Myrtles Plantation - Evening Excursion

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  Join the Old River Road Plantation Adventure in New Orleans on a dark  journey through  swamp and wetlands for a scheduled  dinner and an after dark guided tour of the antebellum mansion paranormal experts consider 'the' most haunted  in North America, the Myrtles plantation, in St Francisville La,!! 

    The journey begins on an interstate highway over the LaBranche wetlands,   over two lakes, the historic Bonne Carre spillway and the outer edges of Manchac, the haunted swamp. It can really get eerie when the fog creeps out of the swamp toward the highway and your vechicle. Driving time to the Myrtles is a little less than two hours. But the scenery is at times amazing.

 On arrival, enjoy a complimentry salad or a cup of delicious Louisiana gumbo at a restaurant on the plantation grounds. Not hungry, have an alcoholic beverage instead, on us. Menus will be provided for any continued dining pleasure, at guest's expense. Prices are moderate and the food is delicious. Bring a few bucks extra because there is an interesting gift shop housed in the old slave quarters.

  Be sure to photograph the plantation grounds where spectacular images are often captured by camera.. This includes Civil War soldiers marching in formation and the amazing image at the bottom of the page taken by a guest, Adam, on our 2nd tour on his cellphone camera. Many locals swear the general area around St Francisville is haunted and the Myrtles plantation is near the nexus.

 Touring the lower mansion after dark is the main event. The Myrtle's History Mystery tour centers on the  causes of the haunting and a recount of many of the strange happenings at the plantation over the last two centuries. The tour lasts about an  hour and features some expanded images of spirits captured by film.

  After the mansion tour, take a few more pictures on the plantation grounds. Please be careful as visibility can at times be limited after dark.

   We return to New Orleans and arrive in the city after 10:30 pm

   Dining at the Myrtles is at your own expense but we start you off with a cup of delicious gumbo. The restaurant is moderately priced and the food is excellent. If you choose not to dine, outdoor photography is allowed on the plantation grounds and the gift shop is in the old slave quarters.

   The tour runs on Friday and Saturday nights, but is also available for groups of 8 or more on weeknights. Call for availability or information.

   Hotel pick up begins around 3pm. The tour returns to New Orleans after 1030 PM.  

   ticket price  $110.00 PER PERSON

INVITATION

The Myrtles Plantation, circa 1796, invites you to step into the past and experience the antebellum spender of this 213 year old National Register home built by General David Bradford, known also as "Whiskey Dave". You will view fine antiques and architectural treasures of the South, and discover why they call  the Myrtles one of "America's Most Haunted Homes.''

". The Myrtles has been featured in New York Times, Forbes, Gourmet, Veranda, Travel and Leisure, Country Inns, Colonial Homes, Delta SKY and on the Oprah Show, A & E, the History Channel, The Travel Channel, The Learning Channel, National Geographic Explorer, and GOOD MORNING AMERICA. It was also featured in The Haunting of Louisiana.

Tour operators notes:

   Please be warned. This is not a halloween haunted house. Nothing is staged. In our opinion, the Myrtles is actually haunted It took only two tours of this dark forboding antebellum mansion for us to realize there is definitely something  going on. A young guest on that 2nd tour walked out of the mansion and captured this amazing image on his cellphone camera.(see below) Some think  they can make out images of people who were not there when he took the shot. When we informed the Myrtles management, they were not impressed. "You guys don't even look surprised. Does stuff like this happen every day?"  Their response was "No, but it happens every other day." If you look closely at the woman's face in the image nearest the camera, she's looking directly at the photographer. This isn't a snapshot of light images from the past. These phantoms are aware of you. We don't know if we're welcome or not.

 Incidently, the young man still has the image on his cellphone for doubters

Photo taken on a recent visit to Myrtles Plantation by one of our guest

Many faces seem to appear in this errie image taken by Bob Tourist on a recent Old River Road Tour to Myrtles Plantation.

Most obvious is what appears to be a woman standing to the left with a white blouse and dark long skirt pointing to the upper right and what appears to be a man to the right with a pole or rifle in hand.

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This one face totally floored us.

At the top of the image (around the window) appears to be a line of people...

Some close ups reveal even more interesting things. The more we looked the more we found. Totally creepy.. and no, there was no photoshop done to this photo.