaurie case has earned her the appellation of “Lalaurie Scholar” among many of her peers.      Alyne Pustanio’s work in the field of the supernatural and unexplained is the natural result of a lifetime of exposure to the paranormal.  Two of her great-grandmothers were gifted, sought-out psychic mediums, and through her mother, an avid spiritualist, Alyne personally met many of the icons of the paranormal/occult field when still just a schoolgirl including Hans Holzer, Ed and Lorraine Warren, Dr. Lori Poe, the Original Witch Queen of New Orleans Oneida Toups, Guru Maharaj Ji, Jeanne Dixon, Leo Buscaglia, Manly Palmer Hall, and the phenomenal Israel Regardie.   Alyne Pustanio is the leading contributor to the wildly-popular paranormal website Haunted America Tours (www.hauntedamericatours.com) and has recently become a regular contributor to the books of Brad Steiger, the most senior and well-respected expert in the field of the paranormal and unexplained.  Alyne’s works have recently appeared in Steiger’s bestselling book Real Zombies, The Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse and she will soon be featured in Steiger’s newest work, Monsters,(working title) slated for worldwide release in September 2010.  Additionally, Alyne will be featured in several of Brad’s upcoming books writing on the subjects of alien visitations and ancient civilizations, and that legendary creature of fear and folklore, the werewolf!   As an expert in her field, Alyne Pustanio has consulted with the production staff of several popular paranormal reality shows including, most recently, Discovery Channel’s “Ghost Lab.”  She has also provided expert consultation to paranormal reality programming for the Travel Channel, Animal Planet, Pilgrim Productions, and Ghost Channel.  Alyne also frequently lectures at regional conventions and paranormal events on a wide-array of paranormal subjects including the supernatural dangers of the paranormal, extreme haunts, and the enlightening “Defense of Demons.”   Personally traveling extensively throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Mexico where she has spent many long years studying in depth occult practices and magico-religious cultures. Alyne has personally interviewed voodoo and spiritual practitioners, observed forbidden ceremonies from the secret culture of 'hoo doo' in the Southern United States, and also has documented practices of numerous New Orleans, African and Latin folk rituals and healing traditions in order to educate public safety and those professionals about unfamiliar cultures. Alyne has been blessed by all the many old stories her family members have passed down to her and shared exclusively with her.   To inquire about booking Alyne Pustanio for your next supernatural or Paranormal evening, lecture or event please contact via email here:, CONTACT Alyne Pustanio is one of the most sought after leading lecturers on the subject of the occult, paranormal phenomena, Zombie and Voodoo hoodoo Folklore and explores the real facts associated with New Orleans Real haunted Tales, and those of the State Of Louisiana and the Greater Gulf Coast and the World. Please visit her official website: www.alynepustanio.com ORIGINAL ARTICLES BY ALYNE PUSTANIO THE DEVIL BABY IN CANDYLAND ANBA D’LO 2010: APOLOGY TO THE WATERS Day Of The Dead R.S.V.P. THE SAD, LONELY DEATH OF ROCKER JOHNNY THUNDERS AND A LOVE THAT ENDURES … FOREVER? NEW ORLEANS DAY OF THE DEAD 2010 IN SEARCH OF AN ENDURING VOODOO MYSTERY: THE GATES OF GUINEE The Death Mask of the Zombi King HALLOWEEN 2010 in NEW ORLEANS ~ ALYNE PUSTANIO’S GUIDE TO A THRILLING HALLOWEEN WEEKEND IN THE MOST HAUNTED CITY IN THE WORLD! Devil Baby of Bourbon Street MRS. MUMFORD’S GHOST Ghost Of Bayou St. John THE GHOST OF BARRACKS STREET “THERE IS A HOUSE IN NEW ORLEANS, AND IT’S CALLED THE…” CASA DO DIABO!! LE MARAIS TREMBLEMENT:TERRORS OF THE TREMBLING MARSHES THE BEAD LADY ZOMBIE BABIES: DARK DENIZENS FROM THE SHADOWY CRADLE OF NEW ORLEANS FOLKLORE THE RING MAN PLEAS FROM THE EYE OF A STORM:  MANBO SALLIE ANN GLASSMAN’S HURRICANE PROTECTION RITUAL 2010 THE HAUNTING TRAGEDY OF THE UPSTAIRS LOUNGE THE HAUNTING TRAGEDY OF THE UPSTAIRS LOUNGE PART TWO:  THE INVESTIGATION THE HAUNTING TRAGEDY OF THE UPSTAIRS LOUNGE PART THREE: THE REVEAL THE RESTLESS DEAD ARE STILL UPSTAIRS VOODOO MIDSUMMER RITUAL IN HONOR OF MARIE LAVEAU 2010 A ZOMBIE TALE OF OLD NEW ORLEANS, VIOLETTE: WITH EYES TO DIE FOR ... PAZUZU, “THE BAD WIND BY ITSELF” LEVIATHAN, “DRAGON OF THE WATERY ABYSS” YALTABAOTH, “CELESTIAL ADVERSARY” NEW TALES OF THE REAL GHOSTS THAT HAUNT THE LALAURIE HOUSE

