Louisiana Ghost Stories Ii

Author : Jesse L. Wimberly
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 148088720X
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louisiana Ghost Stories Ii written by Jesse L. Wimberly and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Orleans claims to be the most haunted place in America, and the Crescent City has the stories to back it up. Louisiana Ghost Stories II: Lagniappe is the second riveting collection from acclaimed author Jesse Wimberly. These ten tales of the macabre are set in and around New Orleans and are guaranteed to frighten and enlighten. Go down to the crossroads on a moonless night and meet Old Scratch. Eavesdrop in Pirate’s Alley when Jean Lafitte reveals the location of his hidden treasure. Venture into the asylum or the heart of Mardi Gras as Inspector Sterling investigates brutal murders in the city. Get lost with two brothers on a flatboat in the swamp when they meet The Mossgatherer. Rooted in actual events that have taken place over the years, these stories of the supernatural and occult will keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether you believe in ghosts or not, this collection will challenge even the bravest of readers.

Author : Jesse L. Wimberly
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480853178
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louisiana Ghost Stories written by Jesse L. Wimberly and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisiana is a place of legend, especially in the deep, dark bayou. Visit the swamps, and smell the usual combination of decaying vegetation and sluggish water. You might sense another smell, too—one you can’t identify but seems distinct. It could be more of a feeling than an odor. That feeling is fear, and it spreads past the bayou and into the heart of New Orleans. Louisiana Ghost Stories is a collection of original tales based on fact mixed with myth. A place of legend, the state is also a place of storytelling, and many of those stories grow like thick vines in the memories of locals and visitors alike. Step into the haunted plantations. Hear about voodoo and gris gris. Examine pirate legends, and follow ghosts into the dark. Come face to face with the Cajun werewolf, known as the “loup garou.” Hear of the heinous offenses of infamous serial killer, the Axeman. Learn the horrid history of the LaLaurie mansion, and even stumble upon a tale of Hallow’s Eve. With stories eerie, mysterious, sexy, and colorful, prepare yourself to be scared as legends come to life and haunt the page.

Author : Jesse L. Wimberly
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781665739887
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louisiana Ghost Stories Iii written by Jesse L. Wimberly and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a ten-year-old boy is invited to attend a big fight that attracts cockfighters and gamblers from all over the area to a pit in Carencro, he is so excited that he barely sleeps a wink the night before. But can the tender-hearted boy come to grips with the consequences that come with a cockfight surrounded by Old South voodoo rituals? In a collection of short tales, Jesse Wimberly once again leads others on an imaginary journey through horror and the supernatural world as he introduces diverse characters, each experiencing seemingly unimaginable events. When the police chief of New Orleans receives word that the bloody body of a young woman has been found in the street, he begins an investigation that leads him down a dark path that leaves him with more questions than answers. When Esther's boyfriend breaks up with her just before her high school prom, she commisions help from her hairdresser--and two voodoo dolls--to instigate a vengeful plan. Louisiana Ghost Stories III shares ten more chilling, macabre tales of horror from a master storyteller.

Author : Dan Asfar
Publisher : Ghost House Books
ISBN 13 : 9781894877190
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Stories of Louisiana written by Dan Asfar and published by Ghost House Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Louisiana, disbelief in ghosts is not an option. Some of the best-known hauntings in the country are the unsettled spirits that have roamed the bustling French Quarter of New Orleans since its early days. But while the Crescent City teems with historic paranormal characters, the rest of Louisiana is also rife with intriguing and eerie ghost stories. Come explore the Pelican State and uncover its historic supernatural stars: * The ghost of an old woman killed in a car accident returns to her Baton Rouge home to comfort her grieving family. * A young girl's spirit haunts several generations of a family in New Orleans' Garden District. * A mysterious foreigner known only as ''the Sultan'' is massacred along with his servants, forever shrouding his French Quarter dwelling in the mysterious legend of his demise. * Visitors and staff at Oak Alley Plantation, St. James Parish, regularly encounter strange sights and frightening sounds. * Myriad spirits roam the rooms and halls of Myrtles Plantation of St. Francisville, already famous for the eerie tales from its past. * In life, Marie Laveau was undisputed voodoo queen of New Orleans; in death, she still imbues the city with dark magic. * And many more...

Author : Several
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615715070
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louisiana Ghost Stories As Told by Louisiana Witches written by Several and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LAW, the editor of this book, is a non-profit corporation dedicated to preventing religious discrimination of Pagans. To that end, we provide legal representation of individuals in Louisiana Courts when such individuals are discriminated against on the basis of their religion. We provide the attorney for free and to the extent possible pay all costs of litigation.Our funding comes from private donations and whatever fundraisers we can arrange. This book is our latest effort at fund raising and ALL of the profits received (including Left Hand Press) will support Law's continuing efforts to help the Pagan community.

