New Orleans: Ghost, Vampire & Voodoo Walking Tour Adults Only

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 20

LanguagesEN

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Walk the French Quarter's Darkest Streets with a Voodoo Practitioner

You walk the French Quarter for two hours with a guide who practices witchcraft or voodoo, stopping at the Lalaurie Mansion, Jackson Square, Pirates Alley, and haunted hotels while hearing the graphic, uncensored history of murders, voodoo, vampires and witchcraft. A bar stop breaks up the tour, and you get access to exclusive ghost photos taken by previous guests. Small groups keep it intimate.

Step-by-step itinerary

French Quarter haunted walking tour

Walk through French Quarter streets
Stop at Hands of Fate church
Visit Voodoo shops
See Muriel's Restaurant
Explore Jackson Square
Hear stories at Pirates Alley
Learn history at Ursuline Convent
Visit haunted hotels
Stop at Lalaurie Mansion
Take a bar break for drinks

The Experience

You're stepping into the French Quarter after dark, and your guide—someone who actually practices witchcraft or works within the local voodoo community—starts talking about the real murders, the casket girls, the things that happened in these buildings you're walking past. This isn't the sanitized version. The tour keeps groups small, usually under a dozen people, so there's room to ask the questions the bigger companies skip over. You'll stop at Hands of Fate, the original home of the first Church of Witchcraft, then move through voodoo shops, past Jackson Square, down Pirates Alley where Jean Lafitte's story gets told the way locals know it, not the way tourists expect it.

The Lalaurie Mansion comes up—and yeah, the guide goes into the graphic details of what happened there, the murders and the mayhem that most walking tours gloss over or avoid entirely. You'll hear about Marie Laveau and what her voodoo actually meant in this city. The Ursuline Convent, the haunted hotels, Muriel's Restaurant—each stop has a story that doesn't make it into the family-friendly versions. About halfway through, you stop at a bar for a drink and a break, which honestly helps settle the weight of what you've just heard. The whole thing runs two hours, rain or shine, and the guide tailors it to the group, so no two tours are exactly the same.

One thing that sets this apart: the tour includes photos of real ghosts and supernatural images captured by guests on previous tours—photos you won't find anywhere else online or in any other listing. It's the kind of detail that either hooks you or it doesn't, but if you're here for the uncensored version of New Orleans, that's what you get. The French Quarter walking tour operates with adults only (unless you book a private group), which means the conversation doesn't have to pause or soften for anyone in the group.

What’s included

Your tour includes the two-hour walking experience through the French Quarter, stops at Hands of Fate (the original Church of Witchcraft), voodoo shops, Jackson Square, Pirates Alley, the Ursuline Convent, haunted hotels, and the Lalaurie Mansion, plus a bar stop with drinks and access to exclusive photos of real ghosts taken by previous guests.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessiblePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Wicked History Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the uncensored, graphic history of New Orleans' darkest corners told by someone who actually practices within these communities—the kind of detail and honesty you won't get from larger tour groups or family-friendly alternatives.