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I would say New Orleans and the first time I visited years ago was weird as I knew where things were without looking on a map or asking...hmmmm..maybe in a former life I lived there..lol
I would say Gettysburg, Savannah and New Orleans are my top 3 picks out of the list above. I don't have an opinion as to which of those 3 are the MOST haunted.
Might want to add St. Augustine, FL. It is the oldest city in the US, and it has an authentic Spanish fort and town. It is beautiful, but there is most certainly a ton of violent history. Many wars and battles were fought in the effort to control Florida and the coast.
Might want to add St. Augustine, FL. It is the oldest city in the US, and it has an authentic Spanish fort and town. It is beautiful, but there is most certainly a ton of violent history. Many wars and battles were fought in the effort to control Florida and the coast.
Definitely St. Aug and I honestly think the South is more haunted than most of New England because of the history of slavery/Civil War and also the Native Americans and the Alamo...
It would be hard to narrow down which city is the most haunted, but I think the South would take the cake for the geographical region that's the most haunted.
When I say South, I include:
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Like I said, I think the history of the Civil War (especially in border states like Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky because it was family vs family, neighbor vs neighbor, etc.) plays a huge part. And the poverty of the area, I can't recall a single time when the South has been wealthy, I think the poverty ingrains itself into a lot of people and causes unhappiness. Not to mention that the Trail of Tears starts in the Southeast...
New Orleans is quaint, spooky, hints of voodoo, but I'll put those 3 days in July, 1863, against any in the US and what was left behind, some of which are not quietly resting.
Take the 1 or 2 Marie Leveau's, depends on who one asks,the well acknowledged "Queen of Vodoun"(voodoo) in her own lifetime, not to mention her supposedly return after her demise, to be seen and photographed, and that in itself would make any city not a place to be out after dark. St. Louis Cemeteries, No.1 and No.2, have someone buried there with the same name, as cited earlier and each tomb has its own followers that leave gifts, bottles of rum, and mark the walls of the tombs with "Xs". Maybe, just one that had to appear to be supposedly "dead" for reasons unknown. and then suddenly "came back". Used to go there in the Spring, years ago, and there were places that no one would venture into and violence was not the reason why. It seems that crime has replaced the "supernatural" as what is to be feared. I guess a 357 Mag. in the wrong hands carries more "fear" associated with it than being confronted in a dark alley by someone or "something" that has no business walking among the living. Supernatural, yep, the "Big Easy" has loads to spare, ghosts, never been that impressed with the "ghost tours", back then anyway, but as for ghosts, one doesn't need tours to meet any in Gettysburg, though tours are offered, not very good ones the last time I took a couple. New Orleans has more "old magic" associated with it than any other city in the US, Gettysburg has more verified "paranormal events", since July 4,1863, than any other city in the US. Combined, both can give one the most frightening time of their lives, if they know where to look and aren't worried what they will find.
I picked New Orleans because I liked the Anne Rice novels.
The building my office is in is supposed to be haunted. The problem is that I don't believe in ghosts. Perhaps, never seeing one there even though I've been to my office working late many nights helps convince me the whole thing is made up.
The janitor did knock on my door once at about 1:30 a.m. and that scared the bejeezus out of me though.
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