Five Louisiana places with a haunted reputation and a public door

Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans

Hotel Monteleone will rent you a room on Royal Street, and it will pour you a drink at the Carousel Bar if you are not staying the night. The homepage, read in October 2026, does not print Maurice Begere, a ghost, or the word haunt. The story page on the same site does. Phyllis Paulsen told Erin Z. Bass at Deep South Magazine, in a story dated October 3, 2010, that a boy walked past the foot of her bed. The two pages do not tell the same death.

The footer on the homepage and the FAQ page prints "214 Royal Street New Orleans, LA 70130" and "504-523-3341." That printed line is (504) 523-3341. The FAQ footer also prints the ten digits run together as (5045233341). The link target is tel:5045233341. That target does not use a plus or a country code. The visit line below uses the printed digits with an ordinary +1 link. It does not use tel:5045233341. Email on the FAQ footer is info@hotelmonteleone.com. The homepage copyright line says "© 2026 Hotel Monteleone."

The FAQ page answers "What time is check-in/check-out?" with "Check-in time is at 4:00 PM. Check-out time is at 12:00 PM." Late check-out and early check-in are "based upon availability." The reservations office is "staffed daily 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM." Daily includes Sunday. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. The FAQ does not print a Sunday closure of the front door.

In-room dining on that page: breakfast 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM, the all-day menu 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM, and "an Overnight menu Tuesday–Saturday from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM." Tuesday through Saturday is the overnight line. Sunday is not on it. October 4 is a Sunday, so the overnight menu, as printed, does not cover that night. The breakfast and all-day lines do not say they skip Sunday.

The same FAQ says the Carousel Bar "does not accept reservations," and the next sentences say guests have "early access to the Carousel Bar at 10am, before it opens to the public. Fees and advance reservations apply." "Does not accept reservations" and "advance reservations apply" are both in that answer. The public opening clock is not printed. A later answer says, "You do not have to be a hotel guest to visit, order a drink and enjoy live entertainment at the world-famous Carousel Bar." The rooftop pool is "open from 6:00 AM until 10:00PM (year-round)." Acqua Bella, the poolside bar, is "open from 11:00AM until 6:00PM (in season)." In season is not a calendar. October 4 is not labeled in or out. Valet is "$50 plus tax per night." The transportation department number on that answer is "(504) 681-4427," with an en dash between 681 and 4427. That is a second printed number. It is not (504) 523-3341. Wheelchair access is "via the Bienville Street entrance." The address is Royal Street. Bienville and Royal are both on the FAQ page.

The homepage says "Since 1886" and calls the hotel family-owned. The story page says Antonio Monteleone purchased the Hotel Victor in 1886, the Commercial Hotel was renamed the Hotel Monteleone in 1909, and "The Monteleone turns 140" in 2026. The same timeline says sculptor Antonio Puccio carved the lobby clock "in the Moneleone's on-site cabinet shop." Moneleone is the spelling. The homepage nav prints "SPA & WELLNESSS," with three S letters. A wedding FAQ line prints "All event bookigns are a minimum of three hours." Bookigns is the spelling. The gym list prints "Dumbells." Those spellings are the pages'. The story page says the Carousel Bar is "the country’s first and only revolving bar" and that it has been "rotating every 15 minutes" since 1949. First and only is the page's claim. I am not using it as a checked history fact.

The ghost block on the story page is headed "A Spirit That Never Leaves." It says, "From doors that open on their own and elevators that insist on the wrong floor, to the playful shadows of children, our halls are alive with a history that refuses to sit still." Then: "In March 2003, the International Society of Paranormal Research spent several days at the hotel. While here, the team made contact with more than a dozen entities including several former employees and a friendly toddler named Maurice Begere. The boy died in the hotel, and his distraught parents returned frequently in hopes he might visit them. Maurice eventually appeared to his mother and comforted her, and to this day, guests report seeing him near the room where he died." "Made contact" is the hotel's verb. Guests "report" is the hotel's verb. The page does not name the guests, the room number, or the parents. It does not print a 14th floor or a 13th floor.

Bass's story is "Haunted South," with the Monteleone section titled "There’s A Ghost In My Room As told by New Orleans’ Hotel Monteleone." The visible byline is Erin Z. Bass, October 3, 2010. A direct download of that URL returned a captcha page and an empty article. The text used here is the fetch that opened. I did not save an article:published_time tag.