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ISBN 13 : 9781301565627
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Louisiana written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisiana is one of the most captivating and visually stunning states in the South, with a long and fascinating history that has meshed cultures, religions, and races. Due to its storied past and unique blend of inhabitants, Louisiana is also known as one of the most haunted places in America.Within Louisiana there is a plethora of historic landmarks, each having their own story of times gone by. Many of these locations, beautiful as they may be, are riddled with mysterious stories of ghosts and paranormal activity.New Orleans, the largest city in the state, has a long history of devastation and disaster. There are many alleged ghosts and ghouls that reside in this beautiful and eclectic southern city. Many of them had their lives tragically cut short, taken before their time and have not yet 'crossed over' to the other side. Legend has it that these spirits often stroll along the streets, haunt the hotels, lurk in the swamps and live among us in a state of restless confusion, effectively trapped between two worlds.Join ghost hunter Sarah Ashley, as she shares with you some of the most chilling true ghost stories and hauntings from the State of Louisiana. She will take you to some of the most haunted houses in the French Quarter to some of the most haunted Louisiana plantations.If you would like to hear more about paranormal mystery and ghosts from the State of Louisiana - this book is for you!

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of Louisiana written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text, January 18, 1939. Discusses various ghost stories and stories of hauntings. Includes legends of Acadian, African American, and American Indian culture. Includes a section on haunted locations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Author : Jannette Quackenbush
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940087467
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Stories and Folk Tales of New Orleans written by Jannette Quackenbush and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost stories and folk tales of New Orleans, Louisiana including a French Quarter walking tour and haunted cemeteries.

Author : Jeanne deLavigne
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807152927
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans written by Jeanne deLavigne and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “He struck a match to look at his watch. In the flare of the light they saw a young woman just at Pitot’s elbow—a young woman dressed all in black, with pale gold hair, and a baby sleeping on her shoulder. She glided to the edge of the bridge and stepped noiselessly off into the black waters.”—from Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans Ghosts are said to wander along the rooftops above New Orleans’ Royal Street, the dead allegedly sing sacred songs in St. Louis Cathedral, and the graveyard tomb of a wealthy madam reportedly glows bright red at night. Local lore about such supernatural sightings, as curated by Jeanne deLavigne in her classic Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans, finds the phantoms of bitter lovers, vengeful slaves, and menacing gypsies haunting nearly every corner of the city, from the streets of the French Quarter to Garden District mansions. Originally printed in 1944, all forty ghost stories and the macabre etchings of New Orleans artist Charles Richards appear in this new edition. Drawing largely on popular legend dating back to the 1800s, deLavigne provides vivid details of old New Orleans with a cast of spirits that represent the ethnic mélange of the city set amid period homes, historic neighborhoods, and forgotten taverns. Combining folklore, newspaper accounts, and deLavigne’s own voice, these phantasmal tales range from the tragic—brothers, lost at sea as children, haunt a chapel on Thomas Street in search of their mother—to graphic depictions of torture, mutilation, and death. Folklorist and foreword contributor Frank A. de Caro places the writer and her work in context for modern readers. He uncovers new information about deLavigne’s life and describes her book’s pervasive lingering influence on the Crescent City’s culture today.

Author : George Washington Cable
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1455612588
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA written by George Washington Cable and published by Pelican Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994-05-30 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, people outside of New Orleans viewed the city through the eyes of journalist and author George Washington Cable. His writings portrayed a tropical European city nestled on the banks of an American river still teeming with the literary, artistic, and social developments of a late Renaissance. In his own romance with Louisiana, Cable came upon many stories written by its denizens. While Cable assisted some authors in finding places to publish their works, there were many stories he kept for himself. Much of this collection can now be found in Strange True Stories of Louisiana. They are mine by right of discovery,? writes Cable. ?From various necessities of the case I am sometimes the story-teller, and sometimes, in the reader?s interest, have to abridge; but I add no fact and trim naught of value away. Here are no unconfessed ?restorations,? not one. In time, place, circumstance, in every essential feature, I give them as I got them strange stories that truly happened, all partly, some wholly, in Louisiana.? Strange True Stories of Louisiana is Cable?s compilation of seven unusual, factual accounts of life and history in the area. They include tales of two French sisters who made the dangerous trek to the unsettled lands of North Louisiana at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Focusing on New Orleans, Cable adds the story of ?The ?Haunted House? in Royal Street,? which spurs the imaginations of ghost hunters more than a century after its original writing. There is also a diary account, in its first published form, of a Union woman trapped behind the battle lines during the Civil War.