'Twas All Hallows' Eve on Lake Pontchartrain

Where ghost lights dance through the misty rain

My crew all whisper of spirits at night

While jack-o'-lanterns cast eerie light

The cypress trees drip with Spanish moss gray

As phantom pirates their secrets betray

My treasures lie scattered 'neath Louisiana ground

Where skeletal guardians still prowl around

So heed ye this warning on Halloween night

When crossing these waters by pale moonlight

For though I be gone these two hundred years

My ghostly crew still brings sailors to tears…

As the veil between worlds thins with the approach of Halloween, we at Jean Lafitte House invite you to explore the spectral side of New Orleans. Our city, steeped in centuries of history, tragedy, and mystery, is often hailed as one of the most haunted in America. But what makes a place truly haunted, and why does New Orleans seem to have more than its fair share of ghostly residents?