Phyllis Paulsen, "a successful financial planner from California," says, "I’ve had this eerie ability to see ghosts since I was a young child." Bass writes that Paulsen checked into a suite on the 14th floor, "actually the 13th floor." Paulsen says, "I was just relaxing in bed one morning when I looked up to see a young boy about 3 years old walk by the foot of my bed." She got up "to see if the door was open." "The door was securely closed." "It didn’t take me long to realize that I had seen a ghost," she continues. "He was a friendly little fellow wearing a striped shirt. One moment he was there and the next he was gone." She says she has "been back twice" and requests the same room. The stay date is not printed. About 3, the striped shirt, and the closed door are Paulsen's, in that story.

Bass then prints a legend: Maurice was the son of Josephine and Jacques Begere, left with a nanny while his parents went to the French Opera House. "Unfortunately, an accident occurred as they were returning to the hotel. The horses bolted when they heard a loud noise and Jacques was thrown from the buggy, killing him instantly. They say that Josephine died within a year of a broken heart." "The speculation is that the ghost of young Maurice sometimes roams the halls searching for his parents." The hotel's 2026 page says the boy died in the hotel and later appeared to his mother. Bass's page says Jacques died in the buggy and Josephine died within a year, and it does not say the boy died that night. The two pages do not cite each other. Bass also writes that the 2003 investigation "made contact with more than a dozen entitites." Entitites is the spelling. She writes that the spirits "have been featured on the Travel Channel and 'Today Show.'" I did not open those broadcasts. The sentence is Bass's. The 2026 hotel pages do not print Paulsen, a striped shirt, a buggy, or a 13th floor.

Visit: 214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. (504) 523-3341. The site link points at tel:5045233341. The FAQ also prints (504) 681-4427 for transportation, with an en dash on the page. hotelmonteleone.com. FAQ, checked in October 2026: check-in 4:00 p.m., check-out 12:00 p.m. Reservations office daily 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Overnight in-room dining is Tuesday through Saturday. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so that overnight line does not include it. The Carousel Bar does not require a hotel stay. Its public opening clock is not printed. Early access at 10 a.m. is the guest line, and that answer both refuses reservations and says advance reservations apply. Paulsen's boy at the foot of the bed is Bass, Deep South Magazine, October 3, 2010. Maurice Begere, the March 2003 investigation, and the boy who died in the hotel are the hotel's story page. The homepage does not print them. Jacques in the buggy is Bass. The hotel page does not print that buggy.

Bourbon Orleans Hotel, New Orleans

The Bourbon Orleans will rent you a room at 717 Orleans Street, and the amenities page says the front desk is open 24 hours. The homepage, read in October 2026, does not print a ghost, a dancer, or the word haunt. The detailed-history page does. Mark Wilson, the general manager, told a release dated August 12, 2013, that guests have seen all kinds of things. He also declined to promise a sighting. Those are both in that release.

The footer prints "717 Orleans St. New Orleans, LA 70116" and "T: (855) 771-5214." The FAQ prints the reservations number as "855.771.5214," with dots. That is (855) 771-5214. The same FAQ prints "Group Sales department at 504.571.4605." That number is (504) 571-4605. Those are two numbers. A schema block on the homepage prints a contactPoint telephone of "+1-504-523-2222." That is not the printed 855 line. The 2013 release prints "(504) 523-2222" next to Mark Wilson and mark.wilson@interstatehotels.com. The 504 number in the schema and the 504 number in the 2013 release are the same ten digits. The 2026 footer does not print them. The clickable targets on the homepage are tel:+18557715214 and tel:+1(855) 771-5214. The second target keeps the parentheses and a space. Both targets use the 855 digits. The visit line below uses those printed 855 digits with an ordinary +1 link. It does not use the schema's 504 number. The group-sales number is printed on the FAQ, so it is linked where it appears, and it is not the footer number. The homepage copyright line says "Copyright 2026 Bourbon Orleans Hotel."