 

3. Bloody Mary's New Orleans Cemetery Tour ~ The Best Cemetery Tour in New Orleans

Bloody Mary's New Orleans Tour Moonlight Graveyard Tour New Orleans’ only evening cemetery tour—a haunting experience! Gravestones and ghosts await, “dem bones,” vintage coffins, and spirits too! Voodoo/Cemetery tour- St Louis Cemetery #1 Visit New Orleans oldest City of the Dead along with Congo Square, French Quarter history, and a ritual at the tomb of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau! Tour of the Undead Experience a Voodoo, Vampire and Ghost trilogy, a macabre marriage of real horror, fear and folklore—a lurid alternative history mixed with much Private Tours Let Bloody Mary and her hand-selected guides create a private, personalized New Orleans experience rich with history, mystery, and adventure! Workshops and Events Explore history and spirituality in an old creole courtyard, the privacy of your hotel, or by the banks of the Mississippi! Workshop and seminars created for 1 person to hundreds or more. One of the many New Orleans cemetery tours who offers the only night time cemetary tour. Call Bloody Mary's Hotline at (504) 915-7774 or email bloodymary@bloodymarystours.com Bloody Mary's New Orleans Tour www.bloodymarystours.com From the French Quarter to the Garden District and channeling all the way out to Lake Pontchatrain through the Mid-City Cities of the Dead, the Central Cemetery district you will will delve deep into the swamps and bayous of our pre-historic existence and explore the haunted history of New Orleans with the expert historian  Bloody Mary. Her famous Tour company of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum—is the originator of all New Orleans Voodoo and ghost tours since 1971- though Mary has personally experienced this side of her hometown's history for nearly half a century. Bloody Mary’s tours meets in several different locations and specializes in the most unique presentations of serious portrayals of the spirit imbedded in the magic pulsing throughout New Orleans. She weaves a rich tapestry of tales to lay out before you . As a 9th generation Creole whose family roots have been here since 1720 Her research comes to you from Source material, academic and family records, Centuries of oral history, private diaries and some secret documents that have  been handed down. Join her regularly scheduled open tours or create a private customized experience, VIP style just for you! Escape the scripted rhetoric of large commercial tour companies and delve deep into the real New Orleans with the Best- Bloody Mary's Tours and experience a Family Ration. All tours are reservation only to insure quality.  "Other tours in town now have me as part of the history they tell, perhaps I have become a sort of living legend LOL — some tales are true — but they only know a few — so come to the source "  Bloody Mary So Step beyond the veil of ordinary reality and glimpse back in time when Marie Laveau was Voodoo queen, and arguably one of the most powerful and influential women of her era. Wander above-ground cemeteries, cities of the dead where each crypt holds a story whispering to be told. Even journey through a graveyard in the dead of night! Explore the hauntings of the Vieux Carre. Revel in the romantic spirits by foot or carriage ride by creating a private sojourn which could even have a  legal wedding or vow renewal as your grand finale! Learn real Swamp Magic and hear tales of New Orleans ghosts, such as that of the infamous Madame LaLaurie, The Octoroon Mistress, and the Pirate Jean Lafitte. Vampires and Werewolves are actually part of the history of plague ridden New Orleans , explore how the fears of these mythical or reality based entities preyed on our town-and see if they have returned ! Understand how both the living and the dead were effected by Hurricane Katrina and Now See the completion of Phase 1 Newly dedicated "Katrina Memorial" on 3 different cemetery tours within the Charity Hospital Cemetery. Bloody Mary is the Celebrity Historian and top authority in