From Cemeteries to Restaurants — New Orleans's Most Haunted Spots

What: The Gardette-LaPrette House, sometimes called The Sultan's Palace
Where: 716 Dauphine St. The story: The story for this one says that a very wealthy Turkish man used to own this house. One night he threw a massive party and had the house packed to the brim. The next day, someone passing by the house noticed blood coming from the door. Upon entering the house, it was discovered that all the previous night's partygoers had been massacred, including the homeowner, who was found buried in the backyard. To this day people say they can hear the screams of the partygoers around the house.

What: Muriel's Jackson Square
Where: 801 Charles St.
The story: Muriel's was once a home owned by Pierre Antoine Lepardi Jourdan. One night during a game of poker, he bet his house, lost, and hung himself on the second floor. The building now houses a restaurant and séance room where people often try to contact Jourdan. People have reported glasses being thrown and broken but nothing terribly violent.

What: Omni Royal Hotel
Where: 621 St. Louis St.
The story: The hotel is said to be built over a a former slave market and still has some residual hauntings from that. It's also where a man jumped to his death after murdering his girlfriend, so some say he still haunts the hotel.

What: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar
Where: 941 Bourbon St.
The story: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is billed as the oldest bar in America. John Lafitte the pirate used to use the building to smuggle goods, and some say if you he still makes appearances at the bar to this day.

What: Old Absinthe House
Where: 240 Bourbon St.
The story: Another place in the French Quarter with ties to pirate Jean Lafitte, this bar is also supposedly haunted by him.

What: Lalaurie Mansion
Where: 1140 Royal St.
The story: The history of the Lalaurie Mansion is gruesome to say the least. Delphine Lalaurie used to purchase and torture her slaves in this house, and after a fire broke out one night, police searched the house and found them all. Many slaves had been trapped in the attic and were found so severely mutilated that even those who were alive at the time didn't survive long. Delphine Lalaurie and her family fled the country, but the house remains haunted and mostly uninhabited. It has changed hands many, many times over the years, but no one stays long due to the complaints of spirits still inside the house as well as a belief that getting too close will leave you cursed.

What: Hotel Provincial
Where: 1024 Chartres St.
The story: This hotel, made up of several buildings, was once home to a military medical facility. It was used as a hospital during the Civil War as well, and residual hauntings by soldiers from those times still happen at the hotel.