NOW is the time to catch up on sleep! And anything else you EVER said you'd do, when you HAVE TIME! 4.3.2020!😁 LOL! THANX for the video J! Take care, best to your family in these trying times❤
I dont know what it is but cemeterys have always fascinated me. Here in scotland you have graves 600+ years old and the cemeterys are kept in great condition. In the summer we walk around them and its interesting to see who is buried there and what their live must of been like, I will spend hours looking at them. Its always quiet and peaceful and full of history, Espescially the ones in Edinburgh where you can see great big tombs of famous historic people such as the "Greyfriars Kirkyard" in Edinburgh.
Dean, you're not alone! Here in Savannah, GA we have a cemetery named Bonaventure. It's not as old the cemeteries in the old world, however it is one of the most beautiful on earth! I spend hours reading all their stories and thinking about all the people in there wishing I could see just a glimpse of what all their lives were like. What they looked like, how they talked, what they thought, etc.
@@DennisLaceyVlogs It's good to know I'm not alone. Definitely something therapeutic about walking around them, if your ever come to Europe it's worth checking some of them out.
I'm glad you are enjoying NOLA when its not Mardi Gras. So much to see and do. We used to visit the graveyards and wander around for hours back before they required folks be in a tour. Have some interesting pics and memories. One time I left a tube of lipstick for Marie. I did not, however, win the lottery. Still, I hope she enjoyed the lipstick.
My grandmother was buried in number 4 not too long ago. My great-grandmother bought the tomb in 1911. The tomb right next to my grandmother's tomb was bought in 1843 I belive. It is such a beautiful cemetery. Please visit number 4. I think it is really interesting!
Fascinating tour, Jacob. I was there decades ago and wish that I had known the history of that cemetery then. I was green behind the ears and so very, very young. Thanks!
Cathy is not from New York or New Jersey. Believe it or not New Orleanians that live in the city have that dialect which is affectionately called 'Yat' (as in the common greeting Where y'at?) and it does sound very northeastern. I think that since New Orleans has always been a major seaport is why the accent became prevalent. My wife is from NO and had no idea what I was watching on the TH-cams and immediately identified it when she walked into the room. Don't worry accents 'southern up' more the further you get away from the greater metro area.
Interesting, I know all the graves are above ground because of the high water table, but I didn't realise that the bottom half of the crypt was a bone depository.
Did you watch the video or didnt have time? They said that they exhumed the bodies and basically put them in the catholic charities or I assume paupers graves
So wierd to see! I toured the same cemetery with my parents as a kid (just months before hurricane Katrina) and that was a time where they still allowed people to make the red X's for Marie Laveau. I had no idea they had stopped that and repainted it.
I went on this tour with the French Quarter Phantoms company and I learned so much, not just about the graves but the history of the city. How the Catholic church influenced it's development, how the Spanish and French influenced it's culture. Awesome.
Hi Carpetbagger, I have donated money to your pateron site there’s no need to sent postcards as it would be very expensive to send to Australia, take care all the best . Cheers Gary
OMG. I TOTALLY LOVE THIS VIDEO. YES. JACOB, YOU DID SO AWESOME ON THIS VIDEO. WOW! I WANT TO GO HERE. I have to SHARE this VIDEO. Thanks so much for another Totally awesome, beautiful, video. For those of us who can't get out and travel to see the things and sites you visit just for us. Be safe and Happy Travels.
Maries gravesite had been used as a point for voodoo rituals since the day she died...and now its an issue? you would put 3 xxx's on her site and leave a gift for her to grant your wish. it wasn't vandalism and nobody from NOLA ever thought so. Its a damn shame that somebody came alone all these years later in their infinite wisdom and closed not only the cemetery to public but her grave. absolutely ridiculous and whoever did that didn't know, doesn't know or doesn't care about the people in the voodoo community that used her site for voodoo prayers
The last one you showed looks like Marie's crypt not the one the guide showed unless they built a newer one and moved her which might be true since her daughter and other family wanted to be buried with her. It would be interesting to find out it that's the case. She was Boquor (spelling is probably wrong). Like you said, Voodoo Priestess.
In 1994 or 95, my husband and I were wandering St. Louis 1. This is before the guards and restrictions. We love old cemeteries and there's so much to love in the ones in New Orleans. We were looking at the graves and turned the corner to another aisle and we saw someone bold out of the lane. Once we were in there, we found a full-blown voodoo altar set up on the step of one of the graves. We knew better than to touch anything and to be reverent to whomever this guy had called. There were candles, coins, a big bottle of rum, half filled, and a cigar that was lit. We just excused ourselves to which ever Loa the worshiper had been celebrating and then went our way. It was weird. In 2013 I wrote a novel that has a few scenes in St. Louis 1 and I have that incident in it, with a few creative changes. We've wanted to go back to visit since Katrina but haven't been able to go. Good and informative video, thanks!
