Maringouin

Soldiers-

The time was twelve o’clock midnight when I witness two Union soldiers marching across the road from my grandfather Maringouin Louisiana house. The month was September, and my mother said the old ghost Union soldiers return every September to our family church which is across the road from my Grandfather Maringouin Louisiana house.

Submitted by King of Louisian ElectroMusic

Maurice

I’m 18 years old and I have lived in the Maurice/Meaux Louisiana area since I was in the 6th grade (11 yrs old). I used to live off of Hwy. 92 while I was in high school, the same highway that Ray’s Quickstop is on. I’ve had many strange occurrences in this small village. Not too long ago I was driving down Hwy. 167(Johnston St. ) which is the MAIN highway that runs through Maurice, the only one in fact, and my car started to give me trouble. It was a little past midnight and the only cars that are ever on the road at that time of night are some of the usual people who go to the City Bar or Blaise’s (two bars located IN Maurice) and the TWO cops who will stop you if you dare to speed. I had just passed the Gulf Coast Bank and all of the sudden the radio in my car just started going to different channels and eventually stopped on an oldies station. I couldn’t really make out the music at first b/c there was so much static, but it started to clear up a bit and I knew what it was. The song ”Stand By Me” by Ben E. King started to play. It was raining a bit, and started to pound harder to the point where I had to stop on the side of the road in the Como’s Bar parking lot (right across the street from Ray’s Quickstop). There were no cars in the parking lot at the time. I began to get a little bit freaked out not only b/c of THAT particular song that came on the radio, but the weather was horrible, and this strange figure was walking up to my car. I tried to start my car to drive away but for some reason, it just wouldn’t crank. This guy had long black stringy hair, pale skin, dark eyes, and was also very skinny. He walked with a limp as well. He came over and started to knock on my window, and all I could do was say ”Please go Away I don’t know you!” and he looked into my window and said ”Mam I only want to help”. Well I figured that Maurice is such a speed trap of a town and the cops are always close to the bars this late at night, if I scream the cops and everyone else will come running. So I opened my car door and he asked me to pop the hood. So of course I popped the hood for him he stood there for a couple of minutes and then asked me to crank my car and step on the gas a bit, and IT worked, luckily! He walked over to me and asked me if he could have a ride and because he helped me out I figured I owed him that so I told him to get in and I’d bring him where he wanted to go. He told me he wanted to go the cemetery in Maurice to visit someone that he hadn’t seen in quite some time. Of course I thought that was odd considering what the weather was like and the fact that its past midnight and he wanted to go to a cemetery but I figured the sooner I got him there the sooner he’d be out of my car. Before we got to the cemetery he’d asked me my name and I told him and then I asked him what his was. He said his name was ”Tobias Franklinton”. Weird right? hah if you only knew. Anyways, we got to the cemetery and he said thanks and stepped out of my car. I was curious to see what he would do so I sat idle for a few moments and watched him walk away. He passed a few gravestones and stopped at one, kneeled down on one leg, and stared for about a minute or so. He must have known I was still there even though I had my lights off because he turned around, looked at me, and waved. In that instance he disappeared. I completely freaked out and drove away. But the next day I drove over to the cemetery and found the plot that he had kneeled over. It read ”Tobias Franklinton- loving son who will be missed terribly” Born December 21,1888- Died March 14, 1935. That means he died almost 75 years ago. All I can say is that I’ll never stop for ANYONE again.

submitted by Ashley

Metairie

Odin’s Inn-

There are cold spots, unexplained noises, a man appeared in the mirror, lights turning on and off, and silhouettes/apparitions appear.

Minden

I have no pictures or anything, only the experiences of myself and my family. Years ago we used to occupy a residence on Cedar Street in Minden, 223 Cedar to be exact, which was directly behind Minden Medical Center. It was recently torn down to add space for the parking lot. We lived in that house for years. Since day one activity was apparent. We had an attic fan that my mother would open on spring and autumn nights go get fresh air into the home. Lying in bed you could hear something running around the attic..Squirrels wearing boots we used to call them and then it would JUMP from the attic fan…I would tell my mother of experiences of seeing a woman in a white gown (yeah that’s a good one) in our kitchen an peeking around corners which she just laughed at and told me I was nuts. I would hear my name being called. I remember giving my niece a bath and she looked up at ”nothing” and just started wailing, I wrapped her in a towel and we waited outside on our screened porch for my parents to get home. My little brother had horrible night terrors in that house where he would frequently grab kitchen utensils and come into my room I would wake up with him standing over me with a fork. yet again my parents were worried, but it wasn’t considered paranormal by any means. Behind the house there were rock formed fences and a stone gazebo, there were odd thermometers outside the windows that were OLD. I’m not sure how old the house was, as I never checked into the history, but it was OLD. We abruptly moved to Dubberly, and about a year after living in the new home my mother spoke of seeing a woman in our kitchen during the night, HA vindication. finally. A friend of mine moved into the home after we left and had some strange things happen. Just thought that would be one to add to your page. Like I said it has recently been torn down but I am considering seeing if I can find any historical evidence that would lend more credence to my claims.
Submitted by Brandie

Monroe

Jackson Street-

Evert year at about the same time during the 1st week of the 3rd month you can feel the souls of fallen gangsters enter your body. Only if you find yourself walking down the street between 7:45pm and 12:00am. You may even see a bloodstain vanish into the ground.

Jackson’s Shift-

Long ago there was a drive-by on Jackson Street where many innocent victims were savagely murdered. One of the guys was a store owner who owned a nightclub on the st. He and his friend were both shot down and may people claim to have seen them weeks after the homicide had occurred, falling down in slow motion to the ground with the same bullet wounds described to them by their family.

I was a police officer in Monroe back in the 70′s, I did have a few unexplained incidents while working the graveyard shift Especially going into in some of the old buildings and Monroe City Cemetery.
Submitted by Tom

My uncles house on Lakeshore Drive is full of spirits. The people who built this house are still here. The next one is my uncle’s wife she never left. Sometimes you can smell cig smoke and it just chokes you bad. Because no one in my family smokes at all. There are cold spots in the house. Things disappear, and are hard to find. And windows are open for no reason. This is just a plain old haunted full of mischief house. Anyone wants it they can sure come and buy it. And they can put up with all this weird stuff.
Submitted by Dona

Natchitoches

Campus of Northwestern University{which used to be an old plantation}-

There has been reports of a ghost woman who walks around by the columns that still stand where teh plantation used to be. The people on campus call her Isabella. She has also been sighted by the old women’s gym.

Front Street-

The old area part of the town is known as Front St. Many of the town residents and shop owners of Front St have reported seeing a man dressed in Confederate uniform roaming the bricked street.

New Iberia-

Mary Jane’s Bridge-

Legend is her boyfriend raped and killed her. She was shackled and thrown over. They never ever found the body. To this day they say if you go to the bridge on her prom night at midnight you can see her walking across the bridge. She is wearing a white dress and she has no feet.