Spirits of New Orleans. Kala Ambrose

Spirits of New Orleans

“Let Kala Ambrose be your tour guide to the ghosts, spirits, and revenants of New Orleans. What so distinguishes this book from the rest of the contenders is the respect with which Ambrose treats spiritual topics—something that is indeed rare. She writes about New Orleans with love, offering practical travel advice alongside chilling tales of ghosts and vampires. Highly recommended!”

—Judika Illes, author of Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells;

Encyclopedia of Spirits; and

Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints & Sages

“New Orleans, a city with an almost palpable mystique of the supernatural, the unknown, the unexplained. Imagine visiting this iconic city with a trusted guide who can not only inform about the extensive ethereal population of ghosts earthbound in their old haunts, but one who also can actually speak to the spirits themselves and relay their fascinating stories. Spiritual teacher, priestess, and oracle Kala Ambrose has written a fascinating book that is bound to become a paranormal classic.”

—Brad Steiger, author of

Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places

“Kala Ambrose’s Spirits of New Orleans shows us how New Orleans is a magical city filled with hidden spiritual secrets—it is a practical, entertaining, and expert guide to its other side.”

—Bradford P. Keeney, Ph.D. & Hillary Keeney, Ph.D.,

authors, professors, and internationally renowned spiritual

teachers; The Mojo Doctors, New Orleans

“Once again, Kala Ambrose delivers the supernatural goods and takes us on a wild ride as we discover the truth about the paranormal entities of one of the nation’s most mysterious of all places: New Orleans.”

—Nick Redfern, author of Monster Diary

Titles in the America’s Haunted Road Trip Series:

Ghosthunting Florida

Ghosthunting Illinois

Ghosthunting Kentucky

Ghosthunting Maryland

Ghosthunting Michigan

Ghosthunting New Jersey

Ghosthunting New York City

Ghosthunting North Carolina

Ghosthunting Ohio

Ghosthunting Ohio: On the Road Again

Ghosthunting Pennsylvania

Ghosthunting Southern California

Ghosthunting Southern New England

Ghosthunting Texas

Ghosthunting Virginia

Cincinnati Haunted Handbook

Nashville Haunted Handbook

Haunted Hoosier Trails

More Haunted Hoosier Trails

Spooked in Seattle

Twin Cities Haunted Handbook

Dedicated to the people of New Orleans—past, present, and future …

Spirits of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends, and Cities of the Dead

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For further information, contact the publisher at:

Clerisy Press

306 Greenup Street

Covington, KY 41011

www.clerisypress.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ambrose, Kala, 1966–

Spirits of New Orleans: voodoo curses, vampire legends, and the cities of the dead / by Kala Ambrose. — First edition.

pages cm — (America’s haunted road trip)

ISBN 978-1-57860-509-5 (pbk.) — ISBN 1-57860-509-1 ()

1. Ghosts—Louisiana—New Orleans. 2. Haunted places—Louisiana—New Orleans. I. Title.

BF1472.U6A457 2012