Hello everyone whats gucci! hope youre having an awesome day wherever and whenever youre
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Im your host Ayman Hasan and welcome back to another video here at most amazing top
10.
You guys have been requesting more urban legends for so long now literally in the comments
of every video so I am back with one today.
And no lie i think this is my favourite american state urban legend video weve done so far.
I dont need to introduce the series you guys already know, so get your popcorn ready and
lets do this.
This is the top 10 Scary Louisiana Urban Legends.
Starting us off with number 10 are the Vampire Brothers.
Has anyone seen The Originals or the Vampire Diaries?
I feel like these legends sort of remind me of that plotline with vampires in New Orleans
etc. but anyway during the 30s brothers John and Wayne Carter lived somewhere in the French
Quarter of New Orleans.
During the day they worked as labourers and tried to keep to themselves as much as possible.
But one day a woman somehow escaped from their apartment bleeding as she went because her
wrists had been slit.
Police later found multiple other people tied to chairs with their wrists slit in their
apartment alongside dozens of dead bodies that had no blood.
The story was that the brothers kidnapped the people to drink their blood every night
after work.
It took more than 8 police officers too hold down and catch the brothers before they were
executed and buried.
But the weirdest part was that years later when another Carter in the family was being
buried, the brothers’ bodies had vanished from the vault.
Legend goes on to say you can still see them roaming around New Orleans today.
Someone who owned their apartment years ago said he once saw 2 figures that matched their
description whispering to each other and then jumping off a third floor balcony.
Thats basically The Originals plotline its actually not even funny.
Maybe it was based on this.
Coming in at number 9 is the La Prete Massacre.
Im loving these theyre so juicy, Louisiana is filled with so many legends.
But anyway towards the latter half of the 1800s a rich man from Turkey owned La Prete
House and also claimed he was a deposed sultan.
The man transformed the house into an Eastern pleasure palace essentially, the doors and
windows were blocked with bars, incense filled the air and men guarded the house.
The gates were locked to so the place really was like an inescapable fortress.
The house even had a harem filled with girls of all ages as well as young boys too.
If that wasnt enough cause for alarm, one morning neighbours saw blood trickling out
from under the iron gates.
The police were called straight away and they forced open the doors to a scene of pure horror.
Blood was everywhere.
All over the walls and floors, there were amputated limbs, headless bodies, and all
the harem girls and guys even the guards had been sexually assaulted.
Youd think it was the Turk who had gone insane but he was also found mutilated and buried
alive somewhere on the property.
As to the perpetrators people think that maybe they were a pirates crew that had unfinished
business with the man or maybe the Turks own family.
But can you imagine.
There was so much blood it was oozing out of the property.
Thats horrific.
Anyone staying in the house after that has seen people in eastern clothing roaming the
halls and even sounds of footsteps supposedly from all the people who died there.
At number 8 we have is The Grunch.
So the east of New Orleans was mostly just woodlanded initially and legend has it a group
of humans called The Grunch used to live in those woods.
They were said to be a mix of dwarves and albinos who were forced to live there because
people thought they were made by the devil but then they inbred into something else completely.
People said their offspring became inhuman in appearance.
Grunch road was meant to be a place where teens could go to makeout if they werent scared
but people started going missing.
Some goats, and then some people.
All drained of blood and dead.
As this was happening more and more ‘strange deformed creatures’ started being seen.
Apparently the people sold their souls for a beast that could protect them from everyone
in society whereas others believed after years of receiving cruel treatment they disappeared.
They were murderous and cannibalistic and its said if you see a stray goat that looks
like it needs help near these parts you shouldnt stop because its just a trap.
Filling our number 7 slot is Marie Laveau (marRee lavaux).
And if youve seen American Horror Story Coven then you already know who this woman is.
Born in 1801, Marie was the central figure in New Orleans famous for voodoo.
She had a lot of power and prestige and worked as a hairdresser which meant she basically
knew the secrets of everyone in town.
Rich poor black white she knew it all.