The FAQ says, "Check-in time is 4:00 PM, check-out is 12:00 PM There is an early check in fee of $50." The amenities page says "4:00 PM check-in, 12:00 PM check-out." The early-check-in fee is on the FAQ and not on that amenities line. Minimum age to check in is 21. The FAQ says the courtyard pool is "open Monday – Sunday 7am – 10pm." Monday through Sunday includes October 4, 2026, which is a Sunday. The amenities page says the Bourbon "O" Bar has local music "everyday from 4pm – 12am," and a later line on the same page says "Bourbon “O” Bar – Open Daily (1:00PM- 12:00AM)." 4 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. are both on that page. Roux breakfast is "Daily (8:00AM – 12:00PM)." Roux dinner is "Thursday – Saturday (4:00PM – 10:00PM)." October 4 is a Sunday, so the dinner line does not include it and the breakfast line does. Touchdown Jesus is "Thursday – Monday (1:00PM – 10:00PM)," which does include Sunday. The Baxter, Pool & Lobby Bar is named with no clock. Valet overnight is "$50 + tax." The FAQ prices an oversized vehicle, "more than 5.5ft in length," at "$55 per day, plus taxes." The amenities page prices an oversized vehicle, "more than 15.5ft in length," at "$55 + tax." 5.5 feet and 15.5 feet are not the same line. The FAQ pet line is "a one-time fee of $100 and a max of two dogs per room." The amenities page says "$100 per pet per stay, up to 2 pets." One-time, and per pet per stay, are both on the site. Dogs, and pets, are both on the site. A destination fee of "$25.00, plus tax" is the FAQ. The amenities page says housekeeping "is currently daily" and "Renovated guestrooms (2024)." The FAQ page also prints a string of other street lines, including "1 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130" and "501 Napoleon Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115," and it prints "Carondolet." Those lines are not the footer address. The visit line uses 717 Orleans St.

The history page's haunted section is headed "A Haunted New Orleans Hotel." It says a Confederate soldier, "Children and nuns from the former convent and orphanage," and "a lonely ghost dancer" "help rank the Bourbon Orleans Hotel among the top 10 most haunted hotels in the U.S. according to USA Today’s 10Best, Top Ten Haunted Hotels In America." I did not open that 10Best list. The sentence is the hotel's. The next sentence says a building with many lives is "bound to have smany different stories." Smany is the spelling. "The Confederate Soldier or “The Man”" is "both the sixth and third floors." A little girl is "rolling her ball" on the sixth floor. The ballroom "is also home of a lonely ghost dancer seen dancing underneath the ballroom’s crystal chandelier." "Several reports have been made of the rustling and a person hiding behind the draperies." The reports are not named. The article:modified_time tag on that history page is 2024-10-10T20:15:23+00:00, which is 3:15 p.m. Central on October 10, 2024. The article:published_time tag is 2022-03-17T11:42:13+00:00, which is 6:42 a.m. Central on March 17, 2022. The homepage article:modified_time tag is 2026-04-03T00:02:14+00:00, which is 7:02 p.m. Central on April 2, 2026. The homepage still does not print the dancer.

The release is "Bourbon Orleans Hotel and Gray Line Tours Launch the First Annual Paranormal Festival “Ghost Camp.”" The visible line says "Aug 12, 2013, 07:00 ET," which is 6:00 a.m. Central the same morning. Mark Wilson "carefully declines to promise any ghostly sightings," and "he does suggest that “with sufficient encouragements, guests have seen all kinds of things here in the heart of the Quarter, between Saint Louis Cathedral and Bourbon Street. We describe it as being between Heaven and Hell.”" Saint Louis is the release's spelling. A sentence above the quote already says, "With sufficient encouragements, guests have seen all kinds of things here in the heart of the Quarter," before Wilson is named. The release then offers a ballroom dancing girl in the "Orleans “Quadroon” Ballroom" and "a confederate soldier." Confederate is capitalized in the history page's "Confederate Soldier" and lowercased in the release. Ghost Camp "begins Thursday, September 12, 2013." Registration is "$500 per person." Rooms "starting at $179 per night" are for that camp. Those prices are the 2013 release. The 2026 pages I saved do not print $179 or $500. The release also says the sister property, the Dauphine Orleans, has a "Lost Bride" named Millie at May Baily's Place. I did not open a 2026 Dauphine page. Millie is not a section here. Wilson's quote is about the Bourbon Orleans. The history page does not print Wilson's name.

Visit: 717 Orleans St., New Orleans, LA 70116, the footer line. The FAQ's Canal Street and Napoleon Avenue lines are not this address. (855) 771-5214. One site target is tel:+1(855) 771-5214. The schema telephone is +1-504-523-2222, and the 2013 release prints (504) 523-2222 beside Wilson. The FAQ also prints (504) 571-4605 for group sales, as 504.571.4605. bourbonorleans.com. FAQ and amenities, checked in October 2026: check-in 4:00 p.m., check-out 12:00 p.m., early check-in $50 on the FAQ. Front desk: 24 hours on the amenities page. Pool: Monday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Bar opening hour: 4 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. are both printed. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. Roux dinner is Thursday through Saturday. Touchdown Jesus includes Sunday. Wilson's "all kinds of things" is the August 12, 2013 release, 6:00 a.m. Central. The dancer, the soldier, and the girl with the ball are the history page, modified October 10, 2024. The homepage does not print them. 5.5 feet and 15.5 feet are both on the site.

