New orleans legends reveal that the casket girls smuggled vampires over from europe in their caskets.
New orleans vampires attic.
If vampires existed in our modern age it would be easy to imagine them in new orleans creeping from the shadows of the crypts in the st.
Vampires in new orleans date back to the 1200 s from tales rooted in eastern european superstition where gypsies told stories of horrid undead creatures that returned from the dead to visit their still living families.
In the crescent city beauty and darkness go hand in hand and history steps forward to make itself known in the present day.
The sealed attic of the convent has shuttered windows.
The ursuline convent claims there is nothing stored in the.
This is the name given to some of the early women of new orleans girls of good families lured across the ocean to a wretched hive of scum and villainy called la nouvelle orleans.
These suitcases were reportedly stored in the attic of a convent in the french quarter where they still sit behind windows that are nailed shut because they.
And to this day the original caskets are still stored in the attic at the ursuline convent.
At the heart of it all is the french quarter which has seen it s share of vampire incidents since becoming home to jacques de saint germain hundreds of years ago.
You ve probably heard of anne rice s book turned feature film interview with the vampire and the ever popular true blood which took place in louisiana.
The setting for this odd tale is the city of new orleans louisiana in the early 1900s when one day a mysterious stranger came to town to take up residence at an opulent home at 1039.
As a matter of fact many other members of the vampire elite society have and still do find haven in new orleans.
Louis cemetery or prowling for victims in the unlit alleys of the french quarter.
The shutters are always closed but they say late at night the shutters open and the vampires come out into new orleans seeking their prey.
There are many stories about how vampires came to new orleans but my personal favourite is about the casket girls or casquette girls of new orleans.
So to the dismay of the men of new orleans all that arrived in new orleans were 300 of these coffin like suitcases.
The heavy shutters are of an unique style not seen anywhere else within the french quarter.
My first night in new orleans i took the vampire tour since i mainly write about vampires i thought it would be interesting to hear the stories they tell in nola.
Or so the folklore goes.
Day 1 new orleans june 2014.
Their legend lives on in some of the oldest european inspired vampire stories of new orleans and the mystery of what was in the boxes that the court of france issued.
Do vampires still live in new orleans.
One such strange individual called new orleans his home in the early 1900s and by some accounts was more than merely an eccentric but also an immortal vampire.
New orleans has a history and reputation for many things vampire.
