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Haunted French Quarter Hotels
160 pages, Paperback
Published August 5, 2025
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September 14, 2025
Quick Summary:
Are you looking for a fun, eerie book for this spooky season? Look no further than Haunted French Quarter Hotels. This book is a paranormal and historical read about ghostly happenings in New Orleans, Louisiana. America is full of cool history and stories. But New Orleans? That’s where history comes to life because of the ghosts. Don’t believe in them? I dare you to stay several nights at any of these hotels!
The Review:
Haunted French Quarter Hotels has a little something for everyone! It has paranormal hauntings and historical stories of ownership and culture! It indulges in music history, landmarks, and architecture. Most importantly it includes eyewitness accounts of ghostly encounters which all combines into a unique and fascinating type of read.
I read each chapter with enthusiasm and excitement. I would start by of course googling the place and checking out the outside of the building, rooms, courtyards, and lobby. After investigation, I looked at the pictures of the chapter and read the captions. I LOVE A BOOK WITH PICTURES! It confirmed what I had investigated on my own and made me want to read the chapter more. I indulged in the reading after that, and hung on almost every word, not wanting to miss anything!
My two favorite chapters were the Clean Beds, Dread, and Bloodshed and Bidding Adieu to Little Boy Blue. I am a huge fan of American Horror Story: Coven since it came out. It is probably my favorite season of AHS. When I saw the picture at the end of Clean Beds, I became excited because I wanted to know more about the Axeman since he was so elusive. When I finished that chapter, I realized I was left with quite a few new questions, while some of my old ones were answered. In Bidding Adieu, the picture on page 109 with the chef and the apparition of the little girl was stunning. I stared at that picture for quite some time trying to debunk it. However, I could not with the information given and no actual picture. She is kind of transparent as you can still see what is behind her. She is in period clothing. I don’t know anything of the source that had taken the photo. There is a bit of skepticism, but man is it so cool.
The chapter that tore my soul out of my heart was Shadows of Suffering. The practice of slavery and the dehumanization of blacks is gut wrenching. I sometimes think of when teaching middle school, I couldn’t go into the depths of how gruesome slavery really was without feeling like I might break my kids. I feel like slavery was glazed over when I was in school and it was something that happened in the past and that’s where it stays. However, it’s not. To really understand American History, we must understand how whites treated Blacks and Black slaves. Blacks and African Americans were tortured, murdered, raped, and had their families torn apart. Some of this history is in this chapter. Even people like the Quakers who believed that Blacks should be free, could not understand the pain that the white community inflicted on a race of people. Because of this treatment in the past, there are racial tensions in America today.
This book was well written, researched, and quite a great read for this spooky season! I will give it a 5/5. Now I just need to go and purchase the author’s other books!
IN CONCLUSION, READ THE FRACKING BOOK!
I was provided an advance copy of this book by the Arcadia Publishing. All opinions in this review are my own.
Are you looking for a fun, eerie book for this spooky season? Look no further than Haunted French Quarter Hotels. This book is a paranormal and historical read about ghostly happenings in New Orleans, Louisiana. America is full of cool history and stories. But New Orleans? That’s where history comes to life because of the ghosts. Don’t believe in them? I dare you to stay several nights at any of these hotels!
The Review:
Haunted French Quarter Hotels has a little something for everyone! It has paranormal hauntings and historical stories of ownership and culture! It indulges in music history, landmarks, and architecture. Most importantly it includes eyewitness accounts of ghostly encounters which all combines into a unique and fascinating type of read.
I read each chapter with enthusiasm and excitement. I would start by of course googling the place and checking out the outside of the building, rooms, courtyards, and lobby. After investigation, I looked at the pictures of the chapter and read the captions. I LOVE A BOOK WITH PICTURES! It confirmed what I had investigated on my own and made me want to read the chapter more. I indulged in the reading after that, and hung on almost every word, not wanting to miss anything!