The Myrtles, St. Francisville

The Myrtles will walk you through the main house, and it will rent you a room. The homepage, read in October 2026, calls the place “One of Americas Most Haunted Homes.” Americas has no apostrophe. Drew Cantwell, the general manager, told WBRZ on October 24, 2024, that doors open and lights turn on and off. He told WBRZ again on October 20, 2025, that overnight guests meet a "ghostly encounter." The tours page does not print the name Chloe.

The footer prints "The Myrtles 7747 U.S. Highway 61 P.O. Box 1100 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 (225) 635-6277." The street and the post-office box are both on that line. I did not save a tel: href. The homepage HTML that downloaded has the printed number and no tel: link. The visit line below uses the printed digits with an ordinary +1 link. A Commons description for the house says "U.S. Route 61." Highway and Route are the two forms. The number 7747 is the site's. The photo description does not print 7747.

The homepage says the property "is open seven days a week and offers guided tours and self-guided through the downstairs six rooms of the main home." "Self-guided through" is the sentence. It does not print the word tours in that spot. Evening mystery tours are "seven nights a week." Private mystery tours are "Sunday – Thursday." The tours page adds that private evening tours are "Sunday to Thursday at 8:00 pm," and that evening mystery tours have "multiple tour times on weekends." The weekend clocks are not printed. The 8:00 p.m. line is the private tour. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the seven-day line includes it and the private-tour line includes it. A day-tour clock is not on the pages that opened. "To check-in for a tour," the tours page says, "visit us in our gift shop located next to the main house." The homepage says accommodations "range from six historical rooms and suites inside the main home, modern and traditional hotel-like garden rooms, cozy cabins." Six in the main home, plus garden rooms, plus cabins. A check-in clock for a room is not on the pages that opened. Elta Coffee is in the gift shop, with "snacks, and light lunches throughout the day." Throughout the day is not a clock.

Cantwell's 2024 story is "One Tank Trips: The Myrtles Plantation." The byline is Falon Brown and Joel Bruce. The visible line says "Thursday, October 24 2024" and "October 24, 2024 4:50 PM." The 4:50 line does not print a time zone. A Last-Modified meta tag on the download reads "2026-10-04 14:49:13," the day this page was fetched. I am not using that tag as the story date. Cantwell, "General Manager of The Myrtles Plantation," said, "It’s something new every day when you hear a guest talk about maybe what their experience was and maybe what they heard in the middle of the night but we definitely have a few that frequent themselves quite often throughout the grounds." Then: "Doors opening, hearing things throughout the evening, lights turning on and off, things that we can’t explain which makes it a unique experience and fun for all." "We can’t explain" is Cantwell's. The story says the Myrtles offers history tours in the afternoon and mystery tours in the evening, and "you can stay overnight in one of the 21 rooms on the property." Twenty-one is that story. The 2026 homepage does not print 21. It prints six historical rooms in the main home, plus garden rooms and cabins. The story says, "While our crew was filming in the General Bradford Suite, our camera focused on a pair of eyes that we couldn’t see." That sentence is the station's. Cantwell is not the speaker of it. The story then summarizes what "our crew learned," including General David Bradford, a home "called Laurel Grove," Judge Clark Wooddruff, and "an enslaved woman named Chloe." "Legend has it that Chloe was caught eavesdropping" and poisoned a cake. "It is said that the mirror in the foyer downstairs is possessed." "According to Myrtle's employees, there are at least 13 documented deaths that occurred here." Myrtle's, with the apostrophe, is the story's. The employees are not named. I did not open a death record. William Winter, "shot by an unknown man" in 1871 and dying "on the 17th step," is in that same crew summary. The tours page, read in October 2026, does not print Chloe, the mirror, 13 deaths, or William Winter. It says the evening tours "focus on our folklore and ghostly encounters" and it puts "haunted" in quotation marks.

