New Orleans II: the Halloween Ghost PostPosted in Articles, History, Louisiana, Media Archive, United States, Women on 2016-05-29 21:53Z by Steven |
New Orleans II: the Halloween Ghost Post
The History Tourist
2015-10-31
My first chance to encounter a ghost at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in New Orleans came not long after check-in.
“Can we see the ballroom?” I asked the receptionist.
“Yes. We don’t have an event tonight, but the doors should be open. It’s right up those stairs.” That would be the grand one with the double staircase that swept up to the second floor.
The doors were unlocked but the only light in the room was from street lights peeking through large, heavily draped windows. We wandered in the dark. There’s a ghost associated with the ballroom: a woman who dances, alone, or who hides behind the curtains. I searched for the woman while Mr. History Tourist searched for the light switches. Mr. HT found the switches first and set the chandeliers alight.
This was once the Orleans Ballroom. Says the Bourbon Orleans website: “In 1817, entrepreneur John David…built the Orleans Ballroom: the oldest, most historic ballroom in New Orleans. When it opened, the ballroom became the setting for…the forever famous Quadroon Balls.”…
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