In the middle of the 19th century, Marie Laveau was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans. She was a young beauty, with black hair, dark skin and piercing eyes. Very recognized for being a Voodoo practitioner, in life she made different potions and love spells that supposedly worked beautifully. He married a free African-American named Jacques Paris, an immigrant from Haiti, who is said to have also practiced voodoo. Her husband, Jacques Paris, passed away in 1820 under circumstances that have not been clarified. Marie liked to say she was the "Paris Widow." After this he began to openly practice voodoo, eventually succeeded in attracting and influencing many wealthy white women of New Orleans, in this way his power and fame grew. His tomb is located in the cemetery of San Luis and today is considered one of the most fearsome places in New Orleans, sometimes his ghost has been sighted on the site.
Kate Morgan
On November 29, 1892 Kate Morgan was found dead at the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado California, on the outside staircase that leads to the beach with a bullet in her head and a gun in hand but that did not match each other. This happened five Days after registering at the Hotel, the culprit was never found. Since then it is said that many sightings of ghosts and other possible paranormal events have occurred since then and hotel employees say they see it often.
The Bell Witch
The film "Blair Witch Project" is based on the story of "the Bell Witch" that surrounded the house of the Bell that was in his farm, the Bell was a family that suffered its tortures for a long time, this happened between 1817 and 1821 in Red River, Tennessee. It is said that this house is known to be the only documented case where a ghost managed to kill a person. In 1817 the first strange event occurred, and this was the finding of an animal in the cornfields that had the body of a dog and rabbit head, which fled quickly when one of the Bell shot him. It is also said that that same night, at dinner, the family heard noises, as if someone knocked the outer walls, these noises continued with greater intensity and frequency during later nights. The children of the family woke up at night, ensuring that the rats scraped the legs of their beds and that a strange invisible presence pulled the blankets, also began to hear the whispers of a woman who sang religious hymns. Betsy, who was the youngest daughter, showed signs of physical violence provoked by an entity (which she called the Bell Witch) that attacked her at night. The Bells told what happened to their neighbor and friend James Johnston, who also began to experience these phenomena. The woman's voice became more powerful, pronouncing verses from the Bible.
The farm became more "famous", and the neighbors no longer wanted to visit the Bell for fear of something happening to them, until one day, aware of the situation, General Andrew Jackson (future president of the United States) , decided to visit the farm, they say that when approaching the farm his cart where he was traveling stopped for inexplicable reasons. Immediately he knew that it was a witch and wanted to threaten with a witch tamer, but the tamer began to suffer strange convulsions and seemed to be possessed, that is why Jackson decided to back off from the place. By the year 1821 one of the daughters had committed, it was then The presence became stronger: in the house the objects began to fall, and the animals of the farm vomited, or some appeared dead in a bloody way. The daughter decided to break her commitment.
In 1820 the father died, and the witch manifested at the funeral. Although later it disappeared, it only returned in 1821.
Prince Suleyman
The 716 Dauphine St in New Orleans has a rather bloody past, in the 1800s a man claiming to be a Turkish sultan, who was actually named Prince Suleyman rented the place to Jean Baptiste LaPrete. LaPrete was happy that a real family was moving, Sultán (name with which Suleyman was called) acquired the house for his "great family of many wives, children and servants". After moving to the mansion, Suleyman covered all the windows, padlocked the entrance doors and armed guards placed around the entrances. The so-called Sultan maintained a harem made up of many women and men, rumors soon spread through the neighborhood and it was speculated that the Sultan was kidnapping villagers to serve as sex slaves, it was also said that he had gone mad for opiates. A neighbor, on a walk, passed by the house and noticed blood dripping from the balcony above. When the police arrived, they found body parts all over the property. All women, children and guards were beheaded, a blood bath. The Sultan had been buried alive in the courtyard, but, curiously, he was dressed in Muslim burial attire.
Those who have lived in the house have reported seeing the appearance of the Sultan, having heard the sounds of body parts hitting the floor and have smelled incense.
the property, which has 9 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and 7057 square feet. It was sold in 2013 for a value of $ 2,000,000.
Chloe of the Myrtles Plantation
The Myrtles plantation is an antebellum plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, near Baton Rouge. It is currently a Bed and Breakfast and offers historical and mystery tours. Although the Myrtles plantation has about 12 ghosts, it is mentioned that 10 murders occurred in the house, but the historical records only record that of William Winter. Chloe's ghost is the most famous, she was a slave who cut off her ears for listening to other people's conversations and was forced to be a companion slave, as revenge she made a cake poisoned with oleander leaf extract with which she killed her loves and his 2 daughters, When other slaves learned of the crimes, without hesitation, stabbed Chloe. There are many who today have assured to see her walk through the corridors with a green turban. It is said that the cry of the girls is heard when Chloe appears, while some of the brave ones who have dared to sleep there, assure that they have awakened in the middle of the night being observed by the slave.
