Louisiana holidays
The Myrtles Plantation Home - USA's Most Haunted House..
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Handprints on the mirrors, footsteps on the stairs, mysterious smells, vanishing objects, death by poison, hangings, murder and gunfire…the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana holds the rather dubious record of hosting more ghostly phenomena than just about any other house in America.
Since the Myrtles was built by David Bradford in 1794, it has allegedly been the scene of at least 10 murders. In truth, only one person was ever murdered there, but there were a number of deaths, several from yellow fever epidemics that brought great tragedy to the plantation. Scores of people have filed strange reports about the house…here are just a few examples:
There have been many reports of children seen playing on the wide veranda of the house, in the hallways and in the rooms. A young girl, with long curly hair wearing an ankle-length dress, has been seen floating outside the windows trying to peer inside the glass.
The grand piano on the first floor also plays by itself, usually repeating the same chord over and over again. Sometimes it continues on through the night. When someone comes into the room to check on the sound, the music stops and will only start again when they leave.
Just 30 minutes north of Baton Rouge and 2 hours north of New Orleans, guests can enjoy a tour or stay in the haunted bed and breakfast. The plantation has played host to a wide variety of guests from curiousity-seekers to historians to ghost hunters. Over the years, a number of films and documentaries have also been shot on the ground and many of them have been paranormal in nature. Do you have the nerve?
Call Bon Voyage to discuss your holiday to Louisiana and The Deep South.