It’s been 20+ years ago but when I visited New Orleans I was walking around some of the grave yards and came across a metal one the lock was cut off the door so I opened it and seen 3 skeletons on each side then went in and took pictures.
A New cemetery in Belgrade - Serbia is so beautiful and in a well condition, if I can say so. We take care about our graves and our familyes and we pray for them!
Legend has it when you visited Marie laveau's grave you had to put three x's on it with chalk or some kind of Mark that's why her grave Hakeem Stone was so desecrated
Hearing about Marie Laveau reminds me of Van Halen's song "Voodoo Queen", a demo which was later reworked into "Mean Street" for Fair Warning. It's great, but doesn't have that amazing intro from the rework. Check it out: th-cam.com/video/cqfVyy8FGvM/w-d-xo.html
The Carpetbagger i went YEARS ago. That new tomb that she read from was NOT there. To all “louisianians”, she is still in her original tomb along with her daughter who is named after her.m which is the one with all the x’s. She also did voodoo and used her mother’s name a lot. She is not buried with her husband.
I’m really surprised you’re filming in the cemetery. It’s not allowed whatsoever. You can take pictures but the Vatican has prohibited any and all filming of any sort while in that cemetery.
Sorry about the multiple uploads. Editing mistakes caused by sleep deprivation!
The Carpetbagger been there, done that 🤓
NOW is the time to catch up on sleep! And anything else you EVER said you'd do, when you HAVE TIME! 4.3.2020!😁 LOL!
THANX for the video J! Take care, best to your family in these trying times❤
It's ok
I dont know what it is but cemeterys have always fascinated me. Here in scotland you have graves 600+ years old and the cemeterys are kept in great condition. In the summer we walk around them and its interesting to see who is buried there and what their live must of been like, I will spend hours looking at them. Its always quiet and peaceful and full of history, Espescially the ones in Edinburgh where you can see great big tombs of famous historic people such as the "Greyfriars Kirkyard" in Edinburgh.
Dean, you're not alone! Here in Savannah, GA we have a cemetery named Bonaventure. It's not as old the cemeteries in the old world, however it is one of the most beautiful on earth! I spend hours reading all their stories and thinking about all the people in there wishing I could see just a glimpse of what all their lives were like. What they looked like, how they talked, what they thought, etc.
@@DennisLaceyVlogs It's good to know I'm not alone. Definitely something therapeutic about walking around them, if your ever come to Europe it's worth checking some of them out.
Wow, Cathy (Kathy?) was awesome! I could listen to her dis Nicholas Cage all day. 😆
It was pretty hilarious
Is Kathy still giving tours? If so how do I book with her?
Fun fact- haint blue is also used to paint porch ceilings. Prevents wasps etc from building nests on your porch.
Ghost wasps?
@@TheCarpetbagger 😅😂🤣😁
If you're lying I'm going to come back in the summer and snatch my like back.
Just letting you know....
@@briefcaseblues6061 😆😅😂🤣
my house had a haint blue porch ceiling. wasps do what wasps do and there ain't no stopping em
I'm glad you are enjoying NOLA when its not Mardi Gras. So much to see and do. We used to visit the graveyards and wander around for hours back before they required folks be in a tour. Have some interesting pics and memories. One time I left a tube of lipstick for Marie. I did not, however, win the lottery. Still, I hope she enjoyed the lipstick.
Yes I adore our Nola
OMG when I went there and took the tour I had the exact same tour guide! Isn't she great! I'm glad you got to go in! It's such a uniqe experience!
My grandmother was buried in number 4 not too long ago. My great-grandmother bought the tomb in 1911. The tomb right next to my grandmother's tomb was bought in 1843 I belive. It is such a beautiful cemetery. Please visit number 4. I think it is really interesting!
New Orleans is amazing. Glad to see you enjoying this great place.
That cemetery is something else! Thanks Jacob for this tour👍
Just came across this- I hope Cathy is
still doing the tours, I would love to have her as a guide.
Omg that was my tour guide this past February! Very informative woman.
Wow so awesome. Tour guide was so cool. I would love to visit someday and go on her tour❤
I want to see this cemetery and hear the guide talk about the history of the graves. I love old cemeteries
Fascinating tour, Jacob. I was there decades ago and wish that I had known the history of that cemetery then. I was green behind the ears and so very, very young. Thanks!
