The Woman in the Parlor Portrait | New Orleans Haunted House Story

The Woman in the Parlor Portrait is a narrated scary story about a couple touring a historic New Orleans house when the wife sees her own face in an old painting above the parlor fireplace. What should be a quiet anniversary trip turns into a supernatural horror story about a portrait, a mirror, and a house that seems to remember people who were never supposed to belong to it.What begins as a strange resemblance becomes something much more frightening as the painting changes, the house slips out of time, and the tour continues as if nothing is wrong. This episode is for listeners who enjoy haunted house stories, ghost stories, supernatural suspense, creepy old house horror, haunted portrait stories, New Orleans horror, and eerie historical hauntings.Some houses don’t show you the past. They decide where you belong.------------Want more from Feral by Night?Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week:https://feralfolklorist.comBecome a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:  https://patreon.com/papageeStock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:  https://aromags.comBrowse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:  https://folkloreum.com/Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises.Support the show