her fields chosen to feature on camera in over 200 documentaries, commercials. radio and tv talk shows about her hometown and the spirit within. She is the histoirc researcher and consultant behind the scenes on many scholarly book"s Hollywood movies, TV shows and College Lectures. She is the only tour operator who is an ordained minister and Louisiana State Acknowledged Voodoo Priestess who presents the Only Spiritual Tours of New Orleans and approaches her Parnormal research as  a Holistic Paranormal Study. See her in such shows as " Voodoo in New Orleans, The Catholic Channel, Haunted History - History Channel, More Haunted Houses - A&E, Ten Creepiest Destinations - Discovery Channel, Secrets of New Orleans - Travel Channel, Worlds Most Famous Cemeteries Discovery, Night Bites-the feminine and the vampire WE, Voodoo - National Geographic , Sci-Fi Presents: Voodoo.  and new 2008 feature Travel Channel- "America the  Wright Way" , Travel Channel 2009 "Ghost Adventures"  -Magnolia Plantation Episode airing all this year! Creole history as told by the ultimate insider, Bloody Mary - Voodoo Queen. See What others have to say about Bloody Mary:  PRESS CLICK BELOW FOR A GLIMPSE OF BLOODY MARY AND THE SPIRIT WORLD TALKING BACK : See Bloody Mary and hear an eerie EVP on AOL's The Smart Show! Halloween Week adds New 7 nites Haunted Pub Crawl Tour and extra nites on The Classic Choice Tours. See ea individual tours page to see updates for availabilities! Rememebr to Reserve early for Hallowen Week in America's #1 Halloween Town with New Orleans #1 Tour Company on Trip advisor-& always the local's favorite-Bloody Mary   Click photo or title to open full page description & Reserve   Moonlight Graveyard Tour- Holistic Paranormal--Ghost Hunt 101 New Orleans only evening cemetery tour—a haunting experience! Gravestones and ghosts await as we explore cemeteries and the spirit world! Learn Bloody Mary's Spirit taught Field Method of Paranormal and Psychic Investigation. See ghost photos & take your own. Open your 3rd eye as we travel in Twilight to the night . Personal, Paranormal & Eerie!   learn more   Fri-Mon 6 pm     Voodoo/Cemetery Tour- St Louis #1 Voodoo doll Making & F.Q . Visit New Orleans oldest City of the Dead along with Storyville, Congo Square, French Quarter History,plus a special blessing at tomb of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. Behind the Scenes practice of voodoo plus make & keep your Own Voodoo Doll!  learn more  Mystical, Historical & Hands on Hoodoo !        12pm Fri & Sat   Tour of the Undead- Ghost, Vampire & Voodoo Trilogy  Meet in a haunted pub, visit historic sites, lean of sinners & Saints, see an 1800's vampire lair while you Experience insight into New Orleans Spirit World  in an incredible alternative Historic presentation. This intense macabre marriage of real horrors, fear & folklore is swaddled in a blanket of magic- A mixture of storytelling, lecture &  ceremony topped with paranormal technique. Bring cameras for ghost photo section - This tour has a little of everything! All Age appropriate. Spiritual, Scholarly and Riveting!           8:30pm Fri thru Mon     Haunted Pub Crawl - 21 & up Group tour Starts Oct 15th 2009 Spirits love spirits! Join in a toast to the ghost at many French Quarter haunted bars. Weave in & out of pubs, restaurants, brothels and haunted historic hot spots in between. Bring your cameras for a paranormal pub adventure of our sordid past and present- Scandals, assasination plots, conspiracy, corruption, murder/suicide, Mafia Kingfish and more.  Come connect on a New Orleans Phantasmic Cocktail Tour in the Original Sin City.  Fun, Racy & SupernaturalHaunted Happy Hours 5:30pm -7:30pm 8pm or later for private tour reservation only by appointment         Cities of the Dead - 3 Cemetery Tour Visit 3 New Orleans Cemeteries, rarely explored gems showcasing architectural splendor and revealing decay. Relive a rich musical heritage lingering in our graveyards - where the Delta Blues Trail met its Crossroads and all that Jazz!. Feel the struggles in a multi-cultural city! Visit the Katrina Memorial!  