Haunted Lafitte's Blacksmith Bar in New Orleans 31 Days of Halloween with The Kelly Society Day 14

31 Days of Halloween with
The Kelly Society
Day 14
Hey Ghost Fans!
Donna and Roger here (friends of The Kelly Society paranormal elimination team) and we want to share our ghost tours when we visited New Orleans! Since we run a mystical bookshop in Half Moon Bay, CA, we are very interested in hauntings.
Every backstory we share with you comes from ghostcitytours.com, which is the company we booked all our tours with.
Here is a snippet from the first tour we joined to experience Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar:
The Ghosts of Haunted Lafitte l s Blacksmith Shop
941 Bourbon St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
On Bourbon Street sits a quiet and unassuming building. Not only is it one of the oldest buildings in the French Quarter, it is also one of the most haunted. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop has a long haunted history. For years, there have been reports of ghosts, even what is possibly the ghost of Jean Lafitte, haunting this building which is now a bar.
On the second floor of Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop there seems to be another ghost which calls the bar home. Nobody knows who this ghost is, we only know that it is the ghost of a woman. It could have been someone who lived here. Rumor has it that there was a woman who lived here in the 1890s who killed herself upstairs. We cannot find any verifiable sources on this, but it is entirely possible.
This ghost is a little more mysterious. She has only shown herself to people on a handful of occasions. However, she is very talkative. Imagine sitting in one of the rooms upstairs, by yourself, late at night and hearing a woman whisper your name into your ear. Yeah, if that doesn't send shivers up your spine not much will. But that is what she likes to do. She probably just wants to let you know she is there, that she knows who you are...not realizing that by doing so she has probably made a few people have a panic attack!
Now, aside from ghosts, there is another phenomenon which is often associated with Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop. Who has ever heard of phantom red eyes? Well, we have something here which is often seen that has bright red eyes. There is never a body, never a voice....just piercing red eyes. They are always seen in the dark corners of Lafitte's. As soon as you make eye contact with it, the eyes will freeze on you, before fading into nothing.
Is it worth venturing into this haunted eatery for food and drink? Well, we thought so! Especially for the Voodoo Daiquiri! Also known as the Purple Drink.

After seeing that purple drink again, we are off to get a Vampire sangria!
Happy Halloween
Roger and Donna
The Kelly Society

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