The Legend of St.Louis Cemetery #1
The legend of St Louis Cemetery No. 1 is one of the best-known tales of New Orleans haunting. In 1764, New Orleans was ceded to Spain. The French who lived in New Orleans tried in vain to reverse the decision. When attempts failed, a rebellion against Spanish rule broke out, led by six French men. The five principal leaders of the rebellion were eventually caught and killed by a Spanish firing squad. The sixth member also died later of bayonet wounds. After all the men were dead, Don Alejandro O'Reilly, an Irishman fighting for Spain and commander of the Spanish fleet, ordered that the men not be buried. He ordered that the corpses be left out in the open to rot.


Legend has it that late one night, Pere Dagobert, beloved priest of the New Orleans colony and friend of the slain men, went to the homes of the men and told their families to come to the church. Upon arriving, the families found that the men's bodies had somehow been brought to the cathedral. After a mass was held by Father Dagobert, the men were all buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. No one knew, or was willing to tell, just how the priest managed this feat. However, there have been reports that the voice of Father Dagobert can be heard clearly singing in the early morning in the cemetery as he keeps the watch over the bodies of the men.

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