Ghosts of the French Quarter Tour

• Capped at 9 guests — one of New Orleans' most intimate ghost tour experiences

• Every story sourced from real historical accounts, newspaper records, and documented events

• Explore iconic haunted locations: the Lalaurie Mansion, Old Ursuline Convent, and more

• Learn the difference between residual and intelligent hauntings, with real examples from each site

• PG-13 experience: genuinely eerie, historically grounded, and zero jump scares

New Orleans has 300 years of history packed into a few square miles — and not all of it rests easy. This two-hour walking tour through the French Quarter pulls back the curtain on the real stories behind the city's most famous legends. We're talking primary sources, newspaper accounts, and documented history…not campfire stories dressed up for tourists.

You'll trace the footsteps of Delphine Lalaurie, whose Royal Street mansion became the site of one of the most shocking crimes in American history. You'll hear the truth about the Casket Girls and the vampiric legends tied to the Old Ursuline Convent. You'll visit a fine-dining restaurant where guests and staff alike report encounters that can't quite be explained. And that’s just the start.

New Orleans has earned its reputation as the most haunted city in America. Yellow fever, hurricanes, duels, fires, slavery — the city absorbed centuries of trauma, and some of it never left. This tour is where history and the unexplained meet, explored through the eyes of guides who know the difference between a ghost story and the truth.

Most ghost tours in New Orleans are a performance. Ours is an honest reckoning.

With a hard cap of 9 guests, you're never lost in a crowd. You can ask questions, hear every detail above the street noise, and become more entrenched in the story, rather than constant distractions from other guests. It feels more like being led by a friend than a large group rehearsed lecture.

Your guide didn't memorize a script; they wrote their own tour. They've spent hours digging through records, collaborating with fellow guides to chase down the real history behind every story, and weaving in their own personal experiences along the way. No shortcuts, just guides who know this city the way only locals do, because they've lived inside it and cared enough to look deeper.

You'll hear how the city's darkest chapters, including mass disease outbreaks, the horrors of slavery, and catastrophic fires left a mark that locals still feel today. You'll visit the sites where those events unfolded and decide for yourself what to make of what happened there.

If you're after jump-scares from someone in a cape waving a lantern, those tours can be fun and we’re happy to recommend another company. If you want the real stories, this is your tour.

• Guided Walking Tour

• Licensed Local Guide

• Guide Gratuity

• Transportation