Gravesite Of THE VOODOO QUEEN Of New Orleans (Marie Laveau) At St Louis Cemetery No 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2022
- 40 years I visited New Orleans, Louisiana to attended Mardi Gras, but I wasn't able to visit any of the cemeteries in the city.
So, I'm back in 2022, to take a tour of the famous St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 and to finally visit the gravesite of the legendary Marie Laveau, aka the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.
I also wanted to see the Pyramid mausoleum reported to be owned by actor Nicholas Cage. The classic 1969 film EASY RIDER was also filmed in this cemetery, so I wanted to see this memorable filming location too.
Thanks for joining me today on another nostalgic road trip to the past and for sharing the memories!
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Thank you very much ! I went to New Orleans in Feb or March of 1985 with Mom and Dad ! Back home from a rehab ! My staples were taken out bandage off yesterday ! See Dr Barry November 9th ! I have a few appointments in that month ! Knee is still swollen but am better and better each day !
I’ve always found the oven crypts fascinating. A very efficient way of dealing with the dead with limited space.
I would love to visit those old Cemeteries in New Orleans!! Great video Steve! I loved it! 😎
Glad to see you did make it to St Louis cemetery. I, too, was born and raised in New Orleans and have relatives buried there and remember when it was open for all to enter. My how times have changed since living there!
It is a remarkable American city with a tremendous history.
Isn't it free to visit if you have loved ones buried there
I have been there, loved it.. City of the Dead. I love going to cemeteries ever since I was a child. The oldest one I went to was a 1600 hundred one that all that was there died of yellow fever and it was in Arkansas.... Oh another thing is when you see the tomb that has several names on it, to make room for another person they take the last one that died put them in like a bag that zips up and they stack them, after so many years the body like dries up so its easier to do that. That why you will see so many in one small tomb..
That’s awesome Bella luna. Thanks for sharing that with us.
As a native New Orleanian, I remember it being open to the public for years, but due to vandalism, the archdiocese made it by tour only. The visitor section and all that is new.
Living people ruin everything 😢
I’m going tomorrow
I’m Excited this will be my first time Ever!!! wow What a wonderful feeling
@@kastoffkeish did u go yet?
@@R3volv3r0celot i’m goin in 2weeks
Hi Steve! Very interesting. I've never heard of a cemetery such as this! So glad I tagged along. 😊
Thanks Steve 🙏🏻 As a cemetery lover New Orleans has always been on my bucket list !
Thank you for this video. I have always wanted to visit St. Louis No. 1 myself after I read about Marie Laveau. I read that if you scratch three X's on her tomb and made a wish that she would make it come true. Very interesting.
There are lots of Xs on her grave. I don't think they allow that anymore. Too much damage to the graves.
I was there in 2019, awesome tour! another great video, thanks Steve!
Glad you enjoyed it Billy and glad to hear you visited too!
Thanks for taking us along with you on this great adventure very interesting!
Your in New Orleans I was there years ago really nice I went before Katrina hit .Took a train that's fun Voodoo queen Thanks again Steve enjoy your travels
Gotta love the Good Year blimp!
I haven’t seen one in years. I agree 👍
Thanks again for all of the great content. Love the Channel Name Chage
Hi Dana, thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you like it. I do too. The themed videos seem to be a lot more popular than this style, so I'll continue with those. Thanks, again, for the very generous donation. You'll be getting another shout out soon! :-) Have a great day!
Love this!!!!❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your video I have been in Louisiana I visit some grave yards very interesting old one's.
Always wanted to visit this cemetery. Thanks Steve
Steve I enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing the memories with us on this, I really enjoy this channel snd the videos that share with us and thank you for everything that you do.
Thanks Syreeta 👍
I didn’t expect anyone to visit Madame Marie’s grave. Well done you. Although it was short, it was sweet. I loved it, thanks so much, Steve.
Thanks lain!