The 2025 story is "2 Your Town St. Francisville: Myrtles Plantation Home is one of the most haunted houses in America." The byline is Abigail Whitam. The visible line says "Monday, October 20 2025" and "October 20, 2025 5:57 AM." The 5:57 line does not print a time zone. Whitam writes, "Named the seventh most haunted house in America by National Geographic." I did not open a National Geographic page. The sentence is Whitam's. Cantwell said, "We've got a long-standing reputation for being a ghostly encounter for our overnight guests who stay here on the property." "Being a ghostly encounter" is the sentence as printed. Whitam writes that daily tours include "six historic rooms, including the French Room, the Ladies' and Men's Parlors." Mary Glenn Miller, "Director of Sales and Marketing," talks about Restaurant 1796, "which opened in 2018," and a wood-fire hearth. Miller's quote is about the food. It is not a ghost quote. Cantwell's 2024 doors and lights, and Cantwell's 2025 "ghostly encounter," are the same job title and not the same sentence.

Visit: 7747 U.S. Highway 61, St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775. The footer also prints P.O. Box 1100. (225) 635-6277. The homepage download has no tel: link. themyrtles.com. Tours, checked in October 2026: the property is open seven days. Private mystery tours Sunday through Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Weekend evening clocks are not printed. No room check-in clock on the pages that opened. Tour check-in is the gift shop. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the seven-day line and the 8:00 p.m. private-tour line both include it. Cantwell's doors and lights are WBRZ, October 24, 2024, 4:50 p.m. on the visible line. His "ghostly encounter" line is WBRZ, October 20, 2025, 5:57 a.m. on the visible line. Chloe, the 13 deaths, and the 17th step are the 2024 crew summary, not the tours page, and not a sentence Cantwell is quoted as saying. Twenty-one rooms are that 2024 story. Six historical rooms in the main home are the 2026 homepage.

Louisiana's Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge

Louisiana's Old State Capitol will let you into the museum, and it will sell a short show it calls the resident ghost. The visit page, read in October 2026, prints "Free Admissions." The show page prints "$2 per person" and the sentence "They have known for years that the castle was haunted. We're not joking." Mary Durusau, the director, told WBRZ on October 22, 2018, that motion detectors go off with no explanation. In the same interview she said Pierre Couvillion did not die in the building.

The getting-here line prints "Louisiana's Old State Capitol Museum 100 North Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70801." The location block on the visit page and on the show page prints "100 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70801." Blvd. and Boulevard are both on the site. The phone on both pages is "(225) 342-0500." I did not save a tel: href. The HTML that downloaded has the printed number and no tel: link. The visit line below uses the printed digits with an ordinary +1 link. The og:site_name on the visit page is "Louisiana’s Old State Captiol." Captiol is the spelling in that tag. The visible name is Capitol.

Museum hours on the visit page and on the show page match: Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., closed Monday. The HTML writes those hours with hair spaces around the dash, as in 10am – 4pm. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the Sunday line is 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday is the closed day. The show is "$2 per person" on top of the free museum admission. The show page calls it "roughly 12-minute." The og:description says "A 12 minute, one-of-a-kind 4D immersive theatrical presentation." A [225] story dated March 29, 2014, says "A 13-minute film." Roughly 12, 12, and 13 are three lengths. The show page says visitors "come face to face with the ghost of Sarah Morgan, an authentic Civil War-era figure who loved the castle from the day it was built, and wrote passionately about it in her published book, Sarah Morgan: The Civil War Diary of a Southern Woman." I did not open the diary. The title is the page's. The heading above the price is "Meet Sarah: The Capitol’s Resident Ghost."

Durusau's story is "Tales of paranormal activity surrounding the Old State Capitol." The byline is WBRZ Staff. The visible line says "Monday, October 22 2018" and "October 22, 2018 5:00 AM." The 5:00 line does not print a time zone. A Last-Modified meta tag on the download reads "2026-10-04 14:49:43," the day this page was fetched. I am not using that tag as the story date. Durusau said, "We get it all the time. It's the first question we get from school kids when they enter the building. Is the building haunted." She said, "We've had security guards see motion detectors go off with no explanation, who have heard sounds, occasionally you hear a door slam." On Pierre Couvillion she said people "smell cigar smoke" and "they've heard footsteps in the chambers," and then the story says "the story is false." Durusau said, "The truth of the matter is Pierre might not have wanted to leave the Legislature, but he did not die here, as people have thought. He died at home in his bed in Avoyelles Parish." On Governor Henry Allen she said, "Governor Allen's been very quiet, and bless his heart he's been moved so many times he's probably happy to be in one spot." Quiet, in that sentence, is Durusau's word. It is not a finding that a spirit has been proved. The story says the Old State Capitol was "hosting the 3rd annual Spirits of Louisiana event this Thursday." This Thursday, in a story dated October 22, 2018, is not a 2026 date. The show page's navigation still has a Spirits of Louisiana link. I did not open that 2026 event page. Sarah Morgan's name is not in the Durusau quotes I saved from this story.

