Ten incredibly creepy, possibly haunted spots in New Orleans

Sometimes it's tough being such a historic, eerie city. All these old buildings and houses with their crazy stories, ghost sightings, oodles of orbs, haunted hotels — let's just say some shit has gone down here. Today, how about we sidestep the sidewalk-clogging hordes of tourists on their ghost-vampire-spooky haunted tours and check out ten legitimately creepy places around New Orleans. Are they haunted? Who knows. Hair-raising? Definitely. From an abandoned amusement park in New Orleans East to the scene of a horrific murder-suicide in the French Quarter, these sites are chilling in their own unique way.

1. Charity Hospital 

Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112

A million square feet of space in the middle of the city, shuttered after Hurricane Katrina, with no solid plans in place for its future. Scary.

2. St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 

501 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70112

Ghost believer or not, the oldest cemetery in the city is straight-up electric. It's like winding through a maze of jumbled, crumbling above-ground tombs and crypts. It's widely believed that Voodoo queen Marie Laveau's remains are here. 

3. New Orleans Pharmacy Museum 

514 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130

America's first licensed pharmacist practiced here and took joy in performing exploratory surgeries, especially on the ladies. If the antique medical instruments aren't freaky enough, he's apparently haunting the 3rd floor and employees say groans can be heard. 

4. Jackson Square 

745 Decatur St., New Orleans, LA 70116

Sure, the silver guy doing the robot while his pal twists balloons into animals shapes can be kind of creepy but Jackson Square has a twisted history. Tip of the iceberg: slaves and criminals were punished here but that goes in the hush-hush category. 

5. Lalaurie Mansion 

1140 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116

An 1834 house fire led to the discovery of slaves chained up in Madame Lalaurie's torture chamber. Haunted or not, the creep level is high. The current owners (Nic Cage doesn't live here anymore) admit to some weird events - body imprints in the bed, doors swinging shut, faucets suddenly turning on.

6. Addie Hall murder scene 
826 North Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

Zack Bowen strangled his girlfriend, Addie Hall, dismembered her body, cooked some of her body parts, went on a wild bender, then jumped off the rooftop deck of the Omni Royal Hotel. His suicide note led police back to their apartment, the scene of the grisly murder. 

7. Omni Royal Orleans 

621 Saint Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70140

On the site of a former slave market, the hotel is rumored to be haunted (as is just about every place in the Quarter). More creepiness: This is where Zack Bowen jumped to his death after murdering and dismembering his girlfriend, Addie Hall. 

8. The Sultan's Palace 

716 Dauphine Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

The story goes that the Gardette-LaPrete mansion was rented out by a rich young Turk who moved in with his harem, throwing wild parties. Then a crazy mass slaying (was it pirates?!) occurred and the bodies were discovered after blood was trickling out from under the door. "The Sultan" was apparently buried alive in the backyard. 

9. St. Roch Chapel

1725 Saint Roch Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117

The chapel's small side room in the St. Roch Cemetery is packed with prosthetics, braces, private notes, anatomical casts, creepy dolls, grimy stuffed animals and sometimes even locks of hair pinned to the wall — all left as tokens of thanks or offerings to St. Roch. 

10. Old Six Flags Of New Orleans 

One day an amusement park, the next a flooded wonderland. An urban explorer's dream, Six Flags has been abandoned since Katrina and is entirely creepy in its "time stood still" way.

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