Very interesting cemetery, quite unique. Ps. Black is a great colour on you makes you look young😊
Thanks Will. :-)
Nice video Stve and nice to see a shot of Casper you two sure have made some miles together. Kinda reminds me of the Johnny Cash song Ive Been Every Where Man.. lol Thanks for the great content once again!!
LOL, yes that should be my theme song. :-) Thanks Dana!
Thanks!
Thanks, so much Danny. This is so kind and generous of you. You'll be getting a shout out in an upcoming video soon! :-)
Thank you Steve that’s some thing I would never get to do you never been to New Orleans was interesting thank you
I like old cemeteries like that.
Me too David!
Steve hope Y'all are Great 👍
I appreciate your videos so very much blessings 2 you
another great viedo , love Marie story
I watched a video once of a family digging up their dad/grandfather in some other country. They had to pay rent for his grave, and couldn't so he was being evicted. So, they took him, out. He was just bones, and skull. Some fabric left and shoes. The coffin was full of water too.
Another outstanding video Steve thank you always thumbs up
Thanks Alex!
Steve I Love your videos i Love The videos of Emergency Adam12 and Dragnet
that was a pretty cool tour, thanks for making all the video's you do. man this is great. as always God Bless.
We used to be able to go in, wander around. I have seen inside crumbling crypts. It is fascinating! I dont travel the few miles to NO anymore. Too dangerous. That's why you have to do a tour.
I would love to see the tomb of Marie Laveau. Just wondering Steve, did you get a weird feeling walking by her tomb? I watched a show about the famous Voodoo Priests and Priestesses and some said that they got a strange feeling walking by or standing near Marie Laveau. Thank You for this video. Blessings to You and Jim! ❤
Hi Nancy, I didn't notice anything unusual, other than it was just very hot and humid and crowded! :-) I've never had and paranormal experiences and hope to keep it that way! :-O
I grew up in New Orleans and when a young teen we used to go to her grave at midnight...turn around 3 times and put an "X" on her grave
I love anything voodoo as well, thanks for the video. You could still make a great movie about this, the last good one was " The skeleton key".
Only the graveyard itself brings up mystery and atmosphere, the same here in Brussels and Antwerp's cemetery, it's endless with many impressive graves from 1890-1920.
Greetz.
Hi Steve 🙋🏽. These people are making a killing, WOW ‼️
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Great video 📷🎽🎽📸
Thanks Joe
That sounded like one po’ed mockingbird at the beginning. 😊
Enjoy 😉
that was Nicolas Cages tomb pyramid
i rember when i was a kid that was all open you could this walk around all of them
There’s a cemetery in Texas that I think is very interesting. Grav3yard girl went there a few times. She said people are burried on top of people because the cemetery is so old so there people stacked 4 or 5 people per grave
Wow, thanks for sharing that with us Chelsea. 👍
My wife and I went to New Orleans in 2008 as part of our vacation trip. At that time, the Cemetery was open to the public, even though we were warned by a police office who stopped as we were parking, warned us it was unsafe to visit unless you were in a tour.
As we walked around a corner, and elderly couple was standing by a tomb, and the gentleman was tapping on the lower tomb, telling us it was the grave of Marie Laveau. We had not seen anyone else inside the Cemetery until then, and we had spent at least thirty minutes inside at the time. We were standing there looking at the tomb, and I started to ask the couple a question, but they were nowhere to be seen. I looked down every row, but it was if they disappeared into thin air! My wife and I still discuss if we had came upon spirits from the graves!
One other thing, we parked on the street right in front of the gate, and we're the only vehicle parked on the area in front of the Cemetery.
Altogether, we spent about two hours exploring and taking pictures. We did not come across anyone else the entire time we were there.
Wow, how times of changed. You were lucky to go there when you did. Now it’s impossible to find a parking spot anywhere on the street surrounding the cemetery on either side. It’s probably a lot safer now though with the security guards and tours. Thanks for sharing your experience with us Tommy! 😊👍
Hi Steve ! Very interesting vlog ! Never heard of Marie Laveau! I wouldn't want to get a spell put on me ! Or a voo doo doll full of pins ! Ouch ! LoL ! New Orleans sounds like a very interesting and colorful place to visit ! Take care ! Deborah Canada
It sure is colorful Deborah 👍
I definitely want to visit this cemetary. It's beautiful
Very nice steve
Thanks Paula 😊👍
People just dying to get in.
