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We’ve all heard about numerous haunting around the United States, but we can’t help but wonder which of the many cities is the most haunted. New Orleans, Louisiana, is considered the number one haunted city in the United States. With over 200 years of ghostly legends involving Voodoo curses, Spanish moss draped oak encircled duels, cold-blooded murders, stories of Revolutionary War Pirates and Civil War soldiers; New Orleans has earned a serious reputation as one of the most haunted cities.  

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It all started hundreds of years ago when the port of New Orleans was melting cultures together. Everything came there to blend and be adapted through variety of cultures. New Orleans was among the earliest settled cities of the new world. It was held by French and Spanish, threatened by the British, and governed by Abraham Lincoln’s Army during the Civil War.

One could spend a lifetime in the city and still not know all there is to know and never get enough. It is said that the city casts a spell on all those who visit, will eventually come back. The magic is found in the unique architecture and the very air that flows through the city. Changing in a moment to become anything desired this city will definitely draw you in.

Once in the Congo Square, slaves beat the rhythm to the Old Lady’s heart to an African frenzy under the watch of Marie Laveau, the greatest Voodoo Queen to ever live. The well-to-do built mansions uptown, while immigrants and natives packed into the ramshackle row houses of the burgeoning French Quarter, where the true soul of this old city can really be found. Jean Lafitte and his pirates plotted in a blacksmith shop that is still preserved on Bourbon Street. While blocks away the great priest Pere Antoine seem to resonant from the walls of the St. Louis Cathedral. All around the humid air is filled with memory and thoughts of days gone by.

New Orleans is an experience you will never forget.

Below you’ll find a like to part 2, where I’ll tell you about the top haunted places to visit in New Orleans.

Haunted New Orleans