{"id":3428,"slug":"st-louis-cemetery-no-2-new-orleans-louisiana","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["St. Louis No. 2 is the '23 — the 'yellow fever' that's the moved, the 'Square 3' that's the Black. The 'Cailloux' is the hero — the 'Union' that's the martyred, the 'Port Hudson' that's the '63. The 'jazz' is the buried — the 'Danny Barker' that's the guitarist, the 'Ernie K-Doe' that's the R&B.","The '3 blocks' is the divided — the 'Bienville/Conti' that's the cut, the 'central avenue' that's the lost. The 'worst' is the condition — the '1,600 tombs' that's the assessed, the '30' that's the restored. St. Louis No. 2 is the overshadowed — the 'No. 1' that's the famous, the 'largest Black' that's the monuments.","The file keeps St. Louis No. 2: the 1823 yellow fever, the Cailloux hero, the jazz buried, and the worst condition.","St. Louis No. 2 is the archive's New Orleans file — the forgotten square."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["St. Louis No. 2 is the archive's New Orleans file — the Black's monuments.","A cemetery keeps its square — the file's suggestion being that No. 2's hold is the overlooked: the 'Square 3' that's the Black, the 'Cailloux' that's the hero, and the 'worst' that's the condition."]}],"name":"St. Louis Cemetery No. 2","aliases":[],"type":"CEMETERY","type_label":"Cemetery","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","CEMETERY"],"groups":["cemeteries","hauntings","legends"],"desc":"The second cemetery—where the jazz men rest.","full_desc":"St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 is a cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana. The second cemetery—where the jazz men rest. HauntHunt files it with historic cemeteries, local folklore and haunted places. Its accounts name only a collective — the cemetery dead. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The grounds are open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"New Orleans","county":null,"state":"Louisiana","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":30.05342,"lon":-89.934502,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"LA2 batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":3656,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The dead are reportedly seen. The lore files them collectively as the cemetery dead. St. Louis Cemetery No. 2's dead are the site's permanent residents; the reports are how the living say they keep noticing. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Named ghosts are the ones that last — this one has lasted.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The cemetery dead","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"St. Louis No. 2","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cemetery","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3657,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures among the tombs. A cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana accumulating ghost reports is almost tautological — but this is the one the record kept. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. The account appears in 'St. Louis No. 2'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"St. Louis No. 2","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cemetery","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The 1823 cemetery is documented. A cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana with this much on record gives the file real ground to stand on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'St. Louis No. 2' documents the entry. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1823","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"St. Louis No. 2","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cemetery","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly seen. St. Louis Cemetery No. 2's dead are the site's permanent residents; the reports are how the living say they keep noticing. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. 'St. Louis No. 2' carries the account. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"St. Louis No. 2","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cemetery","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The cemetery dead","claimed_identity":"The cemetery dead","verified":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly seen. The lore files them collectively as the cemetery dead. Cemeteries keep their stories in the stones; St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 in New Orleans, Louisiana has its version filed among them. The account appears in 'St. Louis No. 2'. The file keeps The cemetery dead on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.","behavior":"The dead are reportedly seen.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"St. Louis No. 2","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cemetery","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Public cemetery; generally open during daylight hours. Be respectful of active burials.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"St. Louis No. 2","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cemetery","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}