Breathtaking , illuminatimg & Heartfelt  Sun & Mon 12pm       Voodoo Doll Making—Workshop Hands on craft making of an Infamous New Orleans Moss Voodoo Doll and proper use instruction from Voodoo Queen Bloody Mary. Lecture on the history, use and misuse of this magical icon! materials included and can be scheduled before or after most regular open group tours  or psychic readings all by appointment     Custom Tours—for the Savvy Traveler Possibilities are endless when this celebrity guide designs a specialized VIP Premier Private Tour just for you and yours. Rich with history, mystery and adventure your experience will be embedded forever in your memoirs. You always travel in style with Bloody Mary in the lead - tour guide of the Stars. appointment.       Paranormal & Psychic Reading Spiritual Adventure Adventure-theory and practice! Wile away the hours privately in a Haunted Parlor or French Quarter courtyard connecting with spirits. Unlock the door to your psychic potential and explore Seance, automatic writing, folk magic, past lives, spirit guides, Spiritual beliefs & explore New Orleans Haunted sites  appointment   Haunted Honeymoon Nite Out- romance with a twist ! Respark that flame with a tandem evening of romance, magic and intrigue with Priestess Bloody Mary. We can retie the knot with a hand-fasting ceremony, purge love interferences, explore Love magic all while walking and learning spirit tales of past love stories gone awry or lasting beyond the grave-You Choose!  appointment Haunted Dinner Tour   A Romantic or Corporate Affair! We Wine, dine and do a toast to the ghost! Sup at one of many haunted restaurants to explore spirits and Creole cuisine or even a Haunted Picnic. Share ghost stories and photos and go on a haunting journey of of Old New Orleans Includes Spiritual ceremony, Psychic connection , Paranormal tour  appointment         Magical Mystery Tour- Cemetery, Spirit & Voodoo Doll Making A behind the scenes Tour glimpsing into a Lightworkers Life stirring old school magic into a New Age tour-and Yes Voodoo is light working not the dark misconception. So come Learn Cultural folk traditions, see Metairie Cemetery, visit City Park's Magical Oaks, hear haunted Mid-City Ghost stories, a Bayou Water Blessing plus hands-on making of your own voodoo doll ! Sacred sites, ley lines. and ceremonial vortex healings ! private - day or niteappointment         Ghost Town Tour—Devastation, Death and Rebirth New Orleans’ newest city of the dead echoes eerie tombstones found in abandoned neighborhoods as we explore the ghost town sections of post-katrina New Orleans. Then visit a cemetery where ancestors yearn to help and connect with nature spirits at our Sacred Oaks to rebirth it all. day or night    appointment.     Voodoo Nights—A Ritual Tour Hoodoo Dat Voodoo? You do ! Open your third eye and explore sacred sites, magical rites, psychic messages and traiteur healings through the night—get a gris-gris bag, dabble on some love potion # 9 and get your own lucky mojo going!! Travel to historic New Orleans Voodoo Landmarks , do a River ritual and or schedule this all inside my private voodoo Houmfo.  appointment         Sinners & Saints Tour—3 churches, 2 graveyards & more Visit a Mortuary Chapel, a Minor Basilica, an old Archbishop's church and perhaps even a Baroque Cathedral. Greet our newest Saints — Francis Seelos and Henriette Delille plus our 1st American Saint— St. Frances Cabrini, all New Orleans Saints! Even Learn about America's only Spanish Inquisition  Scare. Freemasons. Infamous Brothels, Storyville madames & politicians. Night time version visits home of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau but daytime goes inside St Louis Cemetery to visit the Voodoo Queen and can include a Garden District Witching Hour  with a stop in Lafayette Cemetery by appointment  indicate day or night version preference!             Call Bloody Mary's Hotline at (504) 915-7774 or click here to contact her via email. Accept no imitations.