Should go check out The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville. It is around the Baton Rouge area.
I absolutely love historic cemeteries. Excellent video!
Great tour. The tour director is a hoot 🙂
This tour guide knows her stuff. I always worry the guides at SL#1 might be slinging anti-voodoo or anti-Marie propaganda. She is 100% on point.
Went to New Orleans last year and absolutely loved it!We did this tour and man do they hate Nicolas Cage down there,not that I blame them!
Vandals ruined it for the people who wanted to come in without being in a tour group.
Yep
I totally agree. I live here and it disgusts me that I was born and raised in NOLA and I have to have a tour guide to visit a cemetery.
I live here . thank you for covering us
Great video! I really enjoyed watching it!
As soon as I clicked on this I got American Horror Story vibes😂😂
Cathy is not from New York or New Jersey. Believe it or not New Orleanians that live in the city have that dialect which is affectionately called 'Yat' (as in the common greeting Where y'at?) and it does sound very northeastern. I think that since New Orleans has always been a major seaport is why the accent became prevalent. My wife is from NO and had no idea what I was watching on the TH-cams and immediately identified it when she walked into the room. Don't worry accents 'southern up' more the further you get away from the greater metro area.
You definitely hear it most in St. Bernard Parrish lol. Right next to Orleans Parrish
Wow I definitely thought she was from New Jersey lol
A great tour love seeing old crypts like this thanks for sharing Jacob
Love that woman`s voice.
Great tour. I always wanted to visit this cemetery. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting, I know all the graves are above ground because of the high water table, but I didn't realise that the bottom half of the crypt was a bone depository.
Thanks for fixing this--it makes a lot more sense now :) Fascinating
Did the guide say Nicholas Cage had some bodies removed to put up his monstrosity of a gravestone? How disrespectful.
Yes. He did.
And why would they allow him to do that? Just so wrong. He’s a bit full of himself.
Did you watch the video or didnt have time? They said that they exhumed the bodies and basically put them in the catholic charities or I assume paupers graves
avaorchid yes they exhumed them for his tomb. Money first. I guess.
avaorchid I did watch the video, but it was the fact that they shouldn’t have had to exhume the bodies in the first place.
Another great video! The tour guide was awesome!
Good stuff Mr.Bag! I really enjoyed this and I actually learned things! Thank you!
Wow 😮 you actually got one of the golden girls to give a tour 🤣
So weird but so intriguing!! Thanks Jacob!!!!
So wierd to see! I toured the same cemetery with my parents as a kid (just months before hurricane Katrina) and that was a time where they still allowed people to make the red X's for Marie Laveau. I had no idea they had stopped that and repainted it.
I went on the cemetery tour in December 2015 and the tour guide told us that we could take pics but no video. I’m surprised they let you video tape
Hey Jacob great video love from NC.
I went on this tour with the French Quarter Phantoms company and I learned so much, not just about the graves but the history of the city. How the Catholic church influenced it's development, how the Spanish and French influenced it's culture. Awesome.
Last time I went to New Orleans in 2000 my brother and I took this tour. It was very fascinating!
Awww wow!! You did a vid here!! This is cool.
Awesome I've always wanted to visit this cemetery
Cathy must have come from Brooklyn, guiding that there tour! 😁
Kind of similar sounding but definitely Creole accent
Ion know why I feel like I’m watching American Horror Story Coven 😂
Hi Carpetbagger,
I have donated money to your pateron site there’s no need to sent postcards as it would be very expensive to send to Australia, take care all the best .
Cheers
Gary
Kathy deserves 10 dollars Thumbs up!
I love this tour guide!!❤
OMG. I TOTALLY LOVE THIS VIDEO. YES. JACOB, YOU DID SO AWESOME ON THIS VIDEO. WOW! I WANT TO GO HERE. I have to SHARE this VIDEO. Thanks so much for another Totally awesome, beautiful, video. For those of us who can't get out and travel to see the things and sites you visit just for us. Be safe and Happy Travels.
Thank you!
The St. Peters street cemetery is actually the oldest cemetery in New Orleans. The French quarter is built on top of it
Wow I want to go see it
Maries gravesite had been used as a point for voodoo rituals since the day she died...and now its an issue? you would put 3 xxx's on her site and leave a gift for her to grant your wish. it wasn't vandalism and nobody from NOLA ever thought so. Its a damn shame that somebody came alone all these years later in their infinite wisdom and closed not only the cemetery to public but her grave. absolutely ridiculous and whoever did that didn't know, doesn't know or doesn't care about the people in the voodoo community that used her site for voodoo prayers
I love looking round cemeteries
Good job Grampa and I were there years ago
Do they allow people to take selfies with the tomb?
