Haunted Places in Slidell, Louisiana
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Northshore Regional Medical Center
Slidell, LA
2.4 miles from Slidell, LA
Reportedly haunted by two ghosts. The employees refer to one of them as Reggie. The other is just a black mist.
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Fort Pike
New Orleans, LA
8.0 miles from Slidell, LA
-Built in 1816, Fort Pike was named after Zebulon Pike of Pike's Peak fame. The site was abandoned in 1890--by the living, anyway. Some say the ghost of a sergeant has been seen about the place, and witnesses have described a feeling of being watched as well as the sound …
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Palestine Graveyard
Picayune, MS
18.1 miles from Slidell, LA
There are allegedly sightings of the ghost of a woman who killed herself in the cemetery after being jilted at the altar.
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Sycamore Church Cemetery
Carriere, MS
20.3 miles from Slidell, LA
Supposedly if you sit on a bench that's in the cemetery you will feel a cold spot (probably not seeping up from the concrete bench) and someone breathing behind you.
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Maple Street Bakery
Abita Springs, LA
20.8 miles from Slidell, LA
Maple Street Bakery is housed in a building that's over 100 years old and has been a convalescent home, a private house, an art gallery and an insurance office. And, it's said to be haunted, as evidenced by footsteps on the porch, electrical anomalies, doors that open or close by …
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Old SSA Convent
Covington, LA
24.3 miles from Slidell, LA
Claims of screaming, eerie noises and other ghostly events. Considering the amount of graffiti and evidence of teen partying littered about the place, there might be a more mundane explanation for the noises coming from the place, but take a walk in the woods and decide for yourself.
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Chalmette Battlefield
Chalmette, LA
25.9 miles from Slidell, LA
The decisive battle in the War of 1812 was fought here, an unnecessary battle in the minds of some, as the war was essentially over. The lives lost were essentially wasted. Do soldiers who died still haunt this ground?
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Jackson Barracks
New Orleans, LA
26.2 miles from Slidell, LA
The ghost in residence is said to be 1st Sgt. Henry Brunig, who killed himself here in 1937. Reports said that Brunig assisted with the care of the horses, and he had pronounced 21 horses too old unfit for work, so they were shot to death. The next day, Brunig's …
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St. Roch Cemetery
New Orleans, LA
26.3 miles from Slidell, LA
This cemetery, which honors Saint Roch, patron saint of dogs and invalids, is said to be haunted by a large black ghost dog. According to reports, the dog has shown up both on photographs and videotape. Guided cemetery tours are available.
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The Lookout Inn
New Orleans, LA
26.3 miles from Slidell, LA
The appropriately named hotel used to be an actual lookout along the Mississippi River. Some say parties can be heard going on in unoccupied rooms, and cold spots and unexplained noises have been noted by guests. There is also a bathtub that fills itself, reported to be linked to a …
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Bacchanal
New Orleans, LA
26.5 miles from Slidell, LA
Reports say that this old bar houses many spirits, and not just the drinking kind. Witnesses say that inside, the presence of those who are no longer with us can be felt.
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Madame Mineurcanal's House
New Orleans, LA
26.8 miles from Slidell, LA
According to the scary tales told about this place, Madame Mineurcanal, a former owner, hanged herself from an overhead beam on the third floor after killing her beloved dog. Her apparition has been seen here with her little white dog. Cold spots, moaning sounds and a dog's barking also have …
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Bay St. Louis City Hall Building
John C. Stennis Space Center, MS
27.0 miles from Slidell, LA
The Bay St. Louis City Hall, a 109-year-old municipal building that once housed the city jail, is rumored to be haunted. Witnesses say objects move on their own, doors open and close, bright lights appear, and footsteps can be heard on the steps. According to reports, in 1928 a man …
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Mona Lisa Lane
New Orleans, LA
27.0 miles from Slidell, LA
Mona Lisa Lane is near Popp's Fountain, in the southwest corner of City Park. Local legend has it that in the early 1900s, a wealthy philanthropist provided the city with a large collection of statues, with the condition that one of them in particular be given preferential treatment and must …
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Ernie K-Doe’s Mother-In-Law Lounge
New Orleans, LA
27.1 miles from Slidell, LA
This bar is said to be haunted by former owner Ernie K-Doe and his wife. K-Doe was an R&B singer who once had a hit record called “Mother-in-Law.” He passed away in 2001, and his widow Antoinette ran the place until her death in 2009--but as reports say, they never …
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Dauphine House Bed and Breakfast
New Orleans, LA
27.1 miles from Slidell, LA
A paranormal investigator owns this 1900s bed-and-breakfast that is reportedly haunted by many spirits. They have been known to open and close the doors.
