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Anecdotal reports in Louisiana

Louisiana keeps 29 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

29 dossiers0 counties covered97% open to visitorsHoney Island Swamp Monster Folklore Area — deepest file
Swamp Folklore Area
High confidence

Honey Island Swamp Monster Folklore Area

Pearl River, Louisiana

Swamp folklore area in Louisiana; research record.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Jesup

Many, Louisiana

The 1822 fort—where Zachary Taylor commanded.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Hotel Monteleone

New Orleans, Louisiana

The French Quarter’s literary hotel—the Carousel Bar and a floor of ghosts.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Bourbon Orleans Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

A former ballroom and convent—Civil War orphans and a dancer’s ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Le Pavillon Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

"The Belle of New Orleans"—a man in the lobby and a girl who fell.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Provincial Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Quarter’s Civil War hospital—blood in the courtyard lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Dauphine Orleans Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

May Baily’s—the 1857 bordello whose working girls stayed on.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

UpStairs Lounge site

New Orleans, Louisiana

June 24, 1973—the gay bar fire that killed 32.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Carville leprosarium

Carville, Louisiana

The national leprosarium—where the patients made a town.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Poverty Point

Epps, Louisiana

The 1700 BCE earthworks—older than the pyramids.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Angola

Angola, Louisiana

The Farm—18,000 acres of prison on the old plantation.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Nottoway

White Castle, Louisiana

The largest antebellum mansion—64 rooms of 1859.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Shadows-on-the-Teche

New Iberia, Louisiana

The 1834 house—where the Weeks family stayed on the bayou.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Destrehan

Destrehan, Louisiana

The 1787 plantation—where the 1811 trials were held.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

St. Louis Cemetery No. 2

New Orleans, Louisiana

The second cemetery—where the jazz men rest.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Gallier House

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1857 townhouse—where the architect died.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Jackson

Buras, Louisiana

The 1832 fort—where Farragut broke the river.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Rosedown

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1835 mansion—where the gardens outgrew the family.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Greenwood

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1830 mansion—burned and rebuilt, ghosts included.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Melrose Plantation

Melrose, Louisiana

The Creole plantation—where Clementine Hunter painted.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Magnolia Plantation

Derry, Louisiana

The 1835 plantation—where the brick slave cabins stand.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Oakland Plantation

Bermuda, Louisiana

The 1821 plantation—the Creole "Bermuda" estate.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Bonnie & Clyde ambush site

Gibsland, Louisiana

May 23, 1934—the roadside where the outlaws died.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Winnfield

Winnfield, Louisiana

The Long hometown—where three governors were born.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Kent Plantation House

Alexandria, Louisiana

The 1796 house—the oldest in central Louisiana.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Mansfield

Mansfield, Louisiana

April 8, 1864—the battle that stopped the Red River campaign.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill, Louisiana

April 9, 1864—the battle that followed the victory.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Marksville mounds

Marksville, Louisiana

The type site—where the Hopewell culture got its Louisiana name.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Six Flags New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

The park Katrina killed—abandoned since August 2005.

2 claims→

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Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive