When the history dates back few hundred years, ghost stories were bound to happen. My day two in New Orleans was spent mostly working out of a conference room. The day was long but interesting and we ended the conference on time at 6:00 PM. We were all reconvening at the Murielโs Restaurant for a team dinner. The place was few blocks down the street near Jackson square.
The restaurant was rumored for citing ghost. I was intrigued and ask one of the servers to provide his version of the truth. He was an eloquent speaker. We were a team of 40 spread across few tables. He drew the attention of the audience by clinking the fork to an empty wine glass and told us the tale(maybe tall tale๐)
The restaurant had an interesting history. The foundation of the restaurant was built 300 years back as a small cottage, which was sadly used to house transient slaves brought from Africa through the Mississippi River route before sending them to the Sugarcane fields. 27 years later the modest cottage was acquired by a man of great wealth and Power, Jean Baptiste. He tore it down and built a royal place for his family. The house was later purchased by a Frenchman, Pierre Phillips in the year 1776. He used it as a city home ( compare this to vacation houses we are used to now, away from the city ๐ก๐๐) for recreational activities when returning from the plantations located on the outskirts of the city.
In 1788, New Orleans burnt down on a Good Friday. 856 houses burned, including the house owned by Pierre. The place was this time was acquired by Pierre Antoine. Pierre rebuilt the house to original grandeur. He used the place for himself and for his family recreation. He was known for hosting lavish extravagant parties. Everything was going well except for one thing, Pierre was addicted to gambling. In 1814 he wagered his home to a game of poker and lost his most precious possession. Tragically, that evening he took his life, unable to reckon with the loss.
Many things had changed since then, expect the fact that Pierre Antoine never left. He stayed in the form of a spirit. He was known to trouble people who visited the restaurant by doing supernatural things like throwing off glasses, overturning table and blowing uncalled breeze. A seance was called to accost the spirit of Pierre. An agreement was eventually made with Pierre. He was given the room, where he took his life and in return, he was asked not to bother any occupants. Although at times he was seen breaching the decree.
After the second course of our meal, we took turns to visit the room where he took his life. The room was a small ten feet by ten feet closed room. The dark red dip shadows of light were giving a very different aura to the room. We took some pictures. One of my friends asked me to wait for the crowd to go so that we can take some pictures without anyone in the room. I sat royally on one of the sofas and took some smiling captures. We also took a couple of pictures of the empty room. Right after the photo session, we checked the pictures to see how they appeared. And then we noticed something starkly bizarre. Few captures were dark and black. The first visible picture of the empty room came out fine, but the immediate next one had the curtain rising. It was a closed room with no gust of air. It didnโt make any sense why the curtain raised. Scared? Sure we were and we left the room as swiftly as any human could do, treasuring the memories for a lifetime.
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Wow! Spooky
Eerie and interesting! Loved it.. Seems like you’re making the most of your experience. And blogging about it – double claps! ๐
Omg …… You guys have some guts to be there alone . It’s spooky๐ฆ
Woah.. That was definitely scary and the rising curtain made it scariest. I wonder, you have some courage to enter that room. Even the lights of the room seems haunted. ๐
Whoa that must have been a chilling and thrilling experience! ๐
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Wow, the room is too beautiful. I want to stay there.
Hey, in the last paragraph, instead of scared you wrote sacred.
lolI to have had an encounter that could not be logically explained … eerie ๐
Very spooky. An experience to remember for lifetime.
It was Ayush. Thanks for reading and commenting
Yes. It was spooky and cold feet experience
Lol. Thanks for pointing out. I will correct it ๐
lol and is very confronting about our pragmatic views ๐
I know. Some things are beyond explanations I guess
yes difficult to digest but they just are …
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It indeed was ๐๐ธthanks for reading And commenting
It wasnโt scary until we saw the pictures ๐
Lol. It was good fun. ๐
Thank you so much Isha. Much appreciate your kind words
It was. Thanks for reading
I True that ๐
That picture gave me goosebumps ๐. Gud you had fun
My pleasure ๐
Oh wow this was really a spooky experience.I recently went to Delaware for a short trip and went to an old coffee house,as I was sitting and waiting for my order I thought I saw a small kid at the first floor of the cafe staring at me.When I looked closely there was nobody.Whrn I checked online about the history of the cafe it was listed as one of the haunted places in Delaware.
You won’t believe how I finished my breakfast and since my hubby doesn’t believe in all this he kept making fun of it.
This happened last month.So much for a coincidence
That sounds really spooky. Which coffee house was this. Would like to pay a visit.
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Hai raam..you really want to take that risk.
Let me check the name
Yeah it was bit spooky ๐
Why not ๐
Good Lord,anyways..it was Governor’s Cafe in Dover,Delaware.
Koi bhoot peeche pad gaya to..
Cool. I am going to check it out
Human beings are scarier than ghosts
Now you are making it philosophical
Seriously man
Sure why not
But is the fact
No problem. Your welcome.
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Yup that’s very true.
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Wow.. This is AWESOME and SPOOKY for sure!!! ๐
Thanks a lot Richa
Ooooh, I’ve always found New Orleans fascinating. Hope you have fun!
Yes I did. It is a fun place
๐ ๐.. But hats off to you to enter that room knowing somebody died in there. I wouldn’t even dare.
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Beautiful room and fascinating story.
Thank you Diana
Awesome.
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Aapko hi bolke gaya bhoot๐ป๐๐
Haha. I think so too ๐๐ธ
You’re welcome! ๐
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WOW! looking so SMART
Thank you ๐๐ธby the way who me or the ghost ๐
๐ Obvious answer Shantanu, you only
Lol. Thanks a lot ๐๐ธ
So now I know what exactly happened. But the rising curtain is spooky after all.
Lol. It was ๐๐ธthanks for reading.
I told you, I had to and that I will be back ๐
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Oh my god! Did that really happen? Phew. Damn scary.
Yeah. It was spooky for sure ๐
Should have experience of both the worlds๐
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This is a Great Post., enjoying your New Orleans Travel Adventure. The restaurant has plenty of history and the โRed Roomโ caused quite a scare. However, I could not help, but notice the eloquent decor. Thanks for sharing .
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Thanks so much for the beautiful read. Yes, the decor was beautiful ๐ธ๐
You are quite welcome, of course I had questions. Your pictures are great. You look nice as well.
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You are welcome, it was really good. ๐ธ๐๐
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