 

4. KAREN JEFFRIES ~ NEW ORLEANS BEST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER TOUR GUIDE And Most Haunted B&B

 

AS MANY MANY WILL CERTAINLY ATTEST THE BEST HAUNTED GHOST TOUR GUIDE IN NEW ORLEANS IS KAREN JEFFRIES!

Karen Jeffries moved to New Orleans from Phoenix in 1993, and purchased Dauphine House in 1997. It is also a very haunted B&B and worth the stay if your into hunting ghosts. Jeffries the most respected and sought after licensed tour guide in the city today for private tours, And as many will attest the best in the city. Today Jeffreies does many private tours through out the city and is the most knowledgeable about where the real haunted locations and their sorted histories.

Karen Jeffries also owns the most haunted B&B. Built in 1860, Dauphine House is located just one and a half blocks from the French Quarter in a quiet neighborhood, near Bourbon Street and Esplanade Avenue. Each room has a private bath, as well as many other amenities.

The seasonal rate, Sept to May, is $104 per night, including all taxes, and a continental breakfast. The discounted summer rate for June, July and August is $65 per night. Holidays and festivals are $134 per night.

Consider this charming bed and breakfast, with its hardwood floors and 12-foot ceilings, your home away from home as you explore the historic and romantic French Quarter. Guests can easily walk to all of our world-renowned restaurants and entertainment. Your hostess lives on site, and is always happy to recommend restaurants, tours, and music clubs. As well as take you on a privte very real haunted tour of New Orleans most paranormal active locations.

Visit the official Dauphine House web site www.dauphinehouse.com Accept no imitations.

5. SAVE OUR CEMETERIES INC.~The Best Historic Cemetery tour In New Orleans

Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. No visit to New Orleans is complete without a tour of the city's oldest outdoor museums, its historic cemeteries. Often called CITIES OF THE DEAD, these cemeteries are noted for their unique, aboveground tombs. The tombs serve as monuments to the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and they, like the cemeteries themselves, are a major part of the city's unique heritage. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday ~ 10:30 A.M. ~ Please note: Cemetery authorities may choose to close during certain holidays, requiring SOC to cancel its tour. If you are planning a holiday visit, please call the SOC office at 504-525-3377 to find out if a tour is canceled due to closure. Meet at the Washington Avenue Gate 1400 block of Washington Avenue No reservations needed - lasts approx. 1 hour Space limited - first come, first served Suggested Donation: $6 adults, $5 senior citizens and students (12-18) children under 12 free   Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. offers authentic, accurate guided tours through two of New Orleans' oldest and most historically significant cemeteries, Lafayette No. 1 and St. Louis No. 1. Relive the romance, the tragedy, the memories of two centuries of New Orleans' history, brought to life by representatives of Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. Group and School Tours: SOC also offers group tours of these two cemeteries for groups and students. To arrange a special tour, please call (504-525-3377) or e-mail the SOC office. SOC encourages school students to tour the historic cemeteries of New Orleans to learn of our unique cultural and architectural heritage. For more information about Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. OFFICIAL WEB SITE www.saveourcemeteries.org Accept no imitations.

