Ghost Stories and True Crime Walking Tour of the French Quarter
Description
We couldn't decide if we loved ghost stories or true crime stories more, so we decided to do them both! You can almost feel the history (and the spirits) as you walk through this 300 year old neighborhood and former Native American gathering place on the Mississippi River. THIS is the sacred ground where centuries of unforgettable, intense characters have lived, loved, fought, celebrated, made music, and taken their last breaths. Energy like that does not fade away; in fact, it intensifies when we tell their stories as we walk through their streets. We will share with you the stories of hauntings, murders, rituals, restless spirits, mischievous ghosts, and some things we just can't explain. Even skeptics love this tour, because everyone loves a good story! The tour is 1.5 - 2 hours and covers about a mile in the world-famous French Quarter. Come after dinner and end in time for a night out on the town!
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There are over 80 square blocks in the old district, and on every one of them there are so many stories of passion, loss, betrayal, yearning, exhilaration, hope, and mourning. Your guide will introduce you to the ghosts, spirits, and criminals in New Orleans' endlessly interesting past.
Royal Street, with its quaint architecture, art galleries, and mysterious antique-filled shops, is the perfect place to travel back in time to the days when pirates, wanderers, scandalous ladies, and dark hearts wandered the streets of this old neighborhood. Your guide will tell you the stories whose unforgettable characters may still linger behind the shutters and in the alleys and courtyards.
The river was the gateway to New Orleans, the place where the restless types - artists, writers, immigrants, traders, adventurers - entered the city and thought, "Ahhhh, finally a place where I fit in" The water holds their stories, and your guide can coax them out and reveal the magic soul of New Orleans.
Some of the spookiest stories and most notorious murders have taken place on world-famous Bourbon Street. Your guide will reveal the spirits and stories hidden among the revelers and characters!
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(57)
Great tour, best way to get an introduction to the city. Joshua was our guide, he was excellent at giving details while keeping the tour interesting, he has a real knowledge of the city and its history and was great at answering our questions. Great experience!!!
Thank you so much for this wonderful review! I’m so happy that you enjoyed your walk through the French Quarter with Joshua. He’s a kind person and a great storyteller. Please come walk with us next time you make it to New Orleans. Libby
So good!!!! Tony had great stories to tell
Thank you so much! Those nighttime stories are so much fun! We appreciate you choosing us from all the tour availabilities in our city, and we hope you come walk with us another time. Until then, we will be collecting even more great stories. Libby
Jason was very informative and helpful in explaining the history of the subjects for the tour! Definitely recommend him as a tour guide
Thank you so much! We could not decide if we wanted to tell ghost stories or true crime stories, so we decided to combine them both into one tour! We are so happy you chose us because there are so many ghost tour companies in New Orleans. We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review. Thank you so much for the recommendation, and please come walk with us next time you make it to New Orleans. Libby
Loved this walking tour! Our guide Joshua was engaging and knowledgeable. We got to see parts of the quarter we wouldn’t have noticed just walking around. Loved the history and the stories. Definitely would recommend!
Thank you so much for this excellent review and recommendation! Joshua is so good at telling those “nighttime“ tales of the French Quarter, and he is also just a nice guy to walk around with. I’m happy that you enjoyed your time on the ghost tour, and I hope you come tour with us next time you make it back to New Orleans. Libby
We had the pleasure of having Libby as our tour guide last night. An amazing story teller, her extreme knowledge and passion of New Orleans and it's history was extremely evident and so interesting. She captivated us with stories of the murderous and scandalous past. With a well-balanced array of eerie ghost and true crime stories, a superb time was had by our group. We will definitely be back to book another tour with Libby to hear more stories and history of our favorite city!
Thank you so much! I really had fun walking around with y’all on Friday the 13th. There is no limit to the number of darker tails that the French Quarter holds, and I count myself quite lucky to be able to tell them. I hope your entire trip in New Orleans was super fun, and I’m looking forward to walking with you next time you make it here. Libby
Tour guides can make or break an experience. Scott was AWESOME! We learned to much about the spooky origins of New Orleans and really appreciated really crime history of the city. So glad we did this one!
Thank you so much for this wonderful review! New Orleans has more than its share of spooky, scandalous, and a little bit weird stories that are better told at night. Scott is indeed an excellent guide and so good at telling those stories. Please come walk with us another time! Libby
Libby was an amazing story teller. Perfect mix of folklore, history and ghost stories. Highly recommend!
Thank you! Yes, indeed, a “must do“ experience! I’m so happy that you enjoyed walking with me at night through the French Quarter to hear those interesting stories. Some stories are just better told at night! I hope you enjoyed your time in New Orleans, and I hope you walk with us next time you make it here. Happy New Year! Libby
This was by far the highlight our our trip, It was history and ghost tales mixed in. The tour guide Josh was amazing and an absolute joy! 100% recommend
Thank you so much for this fantastic review! Josh deserves it, and we all appreciate it. I’m so happy that you enjoyed our mixture of history and spooky stories. Thanks for the recommendation! See you next time. Libby
It was rather lame with mainly history that most of us were informed of just by google or chat gpt. Joshua was a little rude and did not impress the group with his jokes and gestures. Won’t be doing it again!
We are so sorry to hear that this tour was so disappointing for your group. This is not at all the type of feedback that we like. We truly want all visitors to enjoy our city and our tours, and clearly we fell way short of that goal in your case. If you would like to speak to me in detail about what went wrong on the tour, my name is Libby, I am the owner of the company, and I am available at (504) 565-6991. I am here to listen, and in the meantime, I will be speaking to Joshua about what he thinks went wrong. I hope the rest of your time in New Orleans was more enjoyable than your two hours with us. Libby
Ghost and crime tour of French Quarter was great! Scott, our guide, made efforts to emphasize based on group’s interests.
Thanks for taking the time to review your night tour with Scott! We really enjoy customizing all our tours - the guests have a more meaningful experience and it changes things up for us, too! I hope your time in New Orleans was fun, and I hope you come walk with us for more stories another time. Libby
