French Quarter Historic District · Tremé
French Quarter Phantoms describes itself as locally owned and operated, established in 2006. Its guides, whom the operator calls Master Storytellers, are licensed by the City of New Orleans. The company's flagship Ghost + Vampire Tour has been voted New Orleans' #1 Haunted Tour for multiple years running by the operator's own account and holds a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence and Hall of Fame recognition; the operator's site also states it has appeared on A&E, the Travel Channel, Sci-Fi, the Discovery Channel, BBC World, the History Channel, and in Southern Living Magazine, and that it was featured on the podcast "Last Podcast on the Left."
The company runs its box office out of the Voodoo Lounge at 718 North Rampart Street, at the corner of Orleans and Rampart Streets, where the flagship Ghost + Vampire Tour also meets nightly at 6 PM and 8 PM. Beyond that flagship tour, the operator sells five additional walking tours: an adults-only smaller-group upgrade of the Ghost + Vampire route, a Garden District Home and History Tour, an adults-only "raunchy" French Quarter history tour, a Tremé neighborhood tour, and a French Quarter History / Voodoo Tour.
Sources
- https://www.frenchquarterphantoms.com/
- https://www.frenchquarterphantoms.com/ghost-and-vampire-tour
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsVampire Legends
The Ghost + Vampire Tour's own route description centers the LaLaurie Mansion, which the operator's site connects to Madame Delphine LaLaurie, describing it as the most haunted place in New Orleans. That history involves documented violence against enslaved people in the LaLaurie household; it is referenced here only in the terms the operator uses on its own tour page, without invented detail. The remainder of the route mixes vampire lore associated with the French Quarter's history with reported hauntings at stops including Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, one of the Quarter's oldest surviving buildings, plus Gallier House and Verdi Marte, both named on the operator's own points-of-interest list without further detail on the specific claims attached to them.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, describing what the tour covers rather than an independently verified account of any location's history.
Media Appearances
- A&E
- The Travel Channel
- Sci-Fi
- The Discovery Channel
- BBC World
- The History Channel
- Southern Living Magazine
- Last Podcast on the Left
