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Beyond The Grave Podcast
by Beyond The Grave
From the editors of New Orleans Magazine and Renaissance Publishing, Beyond the Grave is a new seasonal podcast bringing the macabre and spooky history of New Orleans to light.
Episodes
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S.3, Episode 4: The Haunting History of the Bourbon Orleans Hotel
The site of the Bourbon Orleans Hotel has lived many lives, including that of a cultural and society hotspot, a refuge for nuns and orphan girls and now a place to rest your head for those looking to experience New Orleans. Confederate soldiers, ghostly children and a lone haunting dancer have…
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S.3, Episode 3: The Tragic Death of Jayne Mansfield
The rumors surrounding the tragic death of Jayne Mansfield were vast. Did she truly lose her head along a lonely stretch of highway outside of New Orleans? This week, we learn the true story and how her death has potentially saved countless lives.
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S.3, Episode 2: The City of the Dead
What do Marie Laveau and Nicolas Cage have in common? This week we talk about the history of the Cities of the Dead all across New Orleans. From family vaults to the Cage pyramid, we dive into the practices of honoring our loved ones for eternity.
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S.3, Episode 1: "Bricktop" Jackson – Double Knife, Double Life
Mary Jane “Bricktop” Jackson roamed the mid-1800s red light area of New Orleans known as Gallatin Street was a notorious figure among the thieves and murderers that lived there. “Bricktop,” (so named for her sturdy build and bright red hair) and the stories of her infamous fights with and murders...
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S.2, Episode 4: The Baroness Pontalba
We all know the Pontalba Buildings that run along the sides of the St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square, but do you know the story of the woman who built them? The Baroness survived death, a barrage of bullets and much adversity before leaving her mark on New Orleans and beyond!
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S.2, Episode 3: The Infamous Minnie Wallace
What do a Kansas City business man, Chicago millionaire and a railroad tycoon all have in common? Death, poison and Minnie Wallace. But was this New Orleans Creole beauty really a cold-blooded killer? Or was she just unlucky in love?
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S.2, Episode 2: The Comte de Saint Germain
An immortal vampire that found his way to New Orleans? Some believe that the mysterious former New Orleans resident Jacques St. Germain and the infamous Comte de Saint Germain share more than just a bloodline...
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S2, Episode 1: The Curse of Julia Brown
"When I die, I'm going to take the whole town with me." What is the story behind this haunting message? And who was Julia Brown?
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Episode 6: A Special Halloween Guest
On this Halloween, our friend Poppy Tooker shares all of her ghostly encounters at the popular Tujaque's Restaurant. From drag queens to child ghosts, Poppy has a story for everyone!
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Episode 5: The Vampire Brothers
As if 1930s Depression Era New Orleans wasn't stressful enough, two brothers terrified New Orleanians as they fed their way through the French Quarter. Though caught, hanged and buried; years later the bodies of John and Wayne Carter mysteriously disappeared. Were they really the Vampire Brothers...
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Episode 4: They Mysterious Charity Hospital
In December 2015, Lisa Walley Staggs posted on her Facebook page that a "tree" had been lit on a random floor of the abandoned Charity Hospital. Abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the typically dark building sported holiday cheer, but why? Who or what was in there?
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Episode 3: The Trunk Murders
In 1927, a gruesome and murderous scene was found as police entered 715 Ursuline Street in the heart of the French Quarter and found two young women, expertly butchered and placed into traveling trunks. The suspects? The women's husbands, brothers named Henry and Joseph Moity. This week's story...
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Episode 2: The Famous Brevard-Rice House
Though made famous by author Anne Rice with tales of vampires and witches, her noteworthy New Orleans home at 1239 First Street in the Garden District has a much longer and more ominous past. The Greek Revival-style house was built in the 1850s and spans a sizable 9,000 square feet of living…
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Episode 1: Girod Street Cemetery and the Curse of the Superdome
Legend says the New Orleans Superdome was built atop the former Girod Street Cemetery, which was established in 1822 and housed 1,100 tombs. Is this the reason why, at their inception, the Saints never had a winning season? Was the curse ever broken? Do the living and the dead chant "Who Dat" in...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
From the editors of New Orleans Magazine and Renaissance Publishing, Beyond the Grave is a new seasonal podcast bringing the macabre and spooky history of New Orleans to light.
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Beyond The Grave
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From the editors of New Orleans Magazine and Renaissance Publishing, Beyond the Grave is a new seasonal podcast bringing the macabre and spooky history of New Orleans to light.
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