Ghost Tour Junkies

  Wright Square Wright Square is supposedly haunted by the ghost of Alice Riley. Alice Riley was an indentured servant who arrived in America in December 1733. She was sent to work for William Wise, along with her husband, Richard White. Mr. Wise was a horrible man to work for, and each day he ordered the two servants to bathe and groom him. In March 1734 Richard and Alice had all they could take. While grooming Mr. Wise that day, they held his head in a bucket of water until he drowned. They fled the house, but were eventually caught while hiding on the Isle of Hope.  T hey were both sentenced to death, however when they discovered Alice was pregnant, they waited until she gave birth to hang her. They hung her in Wright Square and left her body there for three days. This was January 19th 1735. L ocals say that on this night, and for three days after, you can hear Alice weeping when the wind blows through the trees. It is said that Spanish Moss will not grow in places where in...

  We ended the evening with a 2 hour Haunted Houses of the French Quarter tour.  Sbisa's Cafe We started the tour with a building that is currently Sbisa’s Café.   Originally constructed in 1820, the building housed a ship’s chandler on the lower floors with the family residing on the upper floors. As time passed, the business broadened to address seafarers’ other “essential” needs such as a bar, a bank where sailors could stash their wages, and an upstairs brothel.   We heard the story of Mary who was a working woman who  became pregnant.  When she discovered she was pregnant she wanted to leave and offer her child a better life.  Since the the owner allowed these women "free room and board" they needed to pay him back for the time she lived there.  When Mary asked her boss he said to buy her way out she would need to pay $1000 and an additional $500 for her child.   Mary saved for 3 years and was finally able to pay the $1500.  When sh...