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New Orleans ghost tour guide shares spookiest Crescent City stories

The Haunted Saloon - LaLaurie Mansion Building, New Orleans, 1906
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The Haunted Saloon - LaLaurie Mansion Building, New Orleans, 1906

Tomorrow is Halloween, so we are diving into some of the spookiest stories in Louisiana. New Orleans is frequently cited as the most haunted city in the United States. From the ghost sightings, supernatural legends and voodoo culture, the city is filled with spooky tales that have been passed down for generations. What many people may not know is that many of these legends are based on true historical events.

Former ghost tour guide and Tulane professor Andrew Ward, walks us through some of the scariest tales in the Crescent City.

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Alana Schreiber is the managing producer for the live daily news program, Louisiana Considered. She comes to WWNO from KUNC in Northern Colorado, where she worked as a radio producer for the daily news magazine, Colorado Edition. She has previously interned for Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul.