BEAUREGARD PARISH GOTHIC JAIL
Jail — DeRidder, Beauregard Parish County, Louisiana
Status: Status unknown · Access: Access unknown
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/beauregard-parish-gothic-jail-deridder-louisiana/

Jail in DeRidder; research record.

A jail in DeRidder, Louisiana, Beauregard Parish Gothic Jail is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Jail in DeRidder; research record. The archive files it under haunted places. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 legend, every one filed as account rather than fact. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.

The jail is the Gothic — the '1914' that's the building's year, the 'collegiate' that's the style's odd. The 'tunnel' is the linked — the 'courthouse' that's the neighbor's name, the 'no public' that's the walk's shield. The 'plumbing' is the luxed — the 'each cell' that's the amenity's reach, the '1914' that's the modern's date.
The 'double hanged' is the named — the 'Genna and Brasseaux' that's the condemned's names, the 'spiral staircase' that's the gallows' frame. The '$14' is the killed — the 'taxi driver' that's the victim's job, the 'only hanging' that's the jail's record. The jail is the toured — the 'noose' that's the prop's form, the 'EMF' that's the October's tool.
The file keeps the jail: the Gothic style, the linked tunnel, the double hanging, and the toured noose.
Beauregard's Gothic Jail is the archive's Louisiana file — the mansion that hanged.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
The Gothic Jail is the archive's Louisiana file — the parish prison too pretty for its purpose.
A jail keeps its noose — the file's suggestion being that the building's hold is the contrasted: the 'Gothic' that's the architecture's ornament, the 'hanging' that's the tower's use, and the 'plumbing' that's the cells' luxury.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] haunting: Explore Louisiana recounts apparition traditions associated with two executed men. Beauregard Parish Gothic Jail in DeRidder, Louisiana spent its working years housing the desperate; the reports suggest some of that desperation stayed. 'Louisiana’s Haunted History' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The haunting is unproven and unfired: it keeps showing up for work anyway.
  source: Louisiana’s Haunted History (https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/haunted-louisiana-experiences)

SOURCES — 2 cited
· Louisiana’s Haunted History — Louisiana Office of Tourism
  https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/haunted-louisiana-experiences
· Myths and Legends Scenic Byway guide — Louisiana Office of Tourism
  https://byways.explorelouisiana.com/sites/default/files/2021-01/11-Myths_Legends_Tearsheet.pdf

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