6. Historic New Orleans Walking Tours, Inc. The Best Historic Tour In New Orleans

Historic New Orleans Walking Tours, Inc. Venture into the realm of the unknown by touring "America's most haunted city." Experience the French Quarter after dark through the enthralling storytelling of the city's most informed raconteurs. Based in fact, all tales are accurately conveyed, providing superb history lessons which transition into some of the most chilling narratives ever told.   As frightening as it is enticing, this tour visits the sites of some of the city's most legendary hauntings, such as: The Lalaurie Mansion The Spirit of O'Flaherty's Pub The Witch of the French Opera The Ghost of the Quadroon Mistress Pére Dagobert of St.Louis Cathedral The Deadly Dentist The spectre of General P.G.T Beauregard Anne Rice sites. Offering cemetery, voodoo, and Garden District Tours. Also find Information on books and museum exhibits produced by author Robert Florence.   Haunted French Quarter Tour meets 7 nights a week 7:30 PM at O'Flaherty's Irish Channel Pub, 508 Toulouse Street Arrive 15 to 20 minutes before tour time NO RESERVATION REQUIRED. at a cost of $15.00 - adults students and seniors $13.00 (with ID) $7.00 for children 6 to 12 Free for children under 6. Cash and Travelers' checks only. Specially arranged discounted group tours available! Phone: (504) 947-2120 Tour lasts approximately 2 hours. Tours leave rain or shine. (Bring a rain coat for the rain • Bring an umbrella for the sun) Historic New Orleans Walking Tours, Inc. OFFICIAL WEB SITE www.tourneworleans.com/ Accept no imitations.

7. Gray Line of New Orleans, Inc.

Gray Line of New Orleans, Inc. PLANTATIONS • GHOSTS & SPIRITS • SWAMP TOURS • STEAMBOAT CRUISES Gray Line, the world's leader in sightseeing, has been showcasing New Orleans to visitors from around the world since 1924. Through November 30, 2005 (Saturdays & Sundays only): Garden District Walking Tour – departs 10am, 2.25 hours (Until further notice, the Lafayette Cemetery is not included in this tour.) [Adult $15.00, Child $10.00, Group $12.25]. Oak Alley Plantation Tour - departs 1:00pm, 4.5 hours [Adult $27.00, Child $18.00, Group $23.00] Southern Comfort Walking Tour (beginning Nov 5th) – departs 4pm, 2.5 hours (must be 21 years or older) [Adult $18.00, Group $14.75] Ghosts & Spirits Tour - departs 6:00pm, 2 hours [Adult $16.00, Child $12.00, Group $13.00] Above tours depart from Café Beignet at 311 Bourbon Street. Recommended by the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau Save on our Combo Tours! Plantation Tours Swamp & Bayou Super City Tours Riverboat Cruises French Quarter Tour Garden District Tours Cemetery/GrisGris Night Tours Ghost Tour Ghost Expedition Satchmo Salute Holiday Tours Combo Tours Attractions Cocktail Tour Cemeteries Off The Beaten Path Tour Departures   Gray Line of New Orleans, Inc. 2 Canal Street, Suite 2500 New Orleans, LA 70130-1857 Gray Line of New Orleans, Inc. (504) 569-1401 | (800) 535-7786 | fax: (504) 587-0742 www.GrayLineNewOrleans.com tours@graylineneworleans.com Accept no imitations.

 

8. TOUR NEW ORLEANS   New Orleans Cemetery Tours - Lafayette New Orleans Cemetery Tours: Those who tour New Orleans’ cemeteries will find that our history is often buried six feet ABOVE ground. Why do we bury above ground anhow do we get so many bodies into one tomb? Your walking tour of Lafayette Cemetery will answer your questions and give you a new perspective on life and death in New Orleans’ past and present. Lafayette Number 1 was the first cemetery in the Garden District. There is evidence that the cemetery was "laid out" before the idea for the Garden District was conceived. 1853 was the year of a terrible yellow fever epidemic. It is said that Lafayette Cemetery was the site of mass burials of yellow fever victims. Lafayette Cemetary has been the location of movies such as Double Jeopardy and Interview with the Vampire. It’s the cemetery of Ann Rice’s Vampire books. Your sight-seeing tour will not be complete without a visit to one of our historic New Orleans cemeteries. This New Orleans Cemetery Tour begins at the entrance to Lafayette Cemetery across from Commander's palace. Bring your camera and your imagination on this leisurely walking tour. New Orleans cemetery tours are $10.00. Special rates for school groups. Reserve your tour by email at info@tour-new-orlens.com, or call 504-914-2039 Why a New Orleans walking tour? Small group New Orleans walking tours of our neighborhoods, the French Quarter, the Garden District, or our cemeteries, provide the best opportunity to see and learn about our unique places and customs. New Orleans French Quarter Walking Tours Your native New Orleanian guide can put you right there with the bold and courageous French Canadian, known as Bienville, as he explored the exotic Gulf Coast and established a city in a location his engineers thought to be "unfit for human habitation." The dynamic men and women who "grew" the old city and who at various times rescued it from ruin will be as real to you as your fellow tourists. New Orleans Garden District Walking Tour Discover the forgotten history of New Orleans' Garden District in the American Sector. These "Southern Yankees," were largely responsible for making New Orleans the most prosperous city in the South and the fourth largest city in the U.S. during the mid 1800s. Their stunning mansions remain as monuments to industry, business smarts, and American capitalism. New Orleans Cemetery Walking Tours Our cities of the dead will grab hold of your imagination and stay with you as long as your memory remains intact. Ninety percent of all burials in New Orleans are still above ground. Simple wall vaults, large tombs, and copings with often poignant and sometimes amusing inscriptions memorialize the spirit of New Orleans' early residents. If your time in New Orleans is limited, take one of our New Orleans walking tours. You won't regret it, I guaronteee! Reserve your tour by email at info@tour-new-orleans.com, or call 504-914-2039. Accept no imitations.