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La Maison Marigny Bed and Breakfast
New Orleans, LA
27.2 miles from Slidell, LA
At this bed-and-breakfast, you may share your lodgings with something kindly, but supernatural. Witnesses say an apparition appears at the top of the stairs, guests sometimes feel a kiss on their cheek as they go to sleep (or even get a pat on the rear), and the smell of frying …
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Lanaux Mansion
New Orleans, LA
27.2 miles from Slidell, LA
This 1876 bed-and-breakfast inn boasts the ghost of original owner Charles Johnson. His apparition has been seen walking through the house, all dressed in black.
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Lamothe House
New Orleans, LA
27.2 miles from Slidell, LA
A ghostly woman in red is apparently sighted frequently as well as the sounds of ghostly children at play.
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Old U.S. Mint
New Orleans, LA
27.2 miles from Slidell, LA
Built at the orders of Andrew Jackson, the mint began operation in 1838. During the Civil War, it was used to print Confederate currency and even served a short time as a military barracks. Money was printed here until the early 1900s. Perhaps the ghost who resides on the second …
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Morro Castle
New Orleans, LA
27.3 miles from Slidell, LA
This building has a number of stories connected to it - but alas, all of them have been proved false. One said the house was built to quarter the Spanish troops of King Carlos IV of Spain, and hence it is sometimes known as the old Spanish barracks. Another says …
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Le Richelieu Hotel
New Orleans, LA
27.3 miles from Slidell, LA
Reported to have been built on the site of an old execution site for the Spanish army, it is claimed that the soldiers who died on the spot continue to haunt the hotel to this day.
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Bay Town Inn
Bay St. Louis, MS
27.3 miles from Slidell, LA
The former Bay Town Inn was destroyed by a storm surge during Hurricane Katrina, but guests at the current inn have reported encountering the apparitions of a French family who built the original house, as well as hearing whispering voices. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Lalaurie House
New Orleans, LA
27.3 miles from Slidell, LA
A mansion in New Orleans that was once owned by the vicious Madame Lalaurie. Neighbors reported that slave turnover at her house was unusually high and one neighbor reported a young slave girl who leapt to her death rather than face the punishment Madame Lalaurie had in store for her. …
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Old Ursuline Convent
New Orleans, LA
27.4 miles from Slidell, LA
This old convent and its "Casket Girls" star in a local vampire legend. Back in the 1700s, girls were sent here from French convents to find suitable men to marry. They carried coffin-shaped chests, which presumably held their belongings. When the local citizens disrespected the girls, forcing them into prostitution …
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Beauregard-Keyes House
New Orleans, LA
27.4 miles from Slidell, LA
This is one of those places that everyone has the same haunted story to tell: The crazy chess champion Paul Munni who lived there and ran through the streets of New Orleans with an axe. A GREAT story. Except it's wrong in every detail from the name of the chess …
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The Sausage Man - Hans Muller House
New Orleans, LA
27.4 miles from Slidell, LA
A legendary ghost butcher stars in this unusual ghost story not unlike that of Sweeney Todd. The tale of a ghost who walked a sausage factory has been told for decades, and was printed in the 1930s "Gumbo Ya-Ya," a collection of Louisiana's oldest oral tales. The story begins with …
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New Orleans Courtyard Hotel
New Orleans, LA
27.4 miles from Slidell, LA
At this historic hotel, guests have reported hearing parties going on in rooms that are vacant.
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Hotel Villa Convento
New Orleans, LA
27.4 miles from Slidell, LA
The sound of a ghostly child's laughter has been heard in the halls here, even though children are not allowed, and a mysterious madame may knock on the guest room doors, said to be a remnant from when the hotel was allegedly a brothel.
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Hotel Provincial
New Orleans, LA
27.4 miles from Slidell, LA
Reported to be haunted by the ghosts of numerous soldiers who died here during the Civil War when the hotel was used as a hospital. Numerous reports of full-body apparitions as well as some people reporting that when they step out of the elevator in building 5, for a moment, …
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Flanagan's Pub
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
The ghost of a woman who committed suicide on the premises is said to haunt the pub.