That's awesome that you got to go to The Big Easy! I've been to the zoo, DDay museum, and Six Flags before it got drowned. It is quite the historic city, but can be dangerous. I don't think I would've chosen black to wear with all the heat! Guess maybe you'll know what to expect if you go next time.
Lol black was definitely the wrong color that day! 🤪👍
Due to the historical Spanish and French heritage, New Orleans certainly isn't your typical "Southern City." It was very kind, and generous, of you to pay that admission fee, Steve. After dealing with that heat and humidity, you probably wished that you were back in "Lucyville" (Jamestown, NY)?
Hi Zing, yes Lucyville was definitely a lot cooler, lol. :-) It does seem weird to have to pay to visit gravesites or to even visit the cemetery. But hopefully the money helps the city maintain it. If so, then it's worth it. A pretty amazing place.
How wonderful. I haven't seen this before. Was this particular cemetery below sea level?
Yes, I think so.
I visited this graveyard and went on one of the tours. I stupidly did it in August.. seriously thought I was going to die from heat exhaustion. My daughter lives in the city so I visit the graveyards regularly but never again during the summer.
Yikes! I almost passed out and it was only April! 🤪
I used to live down in Louisiana. Yes, like walking in a hot sauna!
@@TheGraveyardChannel my oldest daughter and I had gone down to visit my youngest daughter and had a bunch of plans for that evening. Needless to say, by the time we finished that graveyard tour, all I wanted to do was go back and sit by the AC for the rest of the day. My girls went on to do all sorts of fun stuff, I sat by the AC with a cold drink for the rest of the evening.
Me, my ex girlfriend & a group of likeminded strangers we met, hopped the gate after midnight in 2020. What an adventure. We never found Marie’s grave. My ex was too afraid and made me leave lol..
Steve, that Good Year Blimp just really enjoys following you about wherever you go. Wonderin' when's the next encounter gonna be?
Lol, I know, right? 😆 I haven’t seen one in years, so I was very happy that was following me around. 😳👍
@@TheGraveyardChannel The blimp was unexpected so I just took it as a shout out to my hometown of Akron, Ohio. Thanks for this. I doubt I'll ever get there so it makes a huge difference. Probably a lot of us here feel the same. Who doesn't want to visit The Voodoo Queen. She has gotten a lot more popular since she was part of the story line in "American Horror Story: Coven.
Was there in the seventies, when you could go into St. Louis No 1 at any time, day or night and in fact I slept beside a grave but can't remember who it was, they didn't complain. The best food is there, music enjoy my friend!
Wow, you were lucky. Because of all the vandalism they had crack down. Darn living people, lol. :-) And I don't think I would have gotten any sleep that night, lol. :-O
@@TheGraveyardChannel I was feeling no pain my friend and passed out, woke in the morn refreshed
Very interesting place. I wish the video had been longer. ☹️
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I'm sure after dark the ghosts roam.
Was at this one.
Those Cemetaries in New Orleans look so fascinating to me. Do you happen to know if you truly are visiting a loved one; do they give you a special pass to park and then go in? 🤔
Yes, if you have someone buried there you can go in whenever you want to. Only the tourist have to pay.
@@TheGraveyardChannel Well, thank goodness 😳 😅 Nice of you to comment! You and Jim stay well. 💕
I enjoy your excellent content. Is there another series you may be planning after the President’s series? Thanks!
Hi Danny, I've done lots of series or themed videos over the years. I'm cutting back on traveling and visiting in person, but I have lots of themed videos coming up soon that seem to be even more popular with viewers than my individual visits.
