Learn the mysterious history of New Orleans's French Quarter: trade, pirates, voodoo and vampires. Full view. New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend. The earliest vampire in New Orleans was Doran, an idealistic Ventrue who dreamt of rebuilding Carthage and create a place where mortals and vampires could openly coexist. It is a sense that strengthens and grows in the approach to Halloween turning even the stoutest hearts towards tales of past. By: Haunted History Tours of New Orleans. A ghost tour, it almost goes without saying. I eventually met around 35 real vampires there, but the total number in New Orleans is easily double that. Ancient legends of these immortal creatures made their way to America along with immigrants and adapted to their new land. The New Orleans Vampire Assoication is non-profit organization comprised of self-identifying vampires representing an alliance between Houses within the Community in the Greater New Orleans Area. New Orleans has a reputation as a home for creatures of the night. From those sighs of another era, it’s a short detour from there to the undead and hauntings. Furthermore, if a girl had tuberculosis it could cause her to cough up blood. Curiosity seekers and vampire enthusiast find rich history about the casket girls as part of the vampires in New Orleans. Closed even in the oppressive sultry summers. Rumors swirled about the fate of the Casket Girls, a group of mysterious maidens traveling to the New World from France with peculiar casket-shaped boxes. Other grievances such as being deemed an “inveterate libertine” or “incorrigibly impious” could also land a body in the rough new territory.2. And although we are firmly in the twenty-first century, it’s not so hard to image La Nouvelle Orleans in her early days. Needless to say, joy upon their arrival quickly faded, replaced with doubts and suspicions. The city was settled in the early 1700's and it was during this time in Europe that massive vampire hunts were occurring. It is that particular and peculiar third floor that sparks the imagination and gives rise to vampire tales. Save. Unbeknownst to Damon, Charlotte was sire-bound to him, which unconsciously and involuntarily made her want t… Mighty Kindred from around the world who made their way to the Big Easy. In the year 1942, Damon Salvatore lived in New Orleans with a woman named Charlotte, who, he had turned into a vampire after she had begged him to do so. Unfortunately, many of the girls wound up in abusive marriages or prostitution. These small hope chests held their belongings. Shortly after that in 1728, King Louis XIV sent chaste women in the care of an Ursuline priest who was instructed to marry the women to the settlers as hurriedly as possible in an attempt to stop the French colonist from pursuing American Indian mistresses. The majority of inhabitants of that distant outpost were single men. The notion of vampires escaping from the third floor to prey upon the hapless in the French Quarter was born. The legend of the casket girls has endured for nearly 300 years and has been passed from historians and storytellers to this day. New Orleans Ghost, Voodoo & Vampire Walking Tour. No one knew. In 1718, John Law, a Scotsman decided to name the French colony La Nouvelle Orleans. What is the truth in this historical accounting? These haunted tour stories date back to the French colony settlement in New Orleans. Rumors swirled about the fate of the Casket Girls, a group of mysterious maidens traveling to the New World from France with peculiar casket-shaped boxes. On this tour, you’ll experience the habitat of vampires in New Orleans. Had the girls transported vampires with them into the new world; vampires which had feasted upon them in the night? Deposited behind the New Orleans’ legends reveal that the casket girls smuggled vampires over from Europe in their caskets. New Orleans Vampire Walking Tour provided by Haunted History Tours of New Orleans. He was challenged by Simon de Cosa, a Spanish Brujah, who wanted to claim the city for himself. View Name: Belfazaar Ashantison, New Orleans Vampire Association Age: 44 Occupation: Spiritual Consultant Place of Residence: New Orleans, La. #FolkloreThursday is managed by. And what exactly was inside of those caskets? Crandle, Marita, New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend (Haunted America), Charleston, S.C, The History Press, 2008. Arriving in 1728, the poor girls disembarked in the port, pale and unwell after the journey that was supposed to take three months ended up lasting five. Some persons of ‘quality’ also arrived, although in lesser numbers. Experience the legends of famous New Orleans vampires, real and fictional. The balmy New Orleans evenings do more than just hint of the uncanny. Likely the girls were the poorest of the poor released from workhouses or similar institutions, regardless, they were shipped off to New Orleans, with or against their wills.