In December 2015, Lisa Walley Staggs posted on her Facebook page that a "tree" had been lit on a random floor of the abandoned Charity Hospital. Abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the typically dark building sported holiday cheer, but why? Who or what was in there? 

In 1927, a gruesome and murderous scene was found as police entered 715 Ursuline Street in the heart of the French Quarter and found two young women, expertly butchered and placed into traveling trunks. The suspects? The women's husbands, brothers named Henry and Joseph Moity. This week's story includes murder, "lady fingers," a prison escape and more!

Though made famous by author Anne Rice with tales of vampires and witches, her noteworthy New Orleans home at 1239 First Street in the Garden District has a much longer and more ominous past. The Greek Revival-style house was built in the 1850s and spans a sizable 9,000 square feet of living space, perfect for the dead that still inhabit the property amongst the living. 

Sources/extras:

https://touringlouisianaplantations.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/brevard-rice-house-new-orleans-la/

http://www.historyshomes.com/detail.cfm?id=860

Historical Marker Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=51523

http://old-new-orleans.com/NO_Rosegate.html

Legend says the New Orleans Superdome was built atop the former Girod Street Cemetery, which was established in 1822 and housed 1,100 tombs. Is this the reason why, at their inception, the Saints never had a winning season? Was the curse ever broken? Do the living and the dead chant "Who Dat" in harmony on game days?

Story Aid:

ESPN article by Mike Triplett

Girod Street Cemetery:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girod_Street_Cemetery

http://www.oakandlaurel.com/blog/the-last-moments-of-girod-street-cemetery