I WENT WHEN I WAS A KID THERE WAS NO TOUR. WE JUST WALKED IN LOOKED AROUND AND LEFT. THERE WAS NO PAID PARKING EITHER. AND MARDI GRAS WAS THE BOMB. PEOPLE ACTUALLY WALKED UP AND DOWN THE STREETS NAKED. WOMEN HUNG OUT OF WINDOWS ON BOURBON STREET OR OVER RAILINGS. IT WAS A FUN PLACE TO BE BUT BEING A KID I GOT TO EXPERIENCE VERY LITTLE OF IT BUT MY PARENT MADE SURE WE DID GET TO SEE A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. INCLUDING BEIGNETS AT 3 IN THE MORNING DOWN AT THE CAFE DU MONDE IN THE FRENCH QUARTER AND EATING MUFFALETTA AT CENTRAL GROCERY.
Sounds like you had an awesome trip. Thank you for sharing your memories with us Kim. 😊👍
That seems like a lot of money for a tour of a smaller cemetery. I'd love to take a haunted tour of the city of New Orleans though.
Wow 😮$25 to tour a graveyard!
Cool cemetery, but! $25 is a lot! Maybe when I've seen some others 1st!
Katrina supposedly floated a lot of bodies right out of there
Did the movie Double Jeopardy filmed there
Not sure, but quite a few movies have been.
Hey Steve good video but was that screeching bird that was following you around part of the tour or you just made it mad earlier and it decided to harass you? Maybe you should have filmed the poor thing, that's probably what the issue was, didn't get any camera time 😆
Lol, i’ve noticed that birds are always trying to get their 15 minutes of fame in my videos wherever I go. Lol 😂
Disappointed this wasnt more detailed and longer video. I wonder if families who have relatives buried there have to pay to get in to visit or put flowers or do they get a life time pass¿
I think they said families can go in for free whenever they want. I could have make it 10 times longer, but as you can see, almost no one is interested in watching it even at four minutes. Typically the longer this type of video is, the fewer people watch. The themed videos are just the opposite. Thanks!
Such a hassle for you, appointment to go to cemetery plus the high fee.
It was worth it though 👍
Steve you should talk about cold cases true crime
I tried that a year or so ago, but everyone got mad and started unsubscribing. There are so many other YT channels doing it that I'll just stick with famous graves. Thanks for the suggestion though Donald!
@@TheGraveyardChannel god blessing upon you Steven you are role model
So was Marie’s the one with the name plate? Or the older looking one? Or do they not know ?
Yes, with the nameplate. It's probably difficult to see if you're watching on a small device.
You say I have a small device ? 😞
Oh no I'm not going to see it nope my cousins and a lot of people that I've known told me about this thing in New Orleans I refuse to visit but I love your Channel nope not going🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 leave her alone let her rest😂
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Hello Steve, yes I've been there but at the time there weren't any tours. You just walked in unescorted and viewed the above ground crypts. One was open and the sad occupant was able to be seen. Ugh. Regardless leave it to the city to figure out how to make money off the dead. City hall is comprised of blood suckers too it appears. No rest for the dead. Poor souls. Have you had a beignet or Bananas Foster yet? Just asking.
Because of all the vandalism like you mentioned, in this case I think it’s a very good thing that they charge and make it difficult for the riffraff to get in to do damage. And yes, I had the beignets when I was there for the Mardi Gras in 1980. They were awesome. Glad to hear that you’ve been there too Mario. 😊👍
$25.00??
$25 is to keep the riff raff out.
That's exactly why the Archdiocese imposed the fee.
I think you are right Rob.
With all the vandalism, you really can't blame them.
@@TheGraveyardChannel Quite true!
Thanks for sharing this Spooktacular location🎃👻🪦
Thanks!
Thank you Nancy, that is so kind and generous of you. You'll be getting a shout out soon! :-)
Thanks!
Hi Diane, thank you, so much for your very kind and generous donation. You'll be getting a shout out in an upcoming video soon! :-)
Thanks!
I lived in Louisiana for 10 months, and was ever so happy to see Syracuse again.
Yeah, that humidity is deadly!
Gee Zing, I don't even know what to say. You are so kind. Thank you!! :-)