Exploring New Orleans' Weird Folklore: Myths and Urban Legends of the United States

New Orleans is a curious town - from bizzarre tales of... sharp-toothed nuns that dwell in an old ursuline convent, to stories of strange chupacabra-like monsters, to the famed Axe Man, New Orleans is nothing but interesting. Today, I invite y'all to come with me on this journey through the Big Easy, as we explore the Lore, Myths, Legends, and history of this incredible place - touching on lore that's both terrifying and hilarious in equal measure.If you enjoy this sort of video - I invite y'all to like the video, subscribe, and comment - this'll help me out a ton as I make my way towards 100,000 subs in 2025 - a goal I've been dreaming of for well over a decade now.Want to help support the channel?https://buymeacoffee.com/tsstorytimeSkip to your favorite section:00:00- Intro01:02- The Casquette Girls of the Ursuline Convent10:16- Lafitte's Haunted Blacksmith Shop Bar13:38- The Haunted Muriel's Restaurant19:16- The Axe man of New Orleans29:50- The Horrors of the LaLaurie Mansion40:27- Marie Laveau, the voodoo queen46:34- The Grunch52:11- The Battle of New Orleans and the Story of Jean Lafitte57:34- The French Quarter is... Spanish?Music Credits:Intro Music: The ColonelLightless Dawn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Closing music: Credit: "Cattle Drive: https://www.purple-planet.com"Thumbnail Credits:By Infrogmation of New Orleans - Photo by Infrogmation (talk) of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10863019By Jeff Carter / HowStuffWorks - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cartercomics/141058618/in/photostream/, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66221596By Carniphage - Vampire, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91508382