Haunted New Orleans: Ghosts, Voodoo, Cemeteries & Vampire Legends
Experience the Spooky Side of New Orleans
New Orleans is known as the most haunted city in America. Ghost stories, voodoo traditions, and vampire legends have shaped its history and continue to captivate visitors today. In the French Quarter and beyond, the line between the living and the dead often feels surprisingly thin.
Looking to explore the spooky side of New Orleans?
Join a guided ghost tour through streets filled with centuries of legends.
Visit famous haunted hotels, bars, and restaurants where eerie encounters are part of the story.
Explore the city’s voodoo history, from the legacy of Marie Laveau to present-day practitioners.
Celebrate Halloween with parades, costume balls, and spooky seasonal events.
Every corner of New Orleans holds a tale, whether it’s whispered in a historic cemetery, retold in a vampire tour, or captured on screen in films and television. Here, the past refuses to rest, inviting you to experience the city’s most chilling and unforgettable side.
Halloween in New Orleans
Spooky Season in New Orleans
Voodoo, above-ground cemeteries, and ghost tours–they say we're America's most haunted city. Whether you believe in the supernatural or not, one thing's for sure: there's no better place to celebrate Halloween (or the weeks leading up to it) than New Orleans.
From haunted houses and hotels to ghost tours, kid-friendly celebrations, and–of course–a Halloween parade, here are all the ways to celebrate Halloween in one of America's most haunted…
From hotels that embrace their ghosts to alleged supernatural accommodations, New Orleans has plenty types of stay to offer. Check out our full list of haunted hotels here.
