How could there NOT be stories of spirts and hauntings at a historical southern plantation? This week, Hannah tells Katy about this staple in Louisiana lore that is home to disembodied voices, children in mirrors, and Chloe, the restless spirit of a former slave who took justice into her own hands and was met by a similar fate. Also, find out how Alexander Hamilton accidentally had a hand in setting it all in motion!
Pour a strong one, and get ready hear some depressing (but spooky) American history!
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. New York :Penguin Books, 2005.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/myrtles-plantation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bradford_(lawyer)
https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/life/luxury-living/2018/10/25/myrtles-plantation-louisiana-222-year-old-haunted-mansion-ghost-stories/1515823002/
https://www.myrtlesplantation.com/history-and-hauntings/the-legend-of-chloe
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089829/
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4316&context=gradschool_dissertations
Vaughn, Holley Ann, "A critical ethnography of The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana with ruminations on hauntology" (2012). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3317. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3317
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