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65: Casket Girls - New Orleans

Ep. 65
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In the 1700s, New Orleans was part of a struggling French colony desperate for new residents. So, naturally, they started importing women to help grow the population. But when 88 of these women arrived - deathly pale and carrying coffin-shaped luggage - it’s said they tore through New Orleans on a vampiric murder spree, leading the local nuns to imprison them in a convent attic…where some say they remain to this day. 


Today, we’re exploring the legend of the Casket Girls and the real women who inspired it.


Correction: The Anne Rice novel Gina mentions is Interview with the Vampire, not Interview for a Vampire. Gina pleads not guilty by reason of slight inebriation. 


Story starts: 12:59


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📚Sources: 

  • New Orleans Tourism
  • Ghost City Tours
  • DuPont and Company Tours
  • History Collection
  • New Orleans Legendary Walking Tours
  • Country Roads Magazine
  • Women & the American Story
  • Very Local 
  • St. Louis Cathedral 
  • Lore with Aaron Mahnke 


📸Credits:

  • Tripadvisor
  • History Extra 
  • New Statesman
  • New Orleans Tourism


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