Haunted: A Self-Guided Night Walk Through Old New Orleans — 7 Real Addresses, the Legend and the Record Separated Stop by Stop (Printable PDF)

A French Quarter ghost tour costs $25 to $35 a person, moves at the slowest walker's pace, and tells you the version with the best lighting. This one costs $15, covers your whole group, and separates the legend from the record — stop by stop, address by address.

What this guide is: a self-guided night walk through the French Quarter, for one person or a group, at your own pace.

How it works: start at St. Louis Cathedral at dusk. Walk 1.5 miles over about 2 hours 35 minutes, stopping for 30 minutes at each of 7 addresses. Each stop gives you two things: the Legend — what the tours tell you — and the Record — what the documents actually say.

The 7 stops:

• 7 stops in walking order with exact addresses: St. Louis Cathedral (615 Pere Antoine Alley), Muriel's Jackson Square (801 Chartres Street), the LaLaurie Mansion (1140 Royal Street), the Sultan's Palace (716 Dauphine Street), the Andrew Jackson Hotel (919 Royal Street), the Pharmacy Museum (514 Chartres Street), and the Beauregard-Keyes House (1113 Chartres Street)
• A full timing plan with the arithmetic shown: 1.5 miles of walking, 30 minutes between stops, 10 minutes of walking between each, 2 hours 35 minutes total — plus a 90-minute express version
• At each stop: the Legend and the Record side by side, a "What you will actually see" box, the on-the-ground directions to the next stop, and what is actually true about the story
• Night-safety notes by street — which blocks stay lit and peopled, which to walk briskly, where to get a cab
• A "What to skip" section: 8 claims and detours the tours sell that this guide recommends against
• A one-page fact-check table of 11 claims, each marked TRUE, LEGEND, FALSE, or UNCONFIRMED
• A daylight add-on: Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 — closed since 2019, it reopened October 1, 2026 for guided tours only (Save Our Cemeteries, booked through the Preservation Resource Center), with how to get there by streetcar
• 2 pages of printable field notes to fill in as you walk, plus a full sources page and a list of further reading

The proof, up front: the Sultan's Palace massacre — the story every tour tells — is marked FALSE, with the documents that disprove it, on page 2. The guide does not ask you to believe the legend first and check it later.

What this is NOT:

• This is a self-guided walking route viewed from public sidewalks, with documented history separated from legend. It is not a group tour, not a ticket to enter any building, and not a paranormal investigation.
• Five of the seven stops are private homes, working hotels, or a restaurant. Nothing in this book gets you inside a private residence, and nothing in it asks you to knock, trespass, or peer through windows.
• The cathedral is an active church; the guide treats it as one.
• The final stop concerns a real murder and suicide from October 2006. It is written as a recent tragedy, briefly and without graphic detail, not as entertainment.

Who should NOT buy this: if you want a theatrical ghost hunt, a guide that promises entry into the LaLaurie Mansion or the Sultan's Palace, this is not your book — both are private residences with no public entry, and this guide will not pretend otherwise. If you want the documented history and a good night's walk, it is.

Price: $15 for a 20-page printable guide with 7 documented stops, a fully worked 2-hour-35-minute timing plan, street-by-street safety notes, an 11-claim fact-check table, and a daylight cemetery add-on — less than half the price of one seat on a group ghost tour, and it covers your whole group.

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