Do you need a good scare? How about visiting a cemetery? Not just any cemetery, but “the oldest existing cemetery in the city” of New Orleans. It opened in 1789. The graves are above ground due to flooding and very damp ground.  “In this cemetery, a body stays inside a coffin for a year. Then the coffin is removed from the tomb to make room for another body. The bones are put in a bag and stay in the tomb.” (p. 10)

The book is divided into three very short chapters: A Lost Ghost, City of the Dead, and Haunted Cemetery. Specific people are  mentioned as being possible ghosts which many visitors sense while walking through this cemetery. New Orleans is usually a very warm place and yet visitors often feel cold in parts of this cemetery. Photos taken in this cemetery often have orbs of light in them once they are printed, which the photographer couldn’t see when taking the photo. “Are ghosts really in the cemetery or do people just imagine them? Perhaps the best way to find out is to visit. But keep an eye out for black cats and disappearing guests.” (p. 21) And so ends this book.

There is more photo than text at each page turn. The photos are quite clear in the center of the page, but get blurred around the edges and there has been an eerie florescent green tint added to the blurred edges of pages.

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