New Orleans is renowned as one of the US’s most haunted locations.
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There’s a spine-tingling mix of factors that lend to long-term, full-force ghostly happenings in Crescent City.
That includes the city’s history as a hub for the slave trade, its frequent and often violent switch between colonial powers, its common flooding, and its deep-seated relationship with Voodoo traditions.
While places like Salem, Massachusetts, are known for their witch trials and cities like Savannah, Georgia, are closely tied to ghost sightings, New Orleans has one unique characteristic that no one US city does: it has taken on its paranormal activity as part of its identity…