Thursday, February 18, 2016

Ten Reasons New Orleans Is Master of Macabre-- Part 1: Marie Laveau

From the June 9, 2013, Listverse by William Bryan Layton.

10.  Above-ground cemeteries

9.  Jazz funerals

8.  Killer real estate  (The La Lourre Mansion in the French Quarter)

7.  Voo Doo and Louis Armstron  in Congo Square, today is Louis Armstrong Park.

6.  XXX Marks the Spot.  The burial plan of Marie Laveau in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, the most haunted cemetery in the U.S..  At her grave, draw 3 Xs for you wish to be granted.

I So Afraid!!  --DaCoot

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