Unsolved Mysteries of Louisiana

06/19/2026

And sooooo many are haunted!

New Orleans Cultural Home Living History:

06/18/2026

What An absolute treasure of Louisiana…
My childhood thoughts are full of hilarious memories of the show!

Morgus the Magnificent, also known as Momus Alexander Morgus, is a fictional character created and portrayed by actor Sidney Noel Rideau (aka Sid Noel).

From the late 1950s into the 1980s, Morgus was a "horror host" of late-night science fiction and horror movies and television shows that originated in the New Orleans, Louisiana market.

Morgus is a quintessential mad scientist, assisted by executioner-styled sidekick, Chopsley (Tommy George). Morgus' well-intentioned experiments often served as book-end pieces to the late-night films being shown, and typically went awry at the last minute.

06/17/2026

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06/11/2026

06/10/2026

RouGaRou:

This werewolf-type creature has been a part of Cajun French folklore for ages. There are many different versions of this cautionary tale, but the beast is described s being 7 to 8 feet tall with razor sharp teeth and glowing red eyes. It transforms into its animal form on the night of the full moon, so the Rougarou could be anyone — your bank teller, your boss, your neighbor…

The creature roams the swamps and bayous during the night, looking for its next victim. While this story was probably made to keep children from running into the swamps and bayous, there’s a similar version that was probably told to keep Catholics in line.

That version claims that if you broke your Lenten promise, you would automatically turn into a Rougarou.

06/09/2026

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06/03/2026

The History Behind One of New Orlean’s Most Photographed Mansions May Surprise You
Of the 73 neighborhoods in New Orleans, few can compare to the beauty of the Garden District. Home to some of the city’s most stunning mansions, if the Garden District’s architecture doesn’t lure you in, the majestic oak-lined streets and the scent of jasmine wafting through the air sure will.

One of the most popular mansions in the Garden District, Buckner Mansion, might just be the most photographed mansion in New Orleans, and the history of this building might surprise you.

If you’re a fan of “American Horror Story,” you’ll recognize this mansion from both seasons 3 and 8 of the show.

Located on the corner of Coliseum and Jackson Avenue, the home is a spot where you’ll often see fans of the television show snapping pictures and tour guides telling the history of Buckner Mansion.

Henry Sullivan Buckner, a local cotton kingpin built the mansion in 1856. His goal was to build the most grandiose home ever seen, particularly aiming to top his ex-business partner’s home, Stanton Hall in Natchez, Mississippi.

The home is said to be haunted by the ghost of Miss Josephine, a former slave of the Buckner family. After the Civil War, Miss Josephine stayed with the family and became the family’s governess and midwife.

Many believe that her spirit still lingers on, wandering through the home, often heard sweeping. The scent of lemon is also said to be one of her favorite scents, and people have reported smelling lemons from out of nowhere.
Other unexplained phenomena include chandeliers swaying, lights turning off and on in random rooms, and doors opening and closing.

05/29/2026

The Casket Girls…of New Orleans.

Situated only three blocks away from the Mississippi River is the Ursuline Convent, the oldest structure west of the Mississippi River… and home to the mysterious ‘caskets’, whose contents still haunt the streets of the French Quarter…

The legend goes back all the way to the eighteenth century when the city’s founder, Jean Baptiste LeMoyne Bienville was in need of suitable women to marry the male settlers in New Orleans. He penned King Louis in France asking for marriageable women, and his request was accepted. Not so many months later, a group of women arrived at the port of New Orleans.

They were pale, their skin glistening under the heat of the Louisiana sun. Some were sick from their travels, and all allegedly carried their belongings in luggages shaped like caskets. Befittingly they were named the Casket Girls, and all were shepherded along to the Ursuline Convent where the nuns would watch over them until their weddings could be arranged.

Only, it was said that the Casket Girls brought something evil with them in those casket-shaped suitcases. They had brought with them…the undead.

The caskets were put in the third floor of the convent and left there even after the girls were properly wedded off.

When later the nuns went to retrieve the suitcases, no items were found inside. They realized that the ‘contents’ had been turned loose to prey on the citizens of New Orleans.

Countless Deaths have since been quietly attributed to these undead creatures, even into the subsequent centuries.

Even now.

05/18/2026

The Haunted Logan Mansion in Shreveport, Louisiana

This 1897-built mansion is one of the few Victorian-style homes left in Shreveport. Logan Manor’s interior has been carefully restored and includes irreplaceable elements including fixtures made of a wood that has since become extinct.

Although not open to the public, guests can make reservations for events at the mansion. Tours are by appointment.
After Lafayette Robert Logan and Lavinia Wilson Seay Logan passed away with no heirs, the home passed to Wade Hampton. It changed hands several times until the LeBrun’s purchased and rehabilitated the home before it was purchased by current owner Lisa Robertson Brutto.

The mansion is said to host spirits, including a child’s ghost on the stairs, a man and woman downstairs, and a spectral dog in the library. There’s a rumor that the child is Theodora Hunt, who lived across the street and often played at Logan Mansion. But Theodora was a sickly child and died in Hot Springs, Arkansas while there seeking treatment.

The Hunts’ descendants and Brutto said that when Hampton began losing money from gambling, he rented out the large attic to teachers in the area. They believe the little girl is the child of one of those tenants who fell to her death from the balcony. The home stands proud, as a piece of Shreveport history.