City of the Undead: Voodoo, Ghosts, and Vampires of New Orleans
City of the Undead: Voodoo, Ghosts, and Vampires of New Orleans From its looming above-ground cemeteries to the ghosts believed to haunt its stately homes, New Orleans is a city deeply entwined with…
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City of the Undead: Voodoo, Ghosts, and Vampires of New Orleans
From its looming above-ground cemeteries to the ghosts believed to haunt its stately homes, New Orleans is a city deeply entwined with death, the undead, and the supernatural. Its location near the mouth of the Mississippi River grants it a liminal status between water and land, while its Old World architecture and lush, moss-covered oak trees lend it an eerie beauty. The reasons behind New Orleans's reputation as America's most haunted city are numerous.
An extremely high death rate in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and a long history of enslavement and oppression have also produced fertile soil for stories of the undead. Complementing the city's mysterious landscape, spiritual beliefs and practices from Native American, African, African American, Caribbean, and European cultures mingle in a unique ferment of the paranormal. Focusing on three manifestations of the supernatural