The Place d’Armes Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, is regularly listed among the most haunted hotels in the city. A quick internet search will tell you that a school burned down on the property over 200 years ago and the ghosts of the children who died in the fire now roam its halls. Luckily for the kids, it looks like the school didn’t burn down at all! But there are definitely accounts of child-like ghosts in the hotel, as well as an old man and a 12-year-old girl.
In this episode, we explore the history of the Place d’Armes and the neighboring Jackson Square, as well as guest experiences with the supernatural. Expect Gregorian chanting, shadow people, invisible kids playing in the hall, and mysterious closets.
But first, Zoey is here with her Something Spooky: a ChatGPT-generated cocktail called Vampire’s Kiss.
Sources:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g60864-i34-k2878010-Any_haunted_Place_D_Armes_stories-New_Orleans_Louisiana.html (Responses by TNgreggyc, bobrowitzh, Bunnie, CuriousAugust, and Shona71.)
“Haunted New Orleans Hotel” on the Place d’Armes Facebook page, Oct. 16, 2017.
https://www.nps.gov/places/places-darmes.htm
“The 17 Scariest Haunted Hotels Around the World” by Brooke Bobb, Vogue, Oct. 4, 2023.
“Kids – In Quarter Time” by John Magill, The French Quarterly Magazine, July 28, 2014.
“The world’s most haunted hotels,” USA Today, Oct. 30, 2014.
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