Ghosts of Oak Alley Plantation...

Imprint on time, vivid imagination, or do ghosts really haunt our nation’s antebellum mansions?

Take Oak Alley for instance, the very mansion that graces the cover of “Spirit of the Rebellion.” According to witnesses, this plantation home, facing the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana, is a place where supernatural events are commonplace.

The list is endless. Lights turn off and on, and rocking chairs rock by themselves. Unseen hands touch guests and employees alike. Some have heard the mournful sounds of either a woman or a child weeping. A lady in black paces the length of the widow’s walk, and at times, meanders beneath the shade of the mighty oak trees. A man dressed in gray, wearing boots, haunts the kitchen. Many have heard the distinctive clip-clop of horses alongside the sound of approaching wooden wheels. Yet, the phantom carriage never arrives. The pleasant odor of lavender permeates the room that once belonged to the lady of the house. Shadows lurk in the corners. And did I mention the candlestick that flew across the room during a tour?

Speaking of tours, one guest reported visions of a violent encounter between two men of the house and a Confederate soldier. She said the men pushed the soldier over the second story balcony and then dragged his lifeless body over to the river and tossed it in. Then there's the famous photograph taken by a guest while touring the mansion. He took a picture inside the master bedroom, which later revealed a young woman with waist-length, brunette hair, gazing out a set of French doors. Now for those skeptics who point to the dressmaker’s mannequin inside the room as the subject of the shot, please keep in mind, the mannequin is headless...

So tell me, do you believe in ghosts???

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for the Haunted Garden Halloween Hop...

Tossed them into our Witches hat...

Stirred gently...

Once again a small little hand reaches in, and pulls out...

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