Thanks for sharing
The last one you showed looks like Marie's crypt not the one the guide showed unless they built a newer one and moved her which might be true since her daughter and other family wanted to be buried with her. It would be interesting to find out it that's the case. She was Boquor (spelling is probably wrong). Like you said, Voodoo Priestess.
Marie Catherine Laveau is in St Louis Cemetery # 2, her daughter is in St Louis Cemetery # 1. Thank you for the video.
Good stuff
In 1994 or 95, my husband and I were wandering St. Louis 1. This is before the guards and restrictions. We love old cemeteries and there's so much to love in the ones in New Orleans. We were looking at the graves and turned the corner to another aisle and we saw someone bold out of the lane. Once we were in there, we found a full-blown voodoo altar set up on the step of one of the graves. We knew better than to touch anything and to be reverent to whomever this guy had called. There were candles, coins, a big bottle of rum, half filled, and a cigar that was lit. We just excused ourselves to which ever Loa the worshiper had been celebrating and then went our way. It was weird. In 2013 I wrote a novel that has a few scenes in St. Louis 1 and I have that incident in it, with a few creative changes. We've wanted to go back to visit since Katrina but haven't been able to go.
Good and informative video, thanks!
I did that same tour a few years ago.
Great video. Creepy cemetery though.
My tour guide told me not to film lol. Got some great pics though
Very interesting cemetery
Thank you for the video interesting and a little bit scary
It’s been 20+ years ago but when I visited New Orleans I was walking around some of the grave yards and came across a metal one the lock was cut off the door so I opened it and seen 3 skeletons on each side then went in and took pictures.
A New cemetery in Belgrade - Serbia is so beautiful and in a well condition, if I can say so. We take care about our graves and our familyes and we pray for them!
So my question, if the bones are pushed off the main slab in each tomb. What happens to the casket?
I heard they burn it
Whenever I hear Marie Laveau I just think of the Volbeat song
Good job very interesting
The guide makes me remember Sylvia Browne... Maybe her hair, maybe her voice...
I love my city of New Orleans
You should check out places in kansas city Bagger
another man done gone 🎶
I’m staying 13 min away from the cemetery and would like to check it out how would i go about contacting them for a tour ? TIA
What can you tell me about St. Johns...
...Eve?
Nicholas cage as in Ghost rider ????
Is that not her daughter gravesite? The mother is buried STL#2?
thata near where i live
I think Cage tomb is ugly...what does he think he's some Pharoah
I read the book about this
On Nicolas Cage tomb it should say here
lies his movie career!
LOL good one
Why do people draw the X's?
Just so you know that the hurricanes did a lot of damage to all the Graves.
I tried to go there but was to late :(
God rest there souls
Dennis hopper was buried in new mexico
super cool!
I love our Brick Oven crypts
You where not supposed to film in the cementary
No one said one word to me
@@TheCarpetbagger oh thats a bit weird
Legend has it when you visited Marie laveau's grave you had to put three x's on it with chalk or some kind of Mark that's why her grave Hakeem Stone was so desecrated
Hearing about Marie Laveau reminds me of Van Halen's song "Voodoo Queen", a demo which was later reworked into "Mean Street" for Fair Warning. It's great, but doesn't have that amazing intro from the rework. Check it out: th-cam.com/video/cqfVyy8FGvM/w-d-xo.html
The band the Misfits were arrested for attempting to dig up her grave! Which some believe is why Danzig had such a problem over his damned bricks!
I have seen the real tomb
This one is for tourist
Where’s the real one?
Carrie Green right
The Carpetbagger i went YEARS ago. That new tomb that she read from was NOT there. To all “louisianians”, she is still in her original tomb along with her daughter who is named after her.m which is the one with all the x’s. She also did voodoo and used her mother’s name a lot. She is not buried with her husband.
And Micky Mickster that would be a Cajun accent.
That is not Cajun 😂😂
Great this video
That woman giving the tour is like every drag queen I ever hung out with in Jersey...
Wait... I don't get it. I thought she was a bad lady. A witch even! Was she?
No, she helped people
@@TheCarpetbagger hmm. Guess don't trust every song ya hear
That song being the Bobby Bare one
Who’s the woman from Jersey giving the tour? Lol She doesn’t fit good old Louisiana’s mystique...
I’m really surprised you’re filming in the cemetery. It’s not allowed whatsoever. You can take pictures but the Vatican has prohibited any and all filming of any sort while in that cemetery.
somebody wrote poopoo doo doo on one of the graves
You broke a big rule