Tonight’s trip takes us into the city that really never sleeps. No matter what you call it, NOLA, the Crescent City, the Big Easy…we all know about the secrets and legends that New Orleans holds. It’s a city full of diversity, vast cultural experiences, and a lurid history that takes us back almost to our beginnings as a nation. The city is known for its lavish parades during Mardi Gras and its countless Voodoo shops and ghost tours, its creole and Cajun ancestry, the food and the music. Just going to the city is an experience itself, but all of that is surface level beauty that houses a dark past: a history of murder, strong magics, vampires, and plenty of spirits to haunt the city and beyond.
BONUS: Can you figure out where I effed up royally in this episode? Besides tripping over my words and talking to fast 😛
The Occult Archives theme song by JunkFood2121, background music by Purple Planet Music (www.purple-planet.com)
New Orleans Informational Links:
'Voodoo City,' Episode 6: The blood-soaked history of Jackson Square
Louisiana's hidden history: The former slave who became an executioner
Vampires in New Orleans? Here’s one theory behind the folklore
The Casket Girls
History of the Casket Girls of New Orleans
Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Madame LaLaurie’s Most Sickening Acts Of Torture And Murder