My two favorite chapters were the Clean Beds, Dread, and Bloodshed and Bidding Adieu to Little Boy Blue. I am a huge fan of American Horror Story: Coven since it came out. It is probably my favorite season of AHS. When I saw the picture at the end of Clean Beds, I became excited because I wanted to know more about the Axeman since he was so elusive. When I finished that chapter, I realized I was left with quite a few new questions, while some of my old ones were answered. In Bidding Adieu, the picture on page 109 with the chef and the apparition of the little girl was stunning. I stared at that picture for quite some time trying to debunk it. However, I could not with the information given and no actual picture. She is kind of transparent as you can still see what is behind her. She is in period clothing. I don’t know anything of the source that had taken the photo. There is a bit of skepticism, but man is it so cool.
The chapter that tore my soul out of my heart was Shadows of Suffering. The practice of slavery and the dehumanization of blacks is gut wrenching. I sometimes think of when teaching middle school, I couldn’t go into the depths of how gruesome slavery really was without feeling like I might break my kids. I feel like slavery was glazed over when I was in school and it was something that happened in the past and that’s where it stays. However, it’s not. To really understand American History, we must understand how whites treated Blacks and Black slaves. Blacks and African Americans were tortured, murdered, raped, and had their families torn apart. Some of this history is in this chapter. Even people like the Quakers who believed that Blacks should be free, could not understand the pain that the white community inflicted on a race of people. Because of this treatment in the past, there are racial tensions in America today.
This book was well written, researched, and quite a great read for this spooky season! I will give it a 5/5. Now I just need to go and purchase the author’s other books!
IN CONCLUSION, READ THE FRACKING BOOK!
I was provided an advance copy of this book by the Arcadia Publishing. All opinions in this review are my own.
August 5, 2025
Nicole Beauchamp is back with another spooky read just in time for spooky season! I've never been to New Orleans, but I've heard that it is a haunted city. That's as much as I knew about it, though. I hadn't known any specific stories until reading this book. I found it all to be super interesting and, of course, creepy! Some stories had me thinking I wouldn't mind experiencing that...for example ghost cats and ghosts dancing in a ballroom. Others had me thinking no thank you, I would not like to experience that! 😆 All I know is if/when I do visit New Orleans, I will be sure to take this book along with me! It would be cool to see these places for myself.
If you're interested in some good ghost stories and/or learning about haunted hotels in New Orleans French Quarter, you should definitely check this one out this spooky season!
If ghost stories/learning about haunted places interests you, a couple others by this author that I've read and enjoyed are Haunted Detroit and Haunted Bay City, Michigan. I recommend checking these out as well!
If you're interested in some good ghost stories and/or learning about haunted hotels in New Orleans French Quarter, you should definitely check this one out this spooky season!
If ghost stories/learning about haunted places interests you, a couple others by this author that I've read and enjoyed are Haunted Detroit and Haunted Bay City, Michigan. I recommend checking these out as well!
July 1, 2025
As a local New orleans orleans Ghost Tour Guide, I think this book should be added to the required reading list. Not only does the author do an exceptional job explaining the hauntings of the various hotels, but she does so with respect for the city as well as dignity for the Ghosts. The detailed history is truly exceptional. As a storyteller who loves to weave the historical narrative into his stories, this book has become a new reference point for me. I was thrilled to read in advanced copy and cannot wait to recommend this to all of the new guides who come through our company. It will also become one of the foremost recommendations for my guests who are looking to read more about haunted New Orleans. 10 out of 10! Can’t wait for it to be in hard copy so I can buy it for my collection.
November 11, 2025
I loved Haunted French Quarter Hotels by author Nicole Beauchamp! Not only does this book provide the accurate historical backgrounds of each location, the detailed descriptions allow your mind’s eye to see into each unique space. I especially enjoyed the shared experiences and unexplainable personal encounters of the hotel staff and visitors. I highly recommend this book to both ghost enthusiasts and anyone else, especially those who plan to travel to New Orleans.
December 27, 2025
I’m really into haunted travel and history, and this book was such a fun read. I learned so much about the city and now can’t wait to return to New Orleans to walk the streets and fully appreciate its rich—and eerie—history. It will definitely add a whole new layer of interest when choosing a hotel on my next visit, now that I know the stories behind them.
August 28, 2025
This book was so good! I loved that the author talked about places that areʻnt covered as much. I hated to put it down! I hope she does more New Orleans stories. Cannot recommend enouhj.
November 6, 2025
So detailed and informative! Well researched and an all around enjoyable read. I’ll definitely be using this as my guide next trip I take to the city care forgot.
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