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Lafitte Guest House
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
Room 21 is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young girl, possibly Marie Gleises, who died of yellow fever in the 1850s. She apparently appears to young children and speaks to them. Also, it is claimed that the sounds of a woman sobbing can be heard, reportedly her mother …
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Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
Jean Lafitte himself is said to haunt this bar, once the famed privateer's actual blacksmith shop. The governor made every effort to shut down Lafitte's illegal smuggling business, perhaps because of the affair Lafitte was having with the governor's wife. When Lafitte moved his business to the high seas, pirate …
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The Morgue Bar
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
Although this bar is no longer open, the building still remains and it is the building, not the bar specifically that is said to be haunted by the ghosts of those who died and were tended to in the former morgue.
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Andrew Jackson Hotel
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
A former children's home, it is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of those who died during the Yellow Fever epidemic that ravaged New Orleans.
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Cornstalk Hotel
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
This Victorian hotel building is rich with history. For one thing, it was the 1800s home of Judge Francois Xavier-Martin, who was the first Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and the writer of the first history of Louisiana. It is also where Harriet Beecher Stowe became inspired to …
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St. Pierre Hotel
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
Ghosts who roam here include a Civil War Confederate soldier who hangs out in the slave quarters, and a middle-aged civilian man. Witnesses have reported such strange happenings as objects that move by themselves and TVs that change channels on their own.
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Madame John's Legacy
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
This museum is said to have a ghost who may be Renato Beluche, a privateer from the early 19th century. His apparition has been seen, and witnesses have also heard voices and footsteps. This spot is also notable because part of the film "Interview with the Vampire" was shot here.
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Thomas Poree House - Cafe Havana
New Orleans, LA
27.5 miles from Slidell, LA
This spot was the location of many different places, including a French colonial home, another residence for Juan Laporte in 1789, a bakery on an added second floor in 1807, and, after that went belly-up, the residence of the Thomas Poree family in 1808. It was Cafe Havana, a cigar …
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Biscuit Palace
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
This guest house that dates from the early 19th century takes its unusual name from a Uneeda Biscuits sign painted on the outside wall. It is said to be home to a small female ghost who has been known to go through the clothing in guestroom drawers.
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Place d'Armes Hotel
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
At this hotel you may find the ghost of a small girl in old-fashioned clothes. She may ask if you have seen her grandmother before she vanishes. Also reported here have been the sounds of music, voices, and footsteps.
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918 Solomon Place
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
This unassuming little home is featured in Victor C. Klein's book "New Orleans Ghosts." It is said that for a time in the late 1970s the home was riddled with paranormal activity. Voices, footsteps and menacing presences were constant in the home, to the point that the new homeowners were …
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Creole House - Inn on St. Ann
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
A Creole House, part of the Inn on St. Ann, is an 1830s 30-room hotel said to be home to a ghost folks call Knobby, nicknamed so for his habit of removing doorknobs. He haunts the second floor, and doorknobs he tinkers with can't be made to stay on by …
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Muriel's Jackson Square
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
The many spirits said to reside at this restaurant make themselves known by knocking on the walls of the appropriately named Seance Lounge or manifesting as shadows or disembodied voices. The spirits are said to be harmless, and even fun. One ghost has a private table that's always reserved for …
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Bourbon Street
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
Anyone who doesn't know that New Orleans is haunted, shouldn't be on a ghost site in the first place. All of it flooded with history and tragedy and death, stroll down Bourbon Street and just see what there is to see.
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Site of the Laveau House
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
Famed Creole Voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau (1794–1881), multi-racial daughter of a white planter and a French Creole woman, lived on this site during part of her life. Her ghost is said to frequent the place, still performing her ritual ceremonies. The cottage that currently stands on the site is not …
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The Presbytere
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
The historical Presbytère building, designed in 1791 to match the Cabildo, was erected on the site of the residence of the Capuchin monks, although it was never used as a monks' residence. The building is now part of the Louisiana State Museum. It is said to be haunted by the …
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Haunting of the Octoroon Mistress
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
An Octoroon was someone that was 1/8 black, 7/8 white. The Octoroon in this story was named Julie, and she lived here in 1850. The beautiful Julie fell in love with a wealthy Frenchman, but he would not marry her because of her lower social status. When she wouldn't drop …
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Bourbon Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
Numerous ghosts are reported to haunt the Bourbon Orleans Hotel. A confederate soldier is said to roam the halls as well as the ghosts of nuns and children who died during the yellow fever epidemic when the hotel was being used as an orphanage. It is also claimed that a …
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St. Louis Cathedral
New Orleans, LA
27.6 miles from Slidell, LA
Reportedly the ghost of a beloved priest who tended to the sick of New Orleans can still be seen walking out from the Cathedral. It is claimed that he walks down a side alley (which is named for him) and continues on his way, on his daily, eternal mission to …
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