David Jacobs's State Affairs piece is bylined "Nov 01, 2024." I did not save an article:published_time tag. Jacobs repeats Durusau's Couvillion correction and her line about Allen being quiet, and he points those sentences to WBRZ. He also writes that witnesses "have described seeing her apparition gliding through the hallways" and "soft sobs," about Sarah Morgan. The witnesses are not named. Durusau is not the speaker of that Sarah sentence in the text I saved. The [225] story, "That’s the spirit," is dated March 29, 2014. The byline slot is blank, "By -." It says Sarah Morgan Dawson "allegedly haunts the Old State Capitol" and that the film "debuted in 2010." Allegedly is that page's word. The byline does not name a reporter.

Visit: 100 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70801, the location block. The getting-here line prints 100 North Blvd. (225) 342-0500. The downloaded HTML has no tel: link. louisianaoldstatecapitol.org. Hours, checked in October 2026: Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., closed Monday. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the door on that line is 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission is free. The Sarah Morgan show is $2. The page says roughly 12 minutes. The 2014 [225] piece says 13. Durusau's motion detectors, the slamming door, and the Couvillion correction are WBRZ, October 22, 2018, 5:00 a.m. on the visible line. Her Allen line is that story. The "we're not joking" sentence and the resident-ghost heading are the show page. Jacobs's unnamed Sarah witnesses are November 1, 2024. The og:site_name spells Captiol.

The Strand Theatre, Shreveport

The Strand Theatre will sell you a ticket on Louisiana Avenue. Jenifer Hill, the executive director, told Harriet Prothro Penrod, in a Journal story dated February 16, 2023, that Jim Montgomery's portrait was on the floor twelve feet from the wall and that she talked to it. A visitor-bureau post dated April 14, 2020, has Hill telling a shorter version of that portrait, with different words. The box-office hours on the tickets page and the box-office hours on a 2026 rental sheet do not match.

The header on the contact page and the tickets page prints "619 LOUISIANA AVE, SHREVEPORT, LA 71101" and "P: 318-226-1481" and "BOX OFFICE: 318-226-8555." Those header lines are (318) 226-1481 and (318) 226-8555. The contact address block prints "619 Louisiana Avenue P.O. Box 1547 Shreveport, LA 71165-1547" and "Admin: (318) 226-1481" and "Box Office: (318) 226-8555." 71101 and 71165-1547 are both on the contact page. Ave and Avenue are both on the site. A rental sheet at a path dated January 2026 prints "619 Louisiana Avenue," "P. O. Box 1547," "Shreveport, LA 71165-1547," the same two phones, and a fax, "(318) 424-5434." The contact page I opened does not print the fax. The visit line below uses the box-office number with an ordinary +1 link. The admin number is printed, so it is linked where it appears, and it is not the box-office number. A direct download of the tickets page and the contact page returned a "One moment, please" spinner and did not return the article. The sentences used here are the fetch that opened, plus the rental PDF that opened.

The tickets page says the box office "is located at 619 Louisiana Ave and open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 PM – 4 PM and 2 hours before performance time on weekend show days." The rental sheet says, "Box office hours are 10 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday (except holidays), and two hours before curtain time on performance days other than weekdays." Tuesday and Thursday, noon to 4 p.m., and Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., are not the same schedule. Both pages add a two-hour window before a show. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. Neither page prints a standing Sunday hour. Sunday is inside the window only if there is a performance, and I did not open that Sunday's schedule. The rental sheet says rental calls go to "318-226-1481, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM." That number is (318) 226-1481. That 9-to-5 line is the admin phone. It is not the box-office clock. The tickets page prints a "$6.00 handling fee per ticket" and a "$4.00 handling fee" to exchange tickets. The rental sheet prints a "$2.00 Historic Preservation Fee" inside the ticket price and a "$6.00 handling charge per ticket." The $2 fee is on the rental sheet and not in the tickets-page list I saved. The $4 exchange fee is on the tickets page and not on the rental sheet. A commercial rental "Without ticket sales" prints "$4.025.00." That is the figure as printed. The sheet still lists "Jenifer Hill, Executive Director" and "Brandy Bell, General Manager."