8. THE TOP TEN BEST MOST HAUNTED PARANORMAL ACTIVE LOCATIONS TO VISIT OR STAY IN NEW ORLEANS

DAUPHINE HOUSE http://www.dauphinehouse.com

DEGAS HOUSE http://www.degashouse.com

ELYSIAN FIELDS INN http://www.elysianfieldsinn.com

FAIRCHILD HOUSE http://www.fairchildhouse.com

MAGNOLIA MANSION http://www.magnoliamansion.com

MAISON PERRIER http://www.maisonperrier.com

RATHBONE INN http://www.rathbonemansions.com

SOUTHERN COMFORT BED and BREAKFAST http://www.southerncomfort-bnb.com

SUN OAK GARDENS and GUEST HOUSE http://www.sunoaknola.com

SWEET OLIVE BED and BREAKFAST http://www.sweetolive.com

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THE TOP TEN MOST POWERFUL NEW ORLEANS VOODOO PRIESTESSESThe following phenomenal women were chosen by our readers as the Top Ten Most Powerful Voodoo Priestesses in New Orleans TOP TEN HAUNTED NEW ORLEANS BARS According to some locals and experts in the Parnornormal field, the following are are to be considered the Top Ten Most Haunted Bars in New Orleans and are among the best places for possible encounters with, and to see a real New Orleans ghost.   TOP TEN HAUNTED NEW ORLEANS CEMETERIES Considered by locals visitors and paranormal investigators world wide as actually the most haunted Cemeteries in all the United States.   TOP TEN HAUNTED NEW ORLEANS GHOST AND CEMETERY TOURS Here is the list of The Top Ten Haunted Ghost Tours New Orleans, These are considered by Haunted New Orleans Tours and Voted by our readers as the very best 2006 Haunted Tour, Ghost Tours, Vampire, Voodoo, Cemetery Tour, Haunted History, Haunted House, Haunted Swamp and Ghost Walk Tours for you to enjoy and to investigate The Big Easy on your own. TOP TEN HAUNTED NEW ORLEANS HOTELS If your travel to New Orleans is conference, or just fun related, you will be pleased to know that many haunted hotels are just blocks to the Morial Convention Center, the largest convention center in Louisiana. During Carnival season, the New Orleans Haunted hotels offers an ideal location; as Mardi Gras parades roll only a few blocks away from the grand entrance of these classic New Orleans hotels. TOP TEN HAUNTED NEW ORLEANS HOUSES New Orleans is often call "The Most Haunted City In America"with urban legends and all kinds of scary ghosts and reported often, real haunted houses, haunted mansions, and Plantations. Many often a few make the claim of being "the mos realt haunted house in New Orleans." And there's quite a bit of anecdotal evidence to support those haunted ghost filled claim.   TOP TEN HAUNTED NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANTS Restaurants included are rumored to be haunted as said by locals, as well as some properties where paranormal activity has been validated or confirmed by leading parapsychologists and paranormal investigators. Many New Orleans restaurants are reported that have had ghostly disturbances. Some Restaurants have played up the haunted tales while others keep the building's ghost sighting and haunting a inside secret.   TOP TEN HAUNTED LOCATIONS TO SEE A REAL GHOST IN NEW ORLEANS Many locals know the best place to experience a one-on-one encounter with some of the resident ghosts and ghouls that haunt New Orleans. Haunted New Orleans Tours has created a definitive guide to some of the city’s spookiest and most ghost-ridden Locations where specters make contact with the living on an almost daily basis. The following list of haunted locations are those most frequently reported to Haunted New Orleans Tours as where ghost are sighted AND most often ghost photos happen frequently. GHOST TOWN NEW ORLEANS TOP TEN HAUNTED NEIGHBERHOODS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA New Orleans has always been a haunted town, with ghosts and phantoms literally overflowing the historic areas of town. But post-Hurricane Katrina, some might say ALL of New Orleans is a haunted town; it is certainly a ghost town in most areas. TOP TEN MOST POWERFUL NEW ORLEANS VOODOO RITUALS Voodoo rituals are a part of everyday life in New Orleans. When asked, locals can recall having witnessed or participated in any number of voodoo and vodoun-inspired rituals in their lifetime. Now Haunted New Orleans Tours present the Top Ten Most Powerful Voodoo Rituals as chosen by our New Orleans readers! THE TOP 10 MOST HAUNTED PLACES IN THE PINEY WOODS OF ST. TAMMANY PARISH It is a place where the stars are seldom seen, and then only in great splashes through tangled woodland arms. A place where every wind smells of spicy resin, whispering in the voices of bare branches and dead leaves. And in places deep within, where even the moonlight gets lost, it can be a lonely, haunting place.

 

10. SALLIE ANN GLASSMAN THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER REAL VOODOO PRIESTESS OF NEW ORLEANS

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We offer a wide assortment of materials for people interested in reaching the Spirit. Many of the items are handmade by Manbo Sallie Ann Glassman.

Sallie Ann Glassman is an initiated Vodou priestess who calls up and mediates the power of the Spirit. Sallie is internationally recognized for her lectures, art, readings and healing ceremonies.

She is one of a handful of Americans ordained into Vodou in the traditional Haitian initiation. Sallie is passionate about sharing the rich spiritual and cultural heritage of Vodou. Often maligned and misunderstood, Vodou is actually a healing and life-affirming religion. This ancient religion, currently practiced by 50 million people, speaks directly to our troubled world today. She believes that to discover Vodou is to embark on an encounter with divine mystery. Sallie owns the Island of Salvation Botanica, a store and gallery specializing in Vodou religious supply, medicinal herbs, and Haitian and local artwork. The shop was awarded the “Best of City” award by National Geographic Traveler in 2004. www.feyvodou.com

 

 

The top Haunted Ghost, Cemetery, Voodoo, French Quarter, Vampire, Garden district Tours were selected from Submissions by our readers.

So the next time you plan to party in the French Quarter, put these very haunted locations on your "Must See" list, and maybe you will have a memorable experience of the paranormal kind!

Special Thanks to local paranormal enthusiast and investigator GINA LANIER for her contributions to this story!

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