She was the first person to mix voodoo with Catholicism to form a new religion thats still
practiced today.
Its called New Orleans Voodoo.
The legend goes although Marie died in 1881 she resurrects every year on St. Johns Eve
to lead the faithful in worship.
Her ghost as well as her daughters ghost who continued her magic after she died have been
spotted numerous times around New Orleans.
Now at number 6 is the Rougarou or the Loup-garou.
Now this is a legend that has been passed down from generation to generation.
This creature is meant to be like a werewolf of sorts and is a pale white colour.
It wanders the streets during the night looking for a hero.
Which is a bit of a plot twist.
It causes havoc in crowds until someone stabs or shoots it.
When the first drop of blood comes out of it, the rougarou turns back into a man and
tells the person his real name.
Hell go on to warn the hero that they cant mention the incident to anyone for a year
or they too will become a rougarou himself.
Mostly parents tell their children about the tale to stop them from misbehaving.
Coming in at number 5 is Madame Mineurcanal.
Now she wasnt famous or anyone well known, i dont think anyone wouldve known who she
was if she hadnt committed suicide on the third floor of her house.
She hung herself from an overhead beam but before doing it, she also killed her own small
white dog.
After that and world war II the house was sold to the grandparents of someone called
Ramon.
Ramon said growing up when him or his siblings were misbehaving their punishment would be
sitting alone on the staircase going to the third floor.
He remembered that every time he did that he saw a woman wearing a white dress that
he didnt recognise and she always had with her a small white dog.
One night he woke the whole house because he was screaming in his room.
When the lights came on his cheek was bright red because someone had slapped him in his
sleep.
Even his father met her.
He climbed into bed one night hoping to hug his wife but instead hugging this ghost.
They saw a woman standing over one of the babies’ cribs but they could see through
her.
They even used to hear barking from the third floor when they definitely did not have a
dog.
At number 4 is Count Saint Germain.
Now Count Saint Germain was the epitome of a vampire.
Or what youve been told is a vampire based off like Twilight and stuff.
He spoke 6 languages, was a master at the violin and piano, and he also composed music.
He was insanely rich even though no one knew where his wealth came from but he claimed
he was the son of Francis II who was the Prince of Transylvania.
So his wealth could have been from being royalty but no one knew anything about his family
or lineage there was just no information.
But supposedly he was very skilled at alchemy and had figured out how to attain immortality.
He looked around 40 years old in all his portraits and that look lasted for over half a century.
No ones 40 for that long honey.
Even at social dinners no one ever saw him eat, he would just sip wine and speak about
things that made you feel inferior.
He died in 1784 but there have been countless stories of people having seen him after that.
In the 20th century a man moved to New Orleans called Jacques Saint Germain who looked exactly
like the Count and had the same wealth and knowledge.
Again having dinner parties but only ever sipping wine.
Apparently one night a woman stayed late at his house and he tried to bite her neck but
she escaped and reported it to the police.
When they went to investigate he was nowhere to be found.
What they did find was cloths with blood on them and bottles of wine.
The men decided to pour themselves wine but found the wine wasnt just wine it was wine
mixed with human blood.
Filling our number 3 slot is The Slave Girl of Myrtles Plantation.
Now this happened during a time where racial segregation was still prevalent in America
and slavery was still a thing.
In the 1800s Myrtles Plantation was a lovely establishment owned by Judge Clark Woodruffe
where he lived with his wife and 2 daughters as well as a few slaves.
A respected man of integrity to the town but behind closed doors he liked to have his way
with his female slaves.
Chloe was one of those slaves, she was disgusted by the advances but thought if she didnt oblige
then hed kick her out to the fields with the other slaves.
So she complied but after a while she thought maybe he was getting tired of her.
Just a sidenote he twisted her ear at one point so she started wearing a turban to cover
her wound, this becomes important later on.
But anyway she wanted to concoct a plan to win his favour again and the opportunity came
when his eldest daughter was having her birthday party.
Chloe went and picked an oleander plant knowing the leaves had a bit of poison which she then
added to the birthday cake.
Her plan was that if the family got a bit sick she could nurse them and prove herself.
She liked the children she was actually careful to only add a little bit of the plant but
she grossly miscalculated.
Soon after the daughters and the Judges pregnant wife were all dead.
Talk about a grave mistake.
So scared of what the judge would do to them because of Chloe, the other slaves formed
a lynch mob and kidnapped Chloe whilst she slept and hung her.
When she died they threw her body into the Mississippi River.
The judge turned the plantation into a bed and breakfast later on and guests said they
saw small kids in the hallway mirrors and heard them calling out names.
Very much later a new owner took a picture of the house and saw a shadowy person on the
veranda that was wearing a turban.
So people theorised the souls of these women are trapped on the property forever.
Now at number 2 are the Casket Girls.
Now because of the reputation that New Orleans had back in the day, treacherous, some of
the highest murder rates, notorious for missing persons, the area had trouble getting women
to move there.
Most men there were originally sent there because they were murderers, thieves, culprits
of any crime really.
But thankfully there was a boat full of women coming that the French had convinced to move
to the city during colonization but they all abandoned ship in Mobile (mobeel) Alabama.
Now these girls were called the Casket Girls because they carried small chests with them
which had their clothing in it but the chests were shaped like mini coffins.
So when most of them escaped the boat, they left behind 300 coffins, most of them were
said to be empty but some were rumoured to contain the bodies of the undead.
aka vampires.
They were also nailed shut because they had a habit of opening themselves which is already
suspicious.
Later in 1978 a pair of reporters wanted to see the coffins but the convents priest said
no.
so the reporters climbed over the wall at night with all their equipment to see the
coffins.
The next day their equipment was thrown over the street outside and on the front steps
of the convent were their decapitated bodies.
As well as 80% of their blood gone.
And no one knows what happened.
And finally at number 1 is LaLaurie House.
And i feel like this story has been in so many shows and movies so most people probably
do know about this one but its still a key legend from Louisiana.
Located at 1140 Royal Street, this house is still one of the most haunted houses in New
Orleans.
During the 1800s Dr Louis LaLaurie and his wife Delphine were known for always hosting
lavish dinners there.
She was charismatic and well respected but Delphine had a sadistic dark side.
The house had dozens of slaves and she used to torture every single one of them.
Due to cruelty laws some of her slaves were auctioned off but she just made her relatives
buy them back for her in secret.
She kept her cook chained to the fireplace for one and she chased a young girl off the
roof of her house with a whip.
People started becoming suspicious when they started noticing that the slaves came and
went quite quickly at the house and some just straight up disappeared.
Her neighbour actually saw the girl jumping to her death from the roof.
The rumours went around more and people started declining invitations to the house.
In 1834 a massive fire broke out in the house supposedly started by the cook and it went
through the whole house.
Honestly if i was the cook i wouldve done a lot more than just set the house on fire.
But anyway after the blaze was out firefighters found a door.
A secret barred door in the attic that hid more than a dozen other slaves.
They were all chained to the wall, locked in dog cages or strapped to makeshift operating
tables.
Body parts were all around the floor, heads, intestines all of it.
Just in buckets.
The treatment was horrible, women had their stomachs sliced open and their intestines
were wrapped around their waists, one woman had animal poo in her mouth and it was sewn
shut.
There was a lot more but ill leave it there.
Either way it was known that Delphine acted alone and a mob gathered outside her house
but she and her family vanished.
Some say they went to France or wherever but hauntings at the house started as soon as
they fled.
Cries, groans, everything was heard and finding anyone to live there was nearly impossible.
And thats it for todays video guys.
This one was a really long one so kudos to you if you stuck around till the end.
I feel like the legends of Louisana were just so interesting i really didnt wanna miss out
any details.
So i didnt.
Let me know which one was your favourite in the comments below and as always ive been
your host Ayman Hasan and ill see you next time.
Byee!