Penrod's story is "Jenifer Hill has seen it all at The Strand Theatre." The byline is Harriet Prothro Penrod. The article:published_time tag is 2023-02-16T09:30:28+00:00, which is 3:30 a.m. Central on February 16, 2023. The article:modified_time tag is 2026-04-04T20:03:30+00:00, which is 3:03 p.m. Central on April 4, 2026. The visible page shows both dates. Penrod says the theater "opened in 1925 at the corner of Louisiana Avenue and Crockett Street" and calls it "the official theater of our state." She spells it theater. The bureau post spells it theatre and says "Official State Theatre of Louisiana." Penrod writes that Hill took over as executive director in 2014, and she calls it a "1,536-seat theater." The 1,536 figure is Penrod's. Hill said, "I walk through that building in the dark all the time. I'm often the first one there and I never had anything so much as raise the hair on the back on my neck." "On the back on my neck" is the sentence. Then an early Saturday, alone, she "saw someone all in black walk on the stage." She "figured it was a trick of the light." Two weeks after the pandemic shutdown she found the Founders' Room portraits. "The building is made of plaster and steel," she says. "It doesn't move, it doesn't rattle in the wind, it doesn't rattle when the train goes by." Montgomery's portrait was "face down on the floor, 12 feet from the wall." She said she picked him up, hung him back on the wall, and they had a discussion. She said, "Jim, I've got this. It's gonna be okay," and that she did not know what was coming, "but I'm here for the duration. After that, we got a ghost light and put in on the stage." "Put in on" is the sentence. Twelve feet, the figure in black, and the ghost light are this 2023 interview. The portrait and the figure in black are two mornings in her telling, not one.

The bureau post is "Does Downtown Shreveport Have a New Haunting?" The byline is Visit Shreveport-Bossier, April 14, 2020. It calls Hill the executive director and says the portrait "just won’t stay put." Hill "said in the video message," "I found that portrait in the middle of the floor, it had ‘jumped’ from its place of honor." Jumped is inside quotes in that post. "Jim, we’re doing everything we can to get your beloved theatre’s lights back on again." Middle of the floor, and jumped, are the 2020 video. Twelve feet from the wall, and "I've got this," are the 2023 interview. The 2020 post says the theater "is currently closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic." That closure is the 2020 post. It is not a 2026 calendar. The January 2026 rental sheet still prints Hill as executive director and still prints box-office hours, which is a later page than the closure sentence.

Visit: 619 Louisiana Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71101, the header line. The contact block and the rental sheet print P.O. Box 1547, Shreveport, LA 71165-1547. (318) 226-8555 for the box office. The admin number is (318) 226-1481. The rental sheet also prints (318) 424-5434 for the fax. thestrandtheatre.com. Tickets page, checked in October 2026: box office Tuesday and Thursday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., and two hours before a weekend show. Rental sheet, path dated January 2026: box office Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., except holidays, and two hours before curtain on a non-weekday performance day. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. Neither page prints a standing Sunday hour. I did not open that Sunday's show list. Hill's portrait, twelve feet from the wall, is Penrod, Shreveport-Bossier Journal, February 16, 2023, 3:30 a.m. Central on the published tag, modified April 4, 2026. The "jumped" wording is Visit Shreveport-Bossier, April 14, 2020. The direct download of the theater pages returned a spinner. The fetch is what opened.

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Start with the door that matches the week you are actually having. Hotel Monteleone is (504) 523-3341, at 214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. The site link is tel:5045233341. The FAQ also prints (504) 681-4427, with an en dash, for transportation. Check-in is 4:00 p.m. Check-out is 12:00 p.m. The reservations office is daily, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Overnight in-room dining is Tuesday through Saturday. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so that overnight line does not include it. The Carousel Bar does not require a stay, and the FAQ both refuses reservations and says advance reservations apply for the 10 a.m. guest entry. The public bar clock is not printed. Wheelchair access is the Bienville Street entrance. The address is Royal Street. The homepage prints SPA & WELLNESSS. The story page prints Moneleone. Paulsen's striped-shirt boy, the closed door, and the 14th floor that is "actually the 13th" are Erin Z. Bass, Deep South Magazine, October 3, 2010. The direct download of that story was a captcha. Maurice Begere, March 2003, and a boy who died in the hotel are the hotel's story page. Jacques thrown from a buggy is Bass. The hotel page does not print the buggy. The homepage does not print a ghost.

The Bourbon Orleans is (855) 771-5214, at 717 Orleans St., New Orleans, LA 70116. One site target is tel:+1(855) 771-5214, parentheses included. The schema telephone is +1-504-523-2222. The 2013 release prints (504) 523-2222 beside Mark Wilson. Group sales on the FAQ is (504) 571-4605, printed there as 504.571.4605. Check-in is 4:00 p.m. Check-out is 12:00 p.m. Early check-in is $50 on the FAQ. The front desk line is 24 hours. The pool is Monday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. The bar opens at 4 p.m. on one line and at 1:00 p.m. on the next. October 4 is a Sunday. Roux dinner is Thursday through Saturday. Touchdown Jesus includes Sunday. Oversized valet is 5.5 feet on the FAQ and 15.5 feet on the amenities page. The pet fee is one-time for two dogs on the FAQ, and per pet per stay on the amenities page. The FAQ also prints Canal Street and Napoleon Avenue lines that are not 717. Wilson's "all kinds of things," and his refusal to promise a sighting, are the August 12, 2013 release, 7:00 ET, 6:00 a.m. Central. The dancer, "The Man," and the girl with the ball are the history page, modified October 10, 2024, 3:15 p.m. Central. Smany is that page. I did not open the USA Today 10Best list. The homepage does not print a ghost. Ghost Camp's $500 and $179 are 2013.

The Myrtles is (225) 635-6277, at 7747 U.S. Highway 61, St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775. The footer also prints P.O. Box 1100. The homepage download has no tel: link. The photo description says U.S. Route 61. The property is open seven days. Private mystery tours are Sunday through Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Weekend evening clocks are not printed. No room check-in clock was on the pages that opened. Tour check-in is the gift shop. October 4 is a Sunday, so the open line and the 8:00 p.m. private line both include it. "Americas" has no apostrophe. "Self-guided through" is missing a noun. Cantwell's doors, lights, and "we can't explain" are Falon Brown and Joel Bruce, WBRZ, October 24, 2024, 4:50 p.m. on the visible line. His "ghostly encounter" sentence is Abigail Whitam, WBRZ, October 20, 2025, 5:57 a.m. on the visible line. Twenty-one rooms are the 2024 story. Six historical rooms in the main home, plus garden rooms and cabins, are the 2026 homepage. Chloe, 13 deaths, and the 17th step are the 2024 crew summary. The tours page does not print them. National Geographic's "seventh" is Whitam's sentence. I did not open National Geographic. The Last-Modified tags on the WBRZ downloads read October 4, 2026, the fetch day. They are not the story dates.

The Old State Capitol is (225) 342-0500, at 100 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70801. The getting-here line prints 100 North Blvd. The downloaded HTML has no tel: link. Hours are Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., closed Monday, with hair spaces around the dash in the HTML. October 4 is a Sunday, so the printed window is 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. The Sarah show is $2 and "roughly 12-minute" on the show page, "12 minute" in the og:description, and 13 minutes in the [225] piece of March 29, 2014, whose byline is blank. The og:site_name spells Captiol. Durusau's motion detectors, the door slam, the Couvillion correction, and Allen being "very quiet" are WBRZ Staff, October 22, 2018, 5:00 a.m. on the visible line. "This Thursday" for Spirits of Louisiana is that 2018 story. I did not open a 2026 event page. "We're not joking" and the resident-ghost heading are the show page. Jacobs's unnamed witnesses for Sarah are November 1, 2024. Durusau's saved quotes do not name Sarah.

The Strand is (318) 226-8555 at the box office, and (318) 226-1481 for admin, at 619 Louisiana Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71101. The contact block and the rental sheet print P.O. Box 1547, Shreveport, LA 71165-1547. The rental sheet also prints fax (318) 424-5434. The tickets page says Tuesday and Thursday, noon to 4 p.m., plus two hours before a weekend show. The January 2026 rental sheet says Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., except holidays, plus two hours before curtain on a non-weekday performance day. Admin calls on that sheet are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. October 4 is a Sunday. Neither box-office line prints a standing Sunday hour. I did not open that Sunday's schedule. The $6 handling fee is on both pages. The $4 exchange fee is on the tickets page. The $2 preservation fee is on the rental sheet. "$4.025.00" is the rental sheet's figure. Hill's twelve feet, the figure in black, and the ghost light are Penrod, February 16, 2023, 3:30 a.m. Central on the published tag, modified April 4, 2026, at 3:03 p.m. Central. "I've got this" is that interview. "Jumped" and "middle of the floor" are Visit Shreveport-Bossier, April 14, 2020. The 2020 post says the building was closed for COVID. The 2026 rental sheet still lists Hill as executive director. The direct download of the theater site returned a spinner. Penrod says "official theater." The bureau says "Official State Theatre."

If a guide adds a ghost this research did not find on the venue's site or in the news pieces cited below, enjoy it as a story and leave it there.

These five doors are not in one town. Compact binoculars and a Louisiana road atlas are